Summit: Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Welcome to Day 1 of the Virtual Maryland Arts Summit!

Maryland Arts Summit 2020 Program

To register for sessions during each time block, click “Register and Enter” link for each time block or visit the MCA Crowdcast Homepage.

You will receive an email notification that you have registered for that time block. You will also receive reminder emails 10 minutes before each session begins which will contain a direct link to that corresponding time block.

The breakdown for each time block can be found beneath each Crowdcast “Register and Enter” link.

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Creative Keynotes – 2:00 pm

We are excited to welcome you to the start of the 2020 Virtual Maryland Arts Summit with a choice of four creatively inspired sessions meant to engage and open your mind to learning and dialogue.

Each Creative Keynote listed below runs concurrently for approximately 20 minutes and is accessible through the directly linked titles. Please join the Creative Keynote of your choice by clicking on the title of the session below:

NOTE: The Creative Keynote sessions below are being offered through google meetings and can be accessed without the need for advanced registration. Please select your session and join a few minutes before they are scheduled to being at 2:00pm.

Express – Alysia Lee
Sing and jam to selections from the Justice Choir Songbook. Bring your voice and/or instruments and be prepared to raise your voice in song about liberation, freedom, and equity.

Calm – Dana Parsons
Move and meditate through stress-relieving postures and breath to energize and relax you for the days ahead.

Create – Ken Skrzesz
Acknowledge any feelings of stress or anxiety and, through the Creative Process, elevate those feelings to a place that may result in the creation of new work.

Envision – Michael Bell
Challenge the process through a unique approach to visual journaling by embracing our limitations, and being fearless with your creative vision.

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Register and Enter Maryland Arts Summit-Day 1- 2:30 pm Sessions

Audience Engagement Strategy We Didn’t Plan For (but here we are so let’s make the best of it)

Presenters:        Jenny Hamilton, Emma Wesoloski

Tuesday, May 26            2:30-3:30 PM

Track:   Arts Organizations, A&E Districts, CAAM

In late March, after weeks of unprecedented speed, the marketing and engagement staff at the National Aquarium took a breath. “Is the content we’re delivering valuable, or is it just fast?”, we asked. “What are our audiences’ new needs? How can the work we do now shape the relationship audiences have with us in a post-pandemic future?” The marketing department couldn’t navigate this new world alone; now, more than ever, all staff needed to transition their content expertise outside of a physical building, and they needed to do it in a way that is audience-centric and delivers true community value. In the middle of a breaking crisis, we needed to create strategy out of chaos. Learn how the National Aquarium is navigating audience engagement and join fellow cultural organization professionals in a candid discussion in how to stay relevant and accessible during – and beyond – the Age of Quarantine.

Virtual Accessibility: Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Programs and Events

Presenters:        Robin Marquis, Beth Bienvenu, Lauren Tuzzolino

Tuesday, May 26            2:30-3:30 PM

Track:   Arts Organizations, Arts Education

Arts and cultural organizations have quickly responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by making their programming and content available to audiences around the world via online platforms. However, people with disabilities can be shut out of this content if it is not accessible. This session will provide examples of ways to provide access through captions, sign language interpretation, audio description, and visual description. It will also provide tips and resources for how to communicate your accessibility to the public, plan for accessibility, and connect with the disability community. Join the Office of Accessibility at the National Endowment for the Arts (Beth Bienvenu, Director; Lauren Tuzzolino, Specialist) and Baltimore-based accessibility consultant and artist Robin Marquis for this overview and interview-style discussion.

Legal Issues for Creative Businesses

Presenters:        Adam Holofcener

Tuesday, May 26            2:30-4:00 PM

Track:   Advocacy, Independent Artists

Join Maryland Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts for a presentation on Legal Issues for Creative Businesses.  During this presentation, you will learn about how to choose a business entity, licenses, permits, and other business regulations, intellectual property, dealing with employees and independent contractors, as well as legal issues related to your website.  Every artist is also a small business, so we invite you to come learn about the very important, and potentially lucrative, flipside to your creative practice.  This session will be relevant to artists in all creative disciplines (yes, every single one!).

Relief, Recovery, and Reform through Public Art

Presenters:        Cathy Byrd, Rhonda Dallas, Margaret Boozer

Tuesday, May 26            2:30-3:30 PM

Track:   Public Art

Despite the “self-quarantine” response to COVID-19, the power of art to connect and inspire us has never been more evident. Yet there is still a question of how supporting artistic production can stimulate the relief, recovery, and reform of our economy. Join us to consider how inventive public art can reignite our cultural life while forging fresh opportunities for the creative sector in the recovery process.

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Register and Enter Maryland Arts Summit-Day 1- 3:45 pm Sessions

Audio Description: The Visual Made Verbal

Presenters:        Joel Snyder, PhD

Tuesday, May 26            3:45-4:45 PM

Track:   Arts Education

Using words that are succinct, vivid, and imaginative, audio description makes the arts accessible to people who are blind or have low vision.

The Business of Art

Presenters:        Jill J Galloway

Tuesday, May 26            3:45-4:45 PM

Track:   Independent Artists

No matter how amazing your art is, if no one sees it or can buy it, it will gather dust. The business of art and conversations about making money from your creativity often sparks anxiety in a lot of us. Can you make money with your art? Absolutely. Determination and getting your work in front of buyers will result in sales, not luck and not even level of talent. As a full time artist myself, I’ll tell you how to get started, the most critical first steps in selling your art, and the absolute minimum you need to have in place to sell your work.

EVERYONE is not your audience

Presenters:        Scott Burkholder

Tuesday, May 26            3:45-4:45 PM

Track:   A&E Districts, Boards of Directors

To shift the world, you have to first identify your audience. We will use marketing tools to identify audience and build revenue generating relationships.

Strengthening Black Youth through Traditional Folk Art

Presenters:        Bunjo Butler, Deborah Pierce-Fakunle, dr. David Fakunle, PhD, Janice Curtis Greene

Tuesday, May 26            3:45-4:45 PM

Track:   Folklife, Arts Education

A panel discussion with mentors from the Growing Griots Literacy Learning Program, the Youth Component of the Griots’ Circle of Maryland with Storytelling.

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Register and Enter Maryland Arts Summit-Day 1- 5:00 pm Sessions

MSAC Arts in Education Updates! Teaching Artist Roster and Arts in Education Grant

Presenters:        Precious Blake

**Join Precious in this session by clicking on the session title! It’s a Google Meeting**

Tuesday, May 26            5:00-6:00 PM

Track:   Arts Education

The Arts in Education program has revamped and expanded our Visiting Performer and Artist-in-Residence Rosters to now be one MSAC Teaching Artist Roster! Learn about the benefits of becoming an MSAC Teaching Artist, how to apply to join the roster, and requirements to stay an active MSAC Teaching Artist. MSAC’s Arts in Education program supports schools, non-profits, and other units of government (libraries, recreation centers, etc.) to collaborate with teaching artists who lead a myriad of arts education activities. Learn how to apply for an Arts in Education grant to fund arts learning opportunities that meets your school or organization’s mission and goals.

**This is a Google Meeting. To join, click the title of the session above!**

Communities Of Care: Engaging Older Adults And Caregivers In Creative Aging Online

Presenters:        Amanda Newman, Judith Bauer

Tuesday, May 26            5:00-6:00 PM

Track:   A&E Districts, Arts Education, Boards of Directors, CAAM

In this hands-on session, Dance Exchange will invite participants to experience and unpack some of the creative tools and practices the organization is using to engage older adults and caregivers online during the COVID crisis and beyond. We’ll explore how—even virtually—we can build communities of care and address social isolation through intergenerational dancemaking and collaboration.

Build-A-Story Workshop

Presenters:        Jennifer Rae Myers

Tuesday, May 26            5:00-6:00 PM

Track:   Folklife

The Build-A-Story Workshop is an informative and interactive program designed to foster creativity, writing, and oratory skills through storytelling.

Maximizing the Persuasive Power of Arts Advocacy

Presenters:        Jonathan Katz, Nicholas Cohen

Tuesday, May 26            5:00-6:00 PM

Track:   Boards of Directors, CAAM

What principles of marketing, persuasion, presentation, building relationships, policy development and creating public value result in decision makers investing as much as they can in the public benefits that the arts provide?  Jonathan Katz, Professor of Practice in Cultural Policy and Arts Management at George Mason University, will present concepts, examples and useful “habits of mind” to stimulate discussion.  Participants will be encouraged to share experiences, lessons learned and advice. MCA Executive Director Nicholas Cohen will be on hand to provide special expertise and insider Maryland perspective.