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Get 'Em While They're Hot! 2009 Annual Conference Reference Materials
Here's a sample of what's available from the 2009 Annual Conference:
1) Margaret Jenkins’s speech “Keeping On, Keeping On” from the opening plenary session.
2) Reference material “Why is Cultural Competence Work Important?" from the session entitled Let's Talk about Diversity: Today's Realities, Tomorrow's Possibilities
3) Reference materials “Organization Life Stages” from the session entitled Financial Scenario Planning for an Uncertain Future
and more materials can be found on: https://www.danceusa.org/2009conferenceschedule
Our Greening Efforts Pay Off
2009 Annual Conference
You liked us being "green"! Evaluation results from attendees show that our effort to reduce paper and waste were appreciated. It saved Dance/USA thousands of dollars and we contributed to the Green Meetings Industry Council’s challenge to divert, recycle, or compost a million tons of trash between Earth Day (April 22), and the end of 2009. Interestingly, we also ended up with lots of "green" followers on Twitter! Check out @greenbizdaily, @denversolarguy, and @discoveryfuel for more tips on keeping it "green".
Follow Dance/USA on Twitter at www.twitter.com/connectdanceusa.
Searching for Conference Bloggers
2009 Annual Conference
On Friday, June 5 conference attendees watched a dance showcase of eleven of Houston’s local dance companies. See what one dance writer had to say about it: http://danceviewtimes.typepad.com/traiger/ Did you blog about this showcase? If so, please let us know!
Emerging Leaders in Dance Taskforce Releases Survey Results
Dance/USA’s Emerging Leaders Taskforce, created to examine the challenges and needs of emerging leaders in the dance field, conducted a survey of these leaders in April. The taskforce sought information on career paths, obstacles, resources, and opportunities for emerging leaders in the field in order to make recommendations to Dance/USA about programs and services that would best serve the needs of this community.
Download a PDF of the survey results
Information on the Emerging Leaders in Dance Task Force will be made available on the Dance/USA website, www.danceusa.org. If you want to get involved or receive more information contact Anne Dunning with ARTS Action Research.
Suggested Summer Reading from the Research Department
Recently, four significant research reports have been released offering insight into the attendance patterns of adults in the United States, individual philanthropy in 2008, arts education in the nation’s schools, and increasing arts demand through education. A brief description of each of these research reports, their findings, and a link to the reports, are listed below.
Survey on Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA)
The National Endowment for the Arts Office of Research & Analysis (http://www.arts.gov/research/index.html) has released their most recent publication, Arts Participation 2008: Highlights from a National Survey. According to the study, audiences for the arts in the U.S. continue to decline and age at significant rates, but it indicates that more people are experiencing culture through web-based sources.
The Nation’s Report Card on Arts Education (the National Assessment of Education Progress in the Arts 2008)
The National Assessment Governing Board has released the first NAEP arts assessment since 1997 of eighth grade students. Although dance and theater were not assessed due to a lack of systemic instruction in either discipline, the results noted that while offerings of art and music have remained steady, racial/ethnic, gender, and socioeconomic gaps exist in student achievement.
more about the NAEP arts assessment
Giving USA Foundation 2008 Study
Giving USA released its annual report on charitable giving in the United States based on research by Indiana University’s Center on Philanthropy. Overall, charitable gifts were down 2% from 2007 (5.7% when adjusted for inflation). Two-thirds of public charities experienced decreases in contributions received in 2008. Arts/cultural/humanities organizations received $12.79 billion, down 6.4% (total charitable giving in 2008 was $307.65 billion).
Increasing Arts Demand Through Better Arts Learning
This “Knowledge in Brief” by The Wallace Foundation summarizes research on new city efforts to lift arts education in ways that could also boost arts participation. This 4-page report describes the research on coordinated efforts with schools and other providers to join forces in a sustained effort to expand access to and quality of arts learning.
Congress has fully stepped into the appropriations process with the goal of passing all twelve federal appropriations bills before the August recess. As you know, President Obama has proposed a $6 million increase to the National Endowment for the Arts, which would bring the agency to $161 million for FY10. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior has proposed an increase of $15 million for a total amount of $170 million for FY10. The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior supports Obama’s proposal with the $6 million increase.
Stay tuned for upcoming Action Alerts on NEA funding for FY10 from the Performing Arts Alliance.
United We Serve
Does your dance organization engage volunteers? Are you looking for more volunteers or would you like to highlight your volunteer program? Show the country and the White House that the arts are a wonderful community partner by posting your volunteer programs on http://www.serve.gov.
