Professional Development, Consulting & Grants

CONTINUING ACTIVITIES

• Workshop series: Best Practices in Arts Management, BusinessSkills For Artists (BFA), Public Forums, Emerging Arts Leader events


• One-on-one coaching


• PA Partners in the Arts Grants


• Artist Opportunity Grants


• Alcoa Leadership Grants for Arts Managers

NEW STRATEGIES / EXPANSION OF SERVICES

• Host a half-day summit focused on marketing and audience development


• Host quarterly Lunch and Learn: National Conference Recap sessions


• Reinvigorate, reimagine and expand Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts and Business Volunteers for the Arts®


• Coordinate the Pennsylvania Festival Marketing Initiative with area arts-related festivals


• Pursue new grant funding sources and re-granting opportunities

OBJECTIVES FOR 2008-09

• Provide at least 35 programs for arts managers and artists that enhance their management/business practices


• Sustain or increase the number of participants in programs


• Increase the number of cases/projects completed through the pro-bono consulting programs


• Implement one new grant program that addresses a need not currently being met by the local funding community