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LEAF director to speak to National Council of the Arts - October 29

Posted by Connie Mettler on October 29, 2010 at 7:00am

WHAT: National Endowment for the Arts invites Lake Eden Arts Festival’s Executive Director to present at the National Council of the Arts meeting in Washington D.C.
WHEN: TOMORROW - Friday, October 29th 2010


Jennifer Pickering, Executive Director of Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF), will present at the National Council of the Arts meeting in Washington D.C. tomorrow. From over 1,400 outdoor arts festival organizations, LEAF | Lake Eden Arts Festival was one of only two organizations selected to speak at this prestigious meeting of the National Endowment for the Arts’ (NEA) advisory body, which meets three times annually. The meeting will be webcasted live from 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. on the NEA website.

(listen in here: http://www.arts.gov/ )


The 171st meeting of the NEA’s advisory body will highlight the NEA’s latest report, Live from Your Neighborhood: A National Study of Outdoor Arts Festivals. The report examined 1,413 outdoor arts festivals in the country through surveys and case-studies. The study’s key findings indicate that outdoor arts festivals have diverse art forms and audiences, a commitment to quality programming, low or no-cost admission fees and integrate within their communities. The report also raises an important question for other arts organizations to ask: “What are festivals doing right and how can we replicate it?”

LEAF is a non-profit organization established to build community and enrich lives through the Arts – locally & globally – with festivals, events, mentoring, and educational programs.


Shouldn't we all be listening? I'll be tuned in -- lots to learn here -- how about you?


Does anyone here know anything about LEAF? This is a new organization to me.

Tags: LEAF, NEA, NEA broadcast
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  • Connie Mettler October 30, 2010 at 9:50pm
    That was great, Leo. Thanks. I found it puzzling also why there wasn't an art festival included. We need to make more noise maybe. What is a little distressing about the chart above is that 36% of the events lost money!

    I also felt it was pretty basic. The statistics are certainly important and it is good to have that info at our fingertips.
  • Connie Mettler October 29, 2010 at 8:53pm
    I did watch the presentation. Pretty nice, but very bureaucratic. That's fine. It's a bureaucracy! But of the six events they profiled none of them were visual arts festivals. Lots of performance...but our 'big' events have some serious stages.....but the ones featured here were performers that really were diverse, dancers and entertainers from many different cultures. Still! It seems that some of our big fine art festivals need to be on the radar of the NEA. All of these had a wide variety of components -- think of the NO Jazz Fest -- lots of music, different types everywhere, several artisan communities, contemporary arts...
  • CM Fox October 29, 2010 at 7:20pm
    I've never heard about LEAF. But someone did send me a pdf of what I assume was the report: http://www.arts.gov/research/Festivals-Report.pdf

    I haven't had time to read it....tho' I note that it also includes music festivals, which are a different "breed" with different needs from visual arts festivals. It will be an interesting read.

    Thanks Connie for bringing this to our attention.

    Carla
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