2023 Annual Conference Schedule - Wednesday
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Wednesday, August 16, 2023
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Registration & Exhibitor Marketplace Open
RAMONA COURT/SPANISH ART GALLERY
Make this your first stop of the conference! Get registered, grab a cup of coffee, and connect with businesses and individuals that support our field. Learn more about their services and what they can do for you.
9:15 - 10:00 AM
Conference Orientation
SANTA BARBARA
This helpful overview session will quickly orient you to the highlights of conference agenda, help you get the lay of the land in Riverside, and arm you with networking tips to amplify your time over the next three days when connecting with new colleagues and friends.
- Speakers: Kevin Eberle-Noel, Executive Director, Redlands Symphony; Sarah Weber, Executive Director, ACSO; Becky Whatley, Executive Director, Riverside Philharmonic
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Opening Plenary
GRAND PARISIAN BALLROOM
OPENING KEYNOTE: The Brea(d)th of the Task
- Speaker: Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Vice President and Artistic Director of Social Impact, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
"The Brea(d)th of the Task” invites participants to consider how we move from a paradigm of gestural anti-racism to structural and generative allyship. Marc Bamuthi Joseph has made critically acclaimed work for both opera and orchestral companies of renown that have served the dual purpose of generating equity strategies for local minoritized communities. He will use his multiple roles as artist, citizen philosopher, educator, and Vice President of Social Impact at the Kennedy Center as launching points for a discussion on how we collectively design a future of “inspiration for all."
Sponsored by Sharon Simpson and Dream Warrior Group/ARTdynamix
12:30 - 2:00 PM
Lunch Break
Emerging Leaders Lunchtime Dine-Around
2:15 - 3:30 PM
Breakout Sessions
Breakout 1: The Art of Gathering: Bringing the Audience Experience into the 21st Century
- Ruth Hartt, CEO, Culture for Hire
Ruth Hartt looks at the arts sector through the lens of Priya Parker’s bestselling book, The Art of Gathering. You’ll learn how to make cultural events more human-centered, more meaningful, and more rewarding by rethinking purpose and tradition. You’ll get actionable insights on realigning your organizational mission around your community, and welcoming a more diverse audience by creating new traditions that reflect today’s world.
Sponsored by Nora Brady Breakout 2: Understanding, Identifying, and Interrupting Microaggressions in Orchestra Settings
- Jessica Schmidt, Principal Consultant, Orchestrate Inclusion
Building upon fundamental Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging (DEIB) concepts, this session will introduce the concept of microaggressions, offer examples of how they can appear in orchestra environments and beyond, and build consideration of their effect on individuals of marginalized identities. Participants will explore key styles of conflict and internalize the practice of identifying, interrupting, and responding to microaggressions. The workshop will include time for participants to engage in guided role play with each other, offering early, hands-on practice in responding to microaggressions in real time.
Sponsored by John Wineglass Breakout 3: Musical Bridges: A Case Study in Building Partnerships Between Orchestras and Cultural Communities
- Speakers: Issy Farris, Vice President of Operations and Education, Long Beach Symphony; Rong-Huey Liu, Principal Oboe, Long Beach Symphony; praCh Ly, KHMERASPORA writer, director, performer; Kelly Ruggirello, President, Long Beach Symphony
- Facilitator: Chelsea Chambers, Executive Director, Peninsula Symphony of Northern California
Located in one of the most diverse cities in the United States, Long Beach Symphony embarked on an unprecedented and historic five-year journey to connect with a community fearful of integration and partnership. Hear artists from the Cambodian community, as well as orchestra musicians and staff, tell their story of what it took to produce a culturally conscious, intergenerational, emotionally charged, and artistically complex festival together. Panelists will share their insights about the successes and challenges along the way as the Symphony endeavored to celebrate the musical artistry of one of Long Beach's many diverse communities through long-term relationship-building with a collaborative mindset. Orchestras of all sizes will leave this session with new inspiration and understanding about what it takes to begin building ongoing, authentic relationships with cultural and ethnic groups within their communities...and why it is essential.
Sponsored by Arts Consulting Group
3:45 - 5:00 PM
Breakout Sessions
Breakout 1: Deepening Your Digital Marketing Impact
- Speaker: Bailey Pasch, Senior Analyst, Capacity Interactive
It’s been a challenging three years for cultural institutions, and as our industry continues on the road to recovery, investing in digital marketing remains a crucial component for rebuilding audiences. According to IMPACTS Experience, organizations that maintain their digital marketing spend in the face of financial setbacks tend to bounce back faster than those that constrict. The key is investing where it counts, and understanding the tools and tactics that will drive the greatest results for your organization. Learn how to craft a digital marketing strategy rooted in impact and gather inspiration from organizations like yours that are successfully bringing audiences back through their doors.
Sponsored by We Mail For You, Inc.
Breakout 2: Community-Focused Donor Cultivation
- Speaker: Tyler Rand, Managing Director, Advisory Board for the Arts
In 2021, the Advisory Board for the Arts conducted a survey of over 5,000 donors to arts organizations and interviewed 50 development leaders from around the world. They found three donor segments: Benefits Donors, Arts Lovers, and Community Donors. Community Donors accounted for 35% of top-end donors, were highly involved in arts organizations, and gave twice as much to strategic initiatives than the other two segments. To resonate with this group of donors, organizations need to adopt best practices in community-centric fundraising. This session will provide a new framework toward Community-Focused Donor Cultivation specific to arts organizations.
Sponsored by Scott Vandrick
Breakout 3: The Five REAL Responsibilities of Nonprofit Symphony Organization Board Members
- Alan Harrison, nonprofit consultant
In this session, we explore the five most important responsibilities of art nonprofit board members that help their organizations be essential to their communities.
Too often, board members who are also major donors have a high degree of influence on molding the framework of the organization to fit their wishes and personal priorities. That is because there may be no real mission to the nonprofit - except to do “art for art’s sake." However, as 501c3 nonprofit organizations, as defined by the IRS, our primary purpose is to help eliminate or mitigate a community problem.
The lack of a real, tangible mission has led us to this point in time when nonprofit arts organizations are now at risk of closing. The COVID shutdown informed the public about what is truly essential and what is not, and the public decided that nonprofit arts organizations are in the latter group.
But all is not lost if board members can decide to place their nonprofit governance responsibilities ahead of the arts. This “Pre-Post-Pandemic Era” has thrown all the decades-old givens of arts leadership into the fire and reminded us that the phoenix that rises from those ashes might save your community.
Copies of Mr. Harrison's book, Scene Change: Why Today's Nonprofit Arts Organizations Have to Stop Producing Art and Start Producing Impact, will be available for purchase and he will sign copies immediately following his session.
Sponsored by Jamei Haswell and Tara Aesquivel Consulting
5:15 - 6:45 PM
Overture Party
ST. FRANCIS CHAPEL & THE ATRIO
The reception begins with welcome remarks and a string quartet performance by Chapman University Conservatory musicians in the beautiful St. Francis Chapel filled with priceless treasures from around the world. Then it moves out to The Atrio Courtyard for drinks, appetizers, and conversation while being serenaded by the lively music of Mariachi Garibaldi de Jaime Cuellar. The reception is open to all conference registrants.
Sponsored by The Redlands Symphony and Marian Liebowitz Artist Management
7:30 - 10:30 PM
San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra Concert
CONCERT HALL AT THE RIVERSIDE CITY COLLEGE COIL SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS
Just a short walk from the Mission Inn, join the San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra at the Riverside City College Coil School for the Arts Concert Hall for Movies with the Maestro, a night of film music. Maestro Anthony Parnther leads us through several of his favorite movie scores, including some of the scores he has personally led on the session stages of Hollywood! The Symphony will also feature a special performance of Emmy award-winning Kris Bowers’ Concerto for Horn, featuring Andrew Bain, Principal Horn of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Following the concert, stay for an optional meet and greet with the artists in the lobby. One general admission concert ticket is included with conference registration. Additional general admission tickets may be purchased for $55 when registering.
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