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Emerging Arts Professionals/SFBA has moved to emergingsf.org Please visit us on our shiny new site.

“Who We Are” – The Cultural 101 Blog Salon Begins Today

Emerging Arts Professionals/SFBA and Oakland Museum of California (OMCA)
are proud to kick off the Cultural Policy 101 Blog Salon today! Dedicated
to reframing the issues around cultural policies, check into emergingsf.org
daily and follow our insightful guest bloggers who will investigate
policies, promote alternative solutions, and address issues that
affect our cultural sector.

Below is just a sampling of what you will find on the Emerging Arts
Professionals website this week:

Who We Are
by Arlene Goldbard
Writer, activist, blogger

I admit it: I’m obsessed. I turn my attention to the way we spend our
commonwealth as a nation, and like a song you can’t get out of your head,
the cultural policy questions that matter most to me keep cycling through:
Who are we as a people? What do we want to remembered for, our vast
creativity, or our prodigious ability to punish?

Most mainstream debate about cultural policy in the U.S. actually focuses
on one question, arts funding. Recently, the focus has been on cuts to the
budgets of state arts agencies and the National Endowment for the Arts.

To read more, please visit our website at http://emergingsf.org/?p=52.

Stay tuned this week for more posts from other cultural advocates such as :

Eboni Senai Hawkins (see.think.dance)
http://www.seethinkdance.com/
Randolph Belle (Support Oakland Artists)
http://supportoaklandartists.org/
Nancy Hernandez (Program Manager, Estria Foundation)
http://estria.org/
Jacinda Abcarian, Executive Director, Youth Radio,
http://www.youthradio.org/
Kenji Liu –Writer, Graphic designer, Cultural Worker
http://liusan.wordpress.com
Kristi Holohan & Ara Jo, Class Directors, Rock Paper Scissors Collective
http://rpscollective.com/
Susan Mernit, Editor/Publisher, Oakland Local
http://oaklandlocal.com/
Sanjit Sethi, Center for Art in Public Like, CCA
http://center.cca.edu

***This salon can only work with YOUR participation.  Please share your
hopes, insights, and criticisms of the arts and culture sector. There is
a lot of potential to investigate and to inspire; so visit emergingsf.org
daily from April 11th-15th for updated postings and comments.

Questions? Contact: nextgenerationsf@gmail.com

Are you an aspiring blogger or cultural policy wonk? An artist, activist or arts professional interested in joining the cutting edge of cultural thinking?

Then you’ll want to tune into our blog salon Cultural Policy 101 – April 11-15 and Reframing the Arts Workshop – April 16.

Cultural Policy 101 : A Blog Salon
Arts funding seems to be perpetually in crisis, but lately, the crisis has escalated. But the truth is, 30 years of relying on economic arguments and “support the arts” slogans have yielded a decline in the real value of NEA funding of more than half. This year’s NEA budget would have to be $400 million just to equal the spending power of 1980.

It’s time to enlarge the debate.

To respond to this conversation, Emerging Arts Professionals and the Oakland Museumwill host a conversation on this issue. Cultural Policy 101 will leverage the voices of Oakland arts leaders to discuss how we can move from a failed strategy to one that captures the true power, scope, and promise of the public interest in culture.

Our salon will feature writers, activists and arts professionals such as Arlene Goldbard(writer, activist, blogger), Randolph Belle (Support Oakland Artists), Nancy Hernandez(Program Manager, Estria Foundation), Sanjit Sethi (Director, Center for Art in Public Life, CCA), Jacinda Abcarian (Executive Director, Youth Radio), Kenji Liu (Writer, Graphic designer, Cultural Worker), Kristi Holohan and Ara Jo (Rock Paper Scissors Collective), Susan Mernit (Editor/Publisher Oakland Local and media entrepreneur), and Eboni Hawkins ( Artistic Director, see. think. dance.)

You can participate by visiting the blog daily at emergingsf.org April 11-15 for updated postings, and please comment often! We want you to be a part of this important conversation. What is the public interest in culture? Do we want to promote equity? Active participation in community life? Expand opportunity for marginalized voices? Beautify the built environment, creating sites of public memory that speak to everyone? For more information about how you can participate, go to emergingsf.org.

Reframing the Arts: Advocating for the Public Interest in Culture
April 16, 2011, 1-4pm
Oakland Museum, James Moore Theatre
FREE
Register Here: http://reframingthearts.eventbrite.com/

If you’re energized by the blog salon and want to delve deeper into these issues we invite you to Reframing the Arts: Advocating for the Public Interest in Culture April 16th 1p-4p in the James Moore Theatre of Oakland Museum.

In this highly interactive workshop led by Arlene Goldbard you will have the opportunity to work in small teams. Participants will explore this cultural policy issue from many angles and build a composite picture of the way arts, culture and its value are currently understood. Participants will also be able to discover the values, stories, images, and metaphors that have the potential to effectively reframe this debate. It’s advocacy for the future and its starts with you. We hope you can join us.

Reframing The Arts: Advocating for The Public Interest in Culture April 16th 1p-4p in the James Moore Theatre of Oakland Museum.
This program is free, but please register at http://reframingthearts.eventbrite.com/

And don’t forget about Friday First – Sight
Friday, April 1, 6-9pm

Join us for Sight at the Palace of Fine Arts and the Exploratorium as we delve into the fun of art making without sight. Challenge the way you look at the world – use your intuition, instinct and your other senses. Join us for a blind photography challenge, where you will photograph what is around you in blindfolds; continue looking into a world without sight in the Exploratorium’s Tactile Dome – an interactive excursion through total darkness, where your sense of touch becomes your only guide. Afterwards, join us for drinks, and look through the “blind” photographs taken during the evening. Please join us for this “sensational” experience!

What: Sight – Part of the Emerging Arts Professionals Friday Firsts Series 

When: Friday, April 1, 6:00pm – 9:00pm

Location: Palace of the Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, San Francisco, CA @ Exploratorium/Tactile Dome
***Meet under the gazebo for blind photography (unlimited RSVP). Tactile Dome limits 30 people (RSVP now). Please bring a digital camera.

Why: Because you’re cool and we’re cool, and it’s going to be a fun evening

Price: $10 payable on site 

RSVP HERE: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1477436051

Questions? Contact: nextgenerationsf@gmail.com

Mark your calendars! Upcoming Friday Firsts include:
April 29 – Hearing @ The Audium
May 27 – Taste @ Straw
June 10 – Smell @ Hayes Valley Farm

Questions? Contact: nextgenerationsf@gmail.com

Upcoming Events in April You Won’t Want to Miss

You Are Invited… 

Thank you to all those who attended Touch earlier in March, the first of Emerging Arts Professionals’ Friday Firsts, an ongoing series created by EAP’s Fellowship Program at the one of a kind House of Air. There was a lot of laughter, incredible people, and amazing jumping skills showcased. Friday Firsts mixers are specially designed to engage the senses and to help those who work in the arts to get together, unwind and more importantly, get to KNOW each other in novel and exciting ways! We invite you to be a part of all of EAP’s programs and series of events, aimed at encouraging exploration, risk taking and creating a stronger community of arts and cultural workers.

If you enjoyed Touch, Emerging Arts Professionals invites you to the next event in the Friday Firsts series – Sight. Join us for Sight at the Palace of Fine Arts and the Exploratorium as we delve into the fun of art making without sight. Challenge the way you look at the world – use your intuition, instinct and your other senses. Join us for a blind photography challenge, where you will photograph what is around you in blindfolds; continue looking into a world without sight in the Exploratorium’s Tactile Dome – an interactive excursion through total darkness, where your sense of touch becomes your only guide. Afterwards, join us for drinks, and look through the “blind” photographs taken during the evening. Please join us for this “sensational” experience! 

What: Sight – Part of the Emerging Arts Professionals Friday Firsts Series

When: Friday, April 1, 6:00pm – 9:00pm

Location: Palace of the Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, San Francisco, CA @ Exploratorium/Tactile Dome
***Meet under the gazebo for blind photography (unlimited RSVP). Tactile Dome limits 30 people (RSVP now). Please bring a digital camera.

Why: Because you’re cool and we’re cool, and it’s going to be a fun evening

Price: $10 payable on site 

RSVP HERE: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1477436051

Questions? Contact: nextgenerationsf@gmail.com

Mark your calendars! Upcoming Friday Firsts include:
April 29 – Hearing @ The Audium
May 27 – Taste @ Straw
June 10 – Smell @ Hayes Valley Farm

MORE UPCOMING EVENTS… 

Arts funding seems to be perpetually in crisis, but lately, the crisis has escalated. But the truth is, 30 years of relying on economic arguments and “support the arts” slogans have yielded a decline in the real value of NEA funding of more than half. This year’s NEA budget would have to be $400 million just to equal the spending power of 1980. It’s time to enlarge the debate. Emerging Arts Professionals along with Oakland Museum will tackle these issues and more with a blog salon and Workshop aimed to delve deeper into the issues and examine ways to harness the true power, scope and promise of the public interest in culture.

Cultural Policy 101 : A Blog Salon – April 11 through April 15
Are you an aspiring blogger or cultural policy wonk?  An artist, activist or arts professional interested in joining the cutting edge of cultural thinking? Then you’ll want to tune into our blog salon! Cultural Policy 101 will feature prominent blog writers, activists and arts professionals and you can participate in the dialogue by visiting EAP’s blog daily and join the conversation. More details to come!

Reframing the Arts: Advocating for the Public Interest in Culture – April 16 at the Oakland Museum
If you’re energized by the blog salon and want to invite you delve deeper into these issues with others interested in the future of arts policy, we invite you to Reframing the Arts: Advocating for the Public Interest in Culture April 16th, 1p-4p in the James Moore Theatre of Oakland Museum. Stay tuned for updates on this event! If you would like to RSVP to this event, please email nextgenerationsf@gmail.com.

Questions? Contact: nextgenerationsf@gmail.com

Next EAP First Friday Mixer 11/5/10 : I Live Here

For the Emerging Arts Professional’s November 2010 First Friday mixer, we celebrate the Opening Night Reception of I Live Here:SF at the SOMArts Cultural Center.

I Live Here:SF is a collaborative photography/portraiture project. It began in March 2009 and continues today as an exploration of the city through the visages and stories of the people who participate within, and through it. This exhibit, a study into the myriad nano-neighborhoods and micro-climates that make up San Francisco, highlights our communal attachment to the city.

Over 170 portraits of the subjects who have participated will be on display, including selections from their personal stories. The exhibition at SOMArts Cultural Center will highlight a collection of the best photo work displayed as wall pieces and augmented by large-scale sculptural installations.

More details can be found here: http://iliveheresf.com/

Emerging Arts Professionals/San Francisco Bay Area personally invites you to join us for 1st Friday Mixers, a monthly event where members of EAP/SFBA can get together and enjoy the best of what the Bay Area art community has to offer! Each month we will highlight a new event in a new exciting location and offer a chance for members to connect.

Look out for future EAP/ SFBA, 1st Friday Mixers in the months to come!

Details:

Who: Everyone

What: I Live Here: SF Opening Night Reception

When: Friday, November 5th, 6-9pm (Free)

EAP/SFBA will meet at 6:30pm by Lanell Dike’s “Love Offering” installation, part of the adjacent 2010 Dia de los Muertos exhibition.

Where: SOMarts Cultural center, 934 Brannan Street, Bteween 8^th and 9^th.

Why: Because you’re cool and we’re cool, and it’s going to be a fun evening

SOMArts has two entrances: the Main Entrance is located down the long driveway on the right side of the building.

SOMArts is located at 934 Brannan St between 8th and 9th and is within two blocks of Muni lines 12, 19, 27 and 47. Detailed public transit and bicycle directions are available on Google Maps.

Street parking is available (and usually plentiful after 6pm). Flat rate lot parking is accessible at Brannan & 8th St.

Don’t miss A Day for Arts Organizations This Thursday at the Foundation Center

The Foundation Center – San Francisco presents….

A Day for Arts Organizations:
Thursday, October 14, 10 am-3:30 pm

 

Investing in Our People: How We Support our Arts and Culture Workers and Strengthen the Field 10 am-11:30 am
This is a Creative Conversation hosted by the Foundation Center-San Francisco and presented in partnership with the Emerging Arts Professionals/SFBA.

With the world rapidly changing around us, much conversation to date has centered on how arts organizations and artists are faring during these challenging times. Often, less attention is paid to how we are taking care of the many dedicated arts administrators laboring through budget cuts and increased workloads. This panel will bring together a dynamic group of arts and culture leaders from the Bay Area to discuss ways in which organizations and individuals are dealing with these challenges, taking advantage of opportunities, and developing new approaches to support individuals who are working in the arts and culture field.

Presenters:
·         Ken Foster, executive director, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
·         Alex Michel, managing director, Hub Bay Area
·         Judith Smith, artistic director, AXIS Dance
·         Marc Vogl, program officer, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
·         Ron Ragin, associate program officer, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, moderator

REGISTER BEFORE IT’S SOLD OUT: http://foundationcenter.org/sanfrancisco/training/wksf10_14_invest.html

Also, don’t miss…..

 

Networking Luncheon and Speed Consulting with Coaches and Consultants for the Arts (C2Arts), 12-1:30 pm
The Foundation Center and C2Arts invite you to a networking lunch during which C2Arts will offer 15-minute consulting sessions to leaders of nonprofit arts organizations. Since foundation grants and earned income are increasingly challenging to obtain; C2Arts is framing these speed consulting sessions around organizational capacity building to support development efforts.

Not Business As Usual: Arts Organizations Adapt to the New Normal, 1:30-3:30 pm
Lester Olmstead-Rose, director of strategy practice at La Piana Consulting, will share lessons learned from two initiatives by the James Irvine Foundation and Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust that provided significant grants to assist with business model change for California arts organizations to attain sustainability in the current economic landscape. Grantee representatives will also share their experiences and lessons learned during this shift toward developing more stable earned income streams, challenges and opportunities posed by restructuring and mergers, new media/technology solutions, and expanded services to partners – all efforts in pursuit of mission impact and financial sustainability.

More information here : http://foundationcenter.org/sanfrancisco/sf_calendar.html

Next week at the Foundation Center SF : Investing in Our People

EAP/SFBA event with the Foundation Center – San Francisco

You are invited to our next event held in partnership with the Foundation Center –
San Francisco on Thursday, October 14^th at 10am. Every October the Foundation
Center focuses on arts & culture with some great programming. If you’re interested
in hearing relevant discussion about where arts organizations are headed and
what funders and other cultural leaders are thinking about check it out.

Investing in Our People: How We Support our Arts and Culture Workers
and Strengthen the Field

Thursday, October 14, 10:00-11:30 am
Presenters:

• Ken Foster, executive director, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
• Alex Michel, managing director, Hub Bay Area
• Judith Smith, artistic director, AXIS Dance
• Marc Vogl, program officer, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
• Ron Ragin, associate program officer, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation,
  moderator

This is a Creative Conversation hosted by the Foundation Center-San Francisco
and presented in partnership with the Emerging Arts Professionals/SFBA .

REGISTER BEFORE IT’S SOLD OUT: http://foundationcenter.org/sanfrancisco/training/wksf10_14_invest.html

Emerging Arts Professionals October events!

October is National Arts and Humanities month and EAP/SFBA would like
to share two exciting, upcoming events with you.

Friday, October 1^st 5:00p-9:00p
Emerging Arts Professionals/SFBA present a
First Friday Mixer at Litquake’s 11^th annual festival

Autumn has arrived and what better way to kick off the season than with an
evening of old and new friends, swanky cocktails, danceable tunes and cutting
edge literary artists?

Emerging Arts Professionals/SFBA personally invites you to join us for
1st Friday Mixers, a monthly event where members of EAP/SFBA can get
together and enjoy the best of what the Bay Area art community has to offer!
Each month we will highlight a new event in a new exciting location and offer a
chance for members to connect.

For our very first Mixer of the fall, we celebrate Opening Night of Litquake’s
11th annual festival.

Find more information or register here: http://eapmixers.eventbrite.com/

Thursday, October 14^th 10:00a-11:30a

Emerging Arts Professionals/SFBA in partnership with the Foundation Center –
San Francisco and Americans for the Arts Creative Conversations present….

Investing in Our People: How We Support our Arts and Culture Workers
and Strengthen the Field (Part of the Foundation Center – San Francisco’s
A Day for Arts Organizations)

With the world rapidly changing around us, much conversation to date has centered
on how arts organizations and artists are faring during these challenging times.
Often, less attention is paid to how we are taking care of the many dedicated arts
administrators laboring through budget cuts and increased workloads.

This panel will bring together a dynamic group of arts and culture leaders from the
Bay Area to discuss ways in which organizations and individuals are dealing with
these challenges, taking advantage of opportunities, and developing new approaches
to support individuals who are working in the arts and culture field.

Panelists include Ken Foster, executive director, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts,
Judith Smith, artistic director, AXIS Dance, Marc Vogl, program officer,
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

JUST ADDED Alex Michel, managing director of Hub Bay Area.

Find more information or register here : http://foundationcenter.org/sanfrancisco/training/wksf10_14_invest.html

Every October, in honor of National Arts & Humanities Month, Americans for
the Arts partners with emerging leaders from across the country to host Creative
Conversations. Last year, more than 1,500 emerging arts leaders participated in
43 locally hosted Creative Conversations throughout the country.

2010-2011 Fellowship Information Session & Deadline

Are you results oriented? Do you have a commitment to advancing the Bay Area’s arts and culture sector? Are you committed to personal and professional growth?

Do you have a deep interest in innovative thinking, new business models and new ways of working?

Do you have expertise or a strong interest in the future of public programs, administration/finance, it/digital tools, business development or marketing/communications?

If so, YOU are invited to bring your best ideas.

The new frontier of creative leadership requires new competencies, skills and sensitivities that are adaptive, engaging and relevant. It is in this spirit that the Emerging Arts Professionals/San Francisco Bay Area (EAP/SFBA) are pleased to invite you to apply to the inaugural class of our Fellowship Program.

THE DEADLINE IS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15th at 5:00PM.

Participants will have the opportunity to:

● Develop projects that will have a deep and lasting impact on our region’s creative sector and it’s approach to leadership development in the future

● Receive hands-on opportunities to learn in the field and to test new ideas in a live environment

● Be part of a semi-structured blend of independent and collective learning experiences, using the greater Bay Area as a classroom

● Have access to statewide and national networks of emerging arts leaders

● Develop a big picture perspective, which recognizes connectivity, and is consistently attuned to trends and forces shaping the arts and culture sector

● Connect with highly-skilled professionals working outside of the arts and culture sector

You can find details of the EAP/SFBA Fellowship program here:
http://sfbaeap.com/eapsfba-2010-2011-fellowship-program/

The application itself can be found here:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3LHYPYZ

If you have any questions please contact us at nextgenerationsf@gmail.comor attend our

FINAL information session TOMORROW at Intersection 5M, 925 Mission Street @ 5th Street, 94103:

● Monday, September 13th from: 12:30pm to 1:30pm.

Please check in with the guard at 901 Mission Street.

***Please share this announcement with your peers and colleagues. With your help, this first class of Fellows can be extraordinary and represent the best of the Bay Area.

THE DEADLINE IS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15th at 5:00PM.

Reminder:EAP/SFBA Fellowship Information Session Tomorrow 9/7/10

The new frontier of creative leadership requires new competencies, skills and sensitivities that are adaptive, engaging and relevant. It is in this spirit that the Emerging Arts Professionals/San Francisco Bay Area (EAP/SFBA) are pleased to announce our 2010-2011 Fellowship Program.

You are invited to information session at Intersection 5M, 925 Mission Street @ 5th Street, 94103 on

● Tuesday, September 7th from 6:30pm to 8:00pm

6:30pm-7:30pm Presentation about Fellowship goals and criteria
7:30pm-8:00pm Question & Answer

When you arrive please register with Intersection 5M/The Hub at 901 Mission Street.

ALSO, please share this with your friends and colleagues.

(The final information session will be held at the same location on
Monday, September 13th from 12:30pm to 1:30pm)

Details of the program can be found here:
http://sfbaeap.com/eapsfba-2010-2011-fellowship-program/

Announcing the EAP/SFBA 2010-2011 Fellowship

Announcing the Emerging Arts Professionals/SFBA
2010-2011 Fellowship!

This Fellowship program seeks to answer the question: What’s next? and looks to
the future by bringing together insightful and energetic leadership and emerging
models in a convergence of participatory practice and action learning.

The new frontier of creative leadership requires new competencies, skills and
sensitivities that are adaptive, engaging and relevant. It is in this spirit that the
Emerging Arts Professionals/San Francisco Bay Area (EAP/SFBA) are pleased to
announce our 2010-2011 Fellowship Program.

Over the course of nine months, this program is designed to enrich and expand
the professional skill-sets of emerging and mid-level leaders working in the
Bay Area’s arts and culture field.

Details of the program can be found HERE.

Applications open on Wednesday, August 25th and will be accepted until
Wednesday, September 15th at 5:00pm.

Two optional information sessions will be held at Intersection 5M,
925 Mission Street @ 5th Street, 94103 on:

●  Tuesday, September 7th from: 6:30pm to 8:00pm.

●  Monday, September 13th from: 12:30pm to 1:30pm.