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| | | | | | MEMBERS: POST YOUR EVENTS BY MONDAY AT 12pm
Please post all your events by Monday at noon for E-Buzz, WPKN broadcast, Hamlet Hub, and Social Media consideration for the week covering: Wed. Sept 21 - Tues. Sept. 27. |
| | | | | | CT CULTURE FUND INFO SESSIONS THURSDAY SEPT. 22 |
| Scott Wands and Lian Partridge from CT Humanities will be live in-person at two information sessions on the CT Culture Fund: a) to clarify how to close out your FY22 grant with a final report, and b) how to apply for FY23 - what's the same, what's different.
Scott and Lian will be available at two sites on Thurs. Sept 22: - Downtown Cabaret Theatre, Bridgeport 10am-11:30am
- The Avon Theatre, Stamford, 2pm-3:30pm.
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RANDY COHEN IS COMING TO TOWN!
WED. OCT. 19, 10am STEPPING STONES MUSEUM AEP6 & THE COMMUNITY-BUILDING POWER OF THE ARTS |
| | The Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County will launch its local participation in the Sixth National Arts & Economic Prosperity Study (AEP6) on October 19th with a visit from Randy Cohen, VP for Research at Americans for the Arts. A national arts leader for the nation’s largest arts service organization, Cohen will spend the day in Fairfield County and participate in several events. He will share how the arts are essential to healthy, vibrant, prosperous communities and introduce arts and cultural groups in the region to how they can participate in the study. The AEP study, which is conducted every five years, is a national economic impact study of America’s nonprofit arts and cultural industry conducted by Americans for the Arts. Building on its 25-year legacy, the highly regarded Arts & Economic Prosperity series will once again document in unprecedented scope and detail the economic power that nonprofit arts and culture wield in 375+ participating communities representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
The AEP study collects data from audience surveys collected from attendees at performances, events, exhibits, venues, and facilities from now through April 2023. Cohen’s visit will explain the survey process and energize leaders and workers in the arts and culture sector.
To kick off our participation, Randy Cohen, Vice President for Research at Americans for the Arts will be visiting our region and will be speaking to all our cultural nonprofit members on Wednesday, Oct. 19: 10am at Stepping Stones Museum for Children, Norwalk. Don't miss out. Hear from the source why this is important and how you can participate.
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| | | Randy’s annual publication: 10 Reasons to Support the Arts received the Gold Award from the Association of Media & Publishing—their top honor for best blog post of the year. Randy led the development of The National Arts Index, the annual measure of the health and vitality of arts in the U.S. and the National Arts Policy Roundtable, an annual convening of leaders who focus on the advancement of American culture—launched in partnership with Robert Redford and the Sundance Institute. |
| | | | NOMINATE YOUR ARTS HERO FOR FAIRFIELD COUNTY DEADLINE: SEPT. 21 |
| The Connecticut Arts Hero Awards honor and celebrate Connecticut residents who are doing inspiring things in, for or through the arts in Connecticut.
Since 2016, the Connecticut Arts Hero Awards have introduced us to an array of remarkable individuals engaged in or supporting the arts - some publicly and some behind the scenes. If you know a special someone who has contributed significantly to the arts in Connecticut, please take a moment to nominate this individual.
The deadline to submit a nomination is Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at 11:59 p.m.
The Connecticut Arts Hero Awards will be presented at a special, open-to-all, free event on Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at 6:00 PM at Infinity Hall in Hartford. This evening event is designed to honor and celebrate these inspiring individuals and to reaffirm the significant role the arts play in Connecticut. Please save the date! |
| | | | NOW ON SOUNDCLOUD: "WHAT PAIER COLLEGE IS BRINGING TO BRIDGEPORT ARTS & CULTURE" |
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Meet Paier's President, Joseph Bierbaum and hear about Paier's plans for further expansion and what it can contribute to the arts and cultural life of its new home. We will also talk with Khanlar Gasimov, the new director of the Schelfhaudt Gallery, and Ian McDonald, Event Coordinator at the Mertens Theater, the Schelfhaudt's neighbor in the Arnold Bernhard Center. |
| | | | | To assist members figure out how best to handle their own DEI Training for board and staff, we are compiling a list of consultants that members have already used.
If you have used any consultants in any capacity to help you figure out DEI training, please send me names and contact information. Any further information about cost and, in confidence, your rating of the guidance you received, will be appreciated.
We will share this list as soon as we have a good number of names. We are also looking into the possibility of a collaborative project in which we work collectively with a consultant or two to work with all interested members.
David Green |
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