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Americans for the Arts, Seattle, 2009
A personal, informal account on the 2009 annual conference of Americans for the Arts
First morning
In LONG registration line for Americans for the Arts convention. Bill Ives speaking in 20 mind. #afta09
Conference Opening Session
Suquamish Canoe Family
AFTA opens with performance by Suquamish Canoe Family - songs inspired by annual intertribal canoe journey http://twitpic.com/7q9ij #afta09 144 days ago
Mayor of Seattle
Mayor of Seattle, new head Conference of Mayors announces partnership with AFTA and work for a National Summit on the Arts #afta09 144 days ago
Ottum Award
Victoria Hamilton head of San Diego Arts Commission gets Ottum Award for arts management #afta09
AFTA & White House
AFTA looking to partner with White House on serve.gov and Stimulus; with State dept for cultural diplomacy #afta09
NAPR: Civic Engagement
Some Definitions
Civic Engagement focus (experienced funders and gps, such as Charlotte arts gp + Animating Democracy) #afta09 http://twitpic.com/7qrx8
NAPR: Animating Democracy
Animating Democracy brings arts perspective on specific civic issues. Builds new networks & social capital. Alternative civic space. #afta09
Insinuating Creativity into Government
Bill Cleveland: Practice of Democracy. Keep practice/theory/policy together. To insinuate creativity into government? Examples? #afta09
Pew: Theory and Practice
Marion Godfrey: so how knit theory & practice? Vital for impact policy. And stories are essential part of this #afta09
Stories and statistics
Aggregate enough stories and you get statistics! Bloomberg recently: "In God We Trust. But everyone else bring data" #afta09
Be Prepared: the Arts Are Different
Andy Witt reminds us how to remind civic partners that arts answers will be different and may not be "nice" or what they expect. #afta09
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