Arts and Culture Symposium

The Arts and Culture Symposium will bring together arts leaders, advocates and policymakers. The purpose of the symposium is to make the arts more visible and accessible in the community, to encourage discussion and partnership among institutions, and to share the latest techniques for engaging audiences in the creative process.

Registration begins at 8 a.m. with time for a buffet breakfast before the keynote speech and two informative breakout sessions. The half-day symposium will include an overview of current arts opportunities, lunch and a reception in the William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art, located across from Lundring Events Center in the stadium.

Randy Cohen is vice president of research and policy at Americans for the Arts. He publishes the National Arts Index, an annual measure of the vitality of the arts, as well as premier economic studies of the arts industry. He has given speeches in 49 states and regularly appears in the news media, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, CNN, CNBC and NPR.

Jerry Yoshitomi is an independent cultural facilitator/consultant who leads conversations about the arts, including a national initiative to improve conditions for artists, a collaborative of performing arts presenters at major research universities, and the START (State Arts Agency) Initiative of the Wallace Foundation. He chaired the National Task Force on Presenting and Touring the Performing Arts and was executive director of the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center in Los Angeles.

Admission is $25. Click here to purchase tickets.

Register by Nov. 1