FULL PRE-CONFERENCE & CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
PRE-CONFERENCE Friday, June 7:
You will select either the Arts Leadership Insitute Advocacy pre-conference sessions or the SculptureWalk tour session.
2024 ARTS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE Pre-Conference sessions:
| Friday, June 7 – afternoon – Washington Pavilion Schulte Room | |
| 12:00-12:45PM | Registration table is open! |
| 12:45-5:00PM | Advocacy Pre-Conference sessions |
| 1:00 – 2:30 | Session 1 – The Art of Advocacy with Janet Brown |
| 2:30 – 3:00 | Break & Networking |
| 3:00 – 4:30 | Session 2 – Arts Education Advocacy Case Study and Discussion |
| (Janet Brown with members of the Arts Education Advocacy Network) | |
| 4:30 – 5:00 | Wrap Up / Open Q&A |
| 5:00-8:00 | Oscar Howe Legacy Across Four Generations opening artist reception with Keith Braveheart & Amy Fill |
| 6:30 – 9:00 | Arts Conference Social and Levitt at the Falls Performance |
SculptureWalk walking tour Pre-Conference session with Cameron Stalheim
Friday June 7 – 3:00-5:00PM
Starts at location TBD
MAIN CONFERENCE:
Friday, June 7 – OPENING RECEPTION FOR ALL PRE-CON & CONFERENCE ATTENDEES
6:30-9:00 PM Arts Conference Social and Levitt at the Falls Performance
Saturday, June 8 – Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls
session info will be added as confirmed
| Saturday, June 8 – Washington Pavilion – FULL CONFERENCE LITE | |
| 7:00 AM | Regstration table open |
| 8:15-8:45 | Welcome – Mary W. Sommervold Hall Stage |
| South Dakota Poet Laureate Bruce Roseland reading (10 minutes) | |
| 9:00-10:00 | Mary W. Sommervold Hall Stage – Art, Equity, and the Journey Getting There with Kellen Boice |
| Schulte Room – Artist Co-ops/ Showcasing & Supporting Local Artists with Emily Nguyen – The Art Collective, Sion Lidster – Full Circle Book Coop & Claudia Dail – The Watering Can | |
| 10:00-10:30 | Break – 1st floor lobby |
| 10:30-11:30AM | Mary W. Sommervold Hall Stage – Patience, Persistence and Partnerships: How Arts Advocates Succeeded at City Hall with Janet Brown, Jeff Eckhoff – City Director of Planning and Development Services & the City Arts Coordinator |
| Schulte Room – Accessing the Arts: Ensuring the Arts in South Dakota are Accessible for All with Ari Albright, Creative Care LLC., Debra Workman, Black Hills Playhouse & Jamie Reindl, LifeScape Center for the Arts | |
| 11:30-12:00PM | Break – 1st floor lobby |
| 12:00-1:30PM | Mary W. Sommervold Hall Stage – box lunch |
| 12:15-12:25 | Goodnight Theatre performance |
| Lunch with Randy Cohen, VP of Research, Americans for the Arts | |
| AEP6 STUDY KEYNOTE | |
| 1:30-1:45PM | Short break |
| 1:45-2:45PM sessions | Mary W. Sommervold Hall Stage – Rural Design: What’s Working + Resources for Your Community with Hillary Presecan, Community Placemaking Program Manager at the Housing Assistance Council |
| Schulte Room – Marketing with Mike Gussiaas, Chief Marketing & Creative Officer, Travel South Dakota | |
| 2:45-3:00PM | Short break |
| 3:00-4:00PM | Mary W. Sommervold Hall Stage – All Together |
| Keith BraveHeart panel discussion – Oscar Howe | |
| 4:00 PM | Farewell |
| Optional | Enjoy the many arts activities taking places in Sioux Falls! See the creative excursions list in the program guide for more info. |
