Arts Day 2009 - March 3-4, 2009
Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center and State Capitol, Madison
Why is advocacy so important?
All about the arts and the "creative economy"
2009 Arts Legislative Agenda
Arts Day 2009 Partners
Arts Day 2009
FAQs
2009 Arts Action
Toolkit
State Legislators' Contact Information
More ways to connect with
your elected officials!
Check out:
- Arts Day 2009 video, courtesy of Wisconsin Eye!
- Arts Day 2009 photos!
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Links to other websites on the arts, advocacy and the creative economy
What is Arts Day?
On Arts Day, hundreds of 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!"
It was a great day for the arts and for Wisconsin!
Advocacy is being able to speak to where your audience is listening
from.
~ Ben Cameron, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
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.
- Encourage state investment in the arts through the Wisconsin Arts Board and other state agencies
- Reinstate the film industry tax incentives
- Support arts and creative opportunities for all Wisconsin students
Read the full agenda and talking points here.
Arts Day 2009 Partners
Sponsoring Partners
- AIA (American Institute of Architects) Wisconsin
- Arts Wisconsin
- Association of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestras
- Broadjam, Inc.
- Good for Business, Madison
- Knupp and Watson, Madison
- PortalWisconsin.org
- UW-Extension Continuing Education Outreach and E-Learning
- Ward-Brodt Music, Madison
- Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
- Wisconsin Music Educators Association
- Wisconsin Nonprofits Association
- Wisconsin Presenters Network
- Wisconsin Rural Partners
- Wisconsin Visual Artists (formerly Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors)
- Wisconsin Visual Art Lifetime Achievement Awards
Endorsing Partners
- Film Commission of Western Wisconsin
- Film Wisconsin
- Robert E. Gard Wisconsin Idea Foundation
- Theatre Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters
- Wisconsin Alliance for Arts Education
- Wisconsin Alliance of Cities
- Wisconsin Center for the Book
- Wisconsin Downtown Action Coalition
- Wisconsin Federation of Museums
- Wisconsin Foundation for the Arts
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Wisconsin Main Street Program
- Wisconsin PTA
- Wisconsin Regional Writers Association
- Wisconsin School Music Association
- Wisconsin Story Project
Elected officials and dignitaries at the Legislative Breakfast:
- Wisconsin Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton
- Wisconsin Sec. of Tourism Kelli Trumble
- Wisconsin Poet Laureate Marilyn Taylor
- Performance by the Appleton Boychoir
- Legislators:
- Sen. Ted Kanavas, Brookfield
- Sen. Dan Kapanke, LaCrosse
- Rep. Kristin Dexter, Eau Claire
- Rep. Garey Bies, Sister Bay
- Rep. Steve Hilgenberg, Dodgeville
- Rep. Ann Hraychuck, Balsam Lake
- Rep. Peggy Krusick, Milwaukee
- Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, Madison
- Rep. Jeff Smith, Eau Claire
- Rep. Jeff Soletski, Green Bay
- Rep. Karl Van Roy, Green Bay
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).
updated 3-13-2009