ARTS Day is intentional advocacy.
Can anyone doubt how badly we need people willing to speak for the arts?
ARTS Day is a two day event to thank our legislative leaders for their support and to continue to position the arts as an economic imperative. Groups from all over the state will gather meet one-on-one with their legislators. Advancing our cause must be accomplished face-to-face; ideas get lost in translation and passion diminishes if we only rely on e-mails and phone calls.
Don’t worry if you’ve never done any advocacy before! ARTS Day is fun and easy and ARTS North Carolina will provide materials and training for your Legislative visits. And you won’t be alone!
Regional Coordinators (see below) will set Legislative appointments and make sure the group is together in message and logistics. If this is your first time attending and you would like an experienced advocate as a mentor, we can make that happen too!
Not only will you get to meet with your legislators, you’ll get to network with other artists from across the state. Hundreds of artists, administrators, board members, funders and patrons attend this annual advocacy event in Raleigh.
What Else Happens?
ARTS Day 2010 officially begins at 1pm on May 18 with a workshop, It's the Economy, at the North Carolina Museum of Art. Secretary of Cultural Resources Linda Carlisle will lead off a distinguished roster of arts professionals to help attendees communicate effectively about economy, jobs, and the arts in North Carolina's future.
Registration will open at 12:30, giving attendees an opportunity to tour the new Museum of Art galleries prior to the workshop or at a scheduled break from 3 - 4pm.
An early evening social will begin at 5:45 at the Visual Art Exchange in downtown Raleigh.
For a complete schedule: artsday.artsnc.org.
What Should Happen Next?
Please register. After April 30, registration fees increase significantly. artsday.artsnc.org Once you’ve registered, contact your Regional Coordinator to let them know you are coming. Bring your staff, your board, your friends and your fellow artists. It’s vital that we have a critical mass of people in attendance!
Regional Coordinators
- Beaufort County
- Joey Toler, beaufortcountyarts@embarqmail.
com
- Joey Toler, beaufortcountyarts@embarqmail.
- Buncombe County
- Phil Atwood, philatwood@tds.net
- Phil Atwood, philatwood@tds.net
- Catawba County
- Kathy Greathouse, kgreathouse@artscatawba.org
- Lynn Loehr, lloehr@artscatawba.org
- Clay, Cherokee, Graham, Jackson, Macon, and Swain Counties
- Yona Wade, ywade@cherokeecentral.gaggle.
net
- Yona Wade, ywade@cherokeecentral.gaggle.
- Cumberland County
- Deborah Mintz, deborahm@theartscouncil.com
- Deborah Mintz, deborahm@theartscouncil.com
- Durham County
- Margaret DeMott, mdemott@durhamarts.org
- Margaret DeMott, mdemott@durhamarts.org
- Forsyth County
- Christine Gorelick, cgorelick@intothearts.org
- Catherine Heitz New, cnew@intothearts.org
- Guilford County
- Pierce Egerton, lpegerton@mac.com
- Altina Layman, alayman@uacarts.org
- Debbie Lumpkins, dlumpkins@highpointarts.org
- Henderson County
- Dale Bartlett, dale@flatrockplayhouse.org
- Dale Bartlett, dale@flatrockplayhouse.org
- Lenoir County
- Sandy Landis, slandis@kinstoncca.com
- Sandy Landis, slandis@kinstoncca.com
- Mecklenburg County
- Robert Bush, robert.bush@artsandscience.org
- Robert Bush, robert.bush@artsandscience.org
- Orange County
- Hannah Grannemann, hannahg8@email.unc.edu
- Hannah Grannemann, hannahg8@email.unc.edu
- Robeson County
- Richard Sceiford, rsceiford@ec.rr.com
- Richard Sceiford, rsceiford@ec.rr.com
- Wake County
- Eleanor Oakley, eoakley@unitedarts.org
- Eleanor Oakley, eoakley@unitedarts.org
- Wayne County
- Sarah Merritt, sarah@artsinwayne.org

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