2017 Delaware Arts Summit:
Arts for All: Transforming Individuals & Communities

WHAT: The Arts Summit brings together Delaware’s arts community to connect, learn, and get inspired. The speakers and sessions will illuminate ways to create value and increase the impact of the arts to purposefully enhance well-being, understanding, learning, and creativity for all. Sessions include:

• Activism and Advocacy
• Intentional Practice
• Breaking Stereotypes
• Effective Marketing
• Sensitivity and Accessibility
• The Power of Volunteers

WHEN: Monday, October 30 2017 from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. Full Summit schedule available online.

WHERE: Dover Downs Hotel & Casino: Click here for directions.

WHO: Featured speakers and workshop leaders will be:

• Speakers:
  • First Lady Tracey Quillen Carney, State of Delaware
  • The Honorable Bethany Hall-Long, Lt. Governor
  • The Honorable Jeffrey W. Bullock, Secretary of State
  • Paul Weagraff, Director, Delaware Division of the Arts
  • J. Mack Wathen, Chair, Delaware State Arts Council
  • Dan Cruce, Board President, Delaware Arts Alliance
• Keynote Speaker:
  • Liz Lerman, Choreographer, Performer, Writer, Educator, Speaker
• Workshop Leaders:
  • Carol Barnett, Planner, DE Division of Services for the Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities, New Castle, DE
  • Kelly Barsdate, Chief Program and Planning Officer, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, Washington, D.C.
  • Randi Korn, Founding Director, Randi Korn & Associates, Inc., Alexandria, VA
  • Chris McLeod, Principal, CLM Marketing, Washington, D.C.
  • Jennie Smith-Peers, Executive Director, National Center for Creative Aging, Washington, D.C.
  • Sheri Wilensky Burke, Sheri Wilensky Burke Consulting LLC, Philadelphia, PA
• Artist Performers:
  • Fearless Improv, City Theater Company, featuring cast members Jana Savini, Mary Catherine Kelley, Dave Duszak, and George Tietze, uses listening, support, and yes-anding to create a show, on the spot, that magnifies the absurdity of the human experience.
  • Outreach Ensemble, Delaware Choral Society: Formed in 2014, the Delaware Choral Society (DCS) Outreach Ensemble is a subset of DCS. The group, directed by James Byrne and accompanied by Bryan Roscoe, performs for business and civic events as well as in hospital and residential facilities.

OTHER: Tickets are still available: $55 walk-in registration – check or exact cash only at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino. For more information on Summit speakers, artists, events and location, please visit: arts.delaware.gov/summit/.

We will be live tweeting throughout the day using #DEArtsSummit. Tag us on Twitter and Facebook at: @ArtsDelaware.

The lunchtime performance and keynote presentation starting at 11:45 will be livestreamed on Facebook. Check our page for more details: https://www.facebook.com/ArtsDelaware

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Contact: Leeann Wallett, Program Officer, Communications and Marketing
302-577-8280, leeann.wallett@delaware.gov

The Delaware Division of the Arts Announces the 2017 Delaware Arts Summit

Dover, Del. (October 17, 2017) – The biennial Arts Summit will be held on Monday, October 30, 2017 from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino, Dover. This year’s theme is “Arts for All: Transforming Individuals & Communities.”

The Arts Summit brings together Delaware’s arts community to connect, learn, and get inspired. The speakers and sessions will illuminate ways to create value and increase the impact of the arts to purposefully enhance well-being, understanding, learning, and creativity for all. Sessions include:

• Activism and Advocacy
• Intentional Practice
• Breaking Stereotypes
• Effective Marketing
• Sensitivity and Accessibility
• The Power of Volunteers

The keynote address will be presented by Liz Lerman, an internationally recognized choreographer, performer, writer, educator and speaker, who has been the recipient of such honors as a 2002 MacArthur Fellowship and a 2017 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award for her visionary work. Her artistry crosses all divides with results that are participatory and universally relevant.

Featured speakers will also include First Lady Tracey Quillen Carney; The Honorable Bethany Hall-Long, Lt. Governor; The Honorable Jeffrey W. Bullock, secretary of state; Paul Weagraff, director, Delaware Division of the Arts; J. Mack Wathen, chair, Delaware State Arts Council; and Dan Cruce, board president, Delaware Arts Alliance.

For more information and to register for the conference, please visit: https://arts.delaware.gov/summit/.

Registration is $55 (includes breakfast, lunch and refreshments) and will be accepted online through October 24. If space is available, registration will also be accepted on site. Use hashtags: #DEArtSummit17 and #artsde; Tag us at: @ArtsDelaware

Featured speakers and workshop leaders will be:

• Speakers:
  • First Lady Tracey Quillen Carney, State of Delaware
  • The Honorable Bethany Hall-Long, Lt. Governor
  • The Honorable Jeffrey W. Bullock, Secretary of State
  • Paul Weagraff, Director, Delaware Division of the Arts
  • J. Mack Wathen, Chair, Delaware State Arts Council
  • Dan Cruce, Board President, Delaware Arts Alliance
• Keynote Speaker:
  • Liz Lerman, Choreographer, Performer, Writer, Educator, Speaker
• Workshop Leaders:
  • Carol Barnett, Planner, DE Division of Services for the Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities, New Castle, DE
  • Kelly Barsdate, Chief Program and Planning Officer, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, Washington, D.C.
  • Randi Korn, Founding Director, Randi Korn & Associates, Inc., Alexandria, VA
  • Chris McLeod, Principal, CLM Marketing, Washington, D.C.
  • Jennie Smith-Peers, Executive Director, National Center for Creative Aging, Washington, D.C.
  • Sheri Wilensky Burke, Sheri Wilensky Burke Consulting LLC, Philadelphia, PA
• Artist Performers:
  • Fearless Improv, City Theater Company, featuring cast members Jana Savini, Mary Catherine Kelley, Dave Duszak, and George Tietze, uses listening, support, and yes-anding to create a show, on the spot, that magnifies the absurdity of the human experience.
  • Outreach Ensemble, Delaware Choral Society: Formed in 2014, the Delaware Choral Society (DCS) Outreach Ensemble is a subset of DCS. The group, directed by James Byrne and accompanied by Bryan Roscoe, performs for business and civic events as well as in hospital and residential facilities.

For more information on Summit speakers, artists, events and location, please visit: https://arts.delaware.gov/summit/.

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Contact: Leeann Wallett, Program Officer, Communications and Marketing
302-577-8280, leeann.wallett@delaware.gov

Delaware Division of the Arts is hosting a statewide Arts Summit on October 26, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. at Dover Downs, 1131 N. DuPont Highway, in Dover. This biennial event is open to all who wish to attend, and is designed specifically for arts organization staff, board, and volunteers; artists; program planners; educators; arts patrons; and state and community leaders.

The theme of this year’s Summit is “Let’s Get Engaged.” Engaging with community, audiences, funders, partners, and colleagues is a key element of success for organization or artistic endeavors. The Division will present a group of nationally-recognized speakers offering ideas and action plans to make the most of these engagements. Some of the topics to be covered include: Local and National Advocacy, Social Media, Community Engagement, Building Audiences, Creative Aging, A Sustainable Life as an Artist, and Partnering for Impact.

The keynote address, Urban Alchemy, Art Transforms, will be presented by artist Lily Yeh. Founder and former executive director of the Village of Arts & Humanities in Philadelphia, Yeh now brings the transformative power of art to impoverished communities around the globe through participatory, multifaceted projects that foster community empowerment, improve the physical environment, promote economic development, and preserve indigenous art and culture.

Featured speakers will also include Delaware Governor Jack A. Markell; Delaware Secretary of State Jeffrey W. Bullock; and Randy Cohen, Vice President of Research and Policy at Americans for the Arts.

For more information and to register for the conference, please visit http://www.artsdel.org/Summit2015. Registration is $55 (includes breakfast, lunch and refreshments) and will be accepted online through October 20. If space is available, registration will also be accepted on site.