Arts Day 2008 - March 5, 2008
Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center and State Capitol, Madison
Why do we need advocacy for the arts?
All about the arts and the "creative
economy"
2008 Arts Legislative Agenda
Arts Day 2008 schedule
Arts Day 2008 Partners
Arts Day 2008
FAQs
2008 Arts Action
Toolkit
State Legislators' Contact Infomation
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Links to other websites on the arts, advocacy and the creative economy
What is Arts Day?
On Arts Day, nearly 200 representatives of Wisconsin’s extraordinary
arts community came together for one day to:
• Celebrate all that's happening in the arts across Wisconsin
• Connect with old and new friends
• Educate legislators about the importance of investing in the arts,
to strengthen Wisconsin’s economy, educational system, and social
infrastructure.
Each year, representatives of the arts from around Wisconsin -- small
rural choirs and suburban community theaters, presenters and big organizations,
museums and art centers of all sizes, painters, tenors, dancers, cellists,
french horn players, arts administrators, board members and YOU --join
together for this big day. Past participants have enthusiastically reported
two things about Arts Day:
• First, they feel empowered by gathering together with like-minded people. Each year, hundreds of Wisconsin arts leaders participate in Arts Day.
• Second, they say that Arts Day is the best arts networking
event of the year. This is one of the only times that Wisconsin’s
diverse, multi-layered and fabulous arts industry gathers together in
one place, to show what a strong, vital arts community we have in Wisconsin.
Events like Arts Day have already led to greater understanding by decision-makers
of the power of the arts to transform Wisconsin’s communities. Now,
we’re looking for significant increases in state arts funding. The
unified voice of the arts community is critical to this success.
Decision-makers need to be educated about the importance of the arts to
everyone, everywhere in Wisconsin, every day of the year. It’s especially
important this year to be out in full force, with so many new faces at
the Capitol, to come to Madison on Arts Day to say, "please
invest in the arts in your community and across the state!"
Why do we need advocacy for the arts?
Advocacy is being able to speak to where your audience is listening
from.
~ Ben Cameron, former President, Theatre Communications Group
The arts are essential to Wisconsin's cultural and spiritual quality of life, to our economic development, and to the education of our children-- arts and cultural opportunities should be a priority when public policy is made!
• Arts Advocacy is democracy in action.
• Arts Advocacy is all about relationships.
• Arts Advocacy is a discipline.
• Arts Advocacy requires teamwork.
• Arts Day and other activities throughout the year advance advocacy
for the arts on the local, regional and statewide levels.
What happened on Arts Day?
At Arts Day 2008, advocates told their stories of the arts and involvement
in regional economic development based on quality of life, arts education,
and as community assets.
• Lt. Governor Lawton announced the Wisconsin Arts Board's New
Economy Funding Initiative
• Arts Wisconsin announced the 56
cents - The Change Wisconsin Needs campaign
to support the New Economy Funding Initiative
•Public forum on arts education
ideas and action results
2008 Arts Legislative Agenda
Supporting the
New Economy Funding Initiative, a bold new vision for Wisconsin's
future. Click here for the 2008 Arts
Legislative Agenda.
Arts Day 2008 Partners
Sponsoring Partners
American Institute of Architects (AIA) Wisconsin
• Arts Wisconsin
• Association of Wisconsin Symphony
Orchestras
• Good for Business,
Madison
• Portalwisconsin.org
• Wisconsin Art Education Association
• Wisconsin Department of Public
Instruction
• Wisconsin Eye
• Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
• Wisconsin Painters and
Sculptors
• Wisconsin Presenters
Network
• Wisconsin Public Radio Association
• Wisconsin Rural Partners
• Wisconsin School Music Association
• Wisconsin Youth Symphony
Orchestras
• Wisconsin Education Association
Council
• Wisconsin Visual Art Lifetime
Achievement Awards
• Richard
and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation, Milwaukee
• UW Extension Continuing Education,
Outreach and E-Learning
• UW-Madison Department of
Liberal Studies and the Arts
• Ward-Brodt Music, Madison
Endorsing Partners
• Robert E. Gard Wisconsin Idea Foundation
• Theatre Wisconsin
• Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters
• Wisconsin Advocates for Music Education
• Wisconsin Alliance for Arts Education
• Wisconsin Alliance of Artists and Craftspeople
• Wisconsin Alliance of Cities
• Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
• Wisconsin Federation of Museums
• Wisconsin Foundation for the Arts
• Wisconsin Nonprofits Association
• Wisconsin PTA Association
• Wisconsin Puppetry Guild
• Wisconsin Regional Writers Association
Meeting
with Your Legislators
How to be an
effective advocate for the arts in your community on Arts Day and
every day.
Legislators'
Contact Infomation
Phone number, e-mail
and office location of all legislators, by district (find
your district here).
Links to Other Helpful Websites
updated 3-24-2008