Programs & Services

2005 Regional Meetings
on the Arts
January-June 2005

Meeting dates

For over ten years, the Wisconsin Assembly for Local Arts and the Wisconsin Arts Board have traveled the state together to meet and connect with artists, constituents, and arts supporters, and promote the incredible range of cultural opportunities available in Wisconsin. The Arts Board, the state agency for the arts, and the Assembly, the statewide membership organization dedicated to arts advocacy and service, work in partnership to build and sustain Wisconsin’s communities through the arts, and ensure access to the arts for everyone in the state.

The Assembly and the Arts Board are leading the way at the intersection of arts and cultural activity, community development, and economic and educational advancement throughout Wisconsin. From January through June 2005, the two organizations will hit the road again to host a series of regional meetings on the arts. These informal, interactive meetings, held in large and small communities across the state, will bring together arts constituents and other community leaders to envision and act on the future of the arts in those communities and in Wisconsin by:

• discussing local and statewide issues affecting the arts in Wisconsin’s communities
• sharing ideas, needs, and success stories
• developing plans and strategies for future action.

The Assembly and Arts Board will use these meetings to provide and gather critical information on the local and state levels, strengthen bonds with constituents, and develop strategic plans to use the arts to help Wisconsin’s communities survive and thrive.

Across Wisconsin, people and communities are using creativity and the arts to help resolve budget problems, attract and retain business, grow the economy, and stop the “brain drain” of young people leaving communities for other opportunities. Investment in cultural programs and opportunities is not a separate priority—it’s vital to the overall health and well-being of the people of Wisconsin.

Everyone interested in the health and well-being of their community – including artists, arts organization representatives, arts supporters, audience members, educators, business people, funders, elected officials, and others -- are invited to let their voices be heard at these important civic forums.

Dates have already been scheduled for these 2005 Regional Meetings on the Arts:

• Amery: Friday, June 24, 2005, at the Northern Lakes Center for the Arts, 113 Elm Street. Local host: Northern Lakes Center for the Arts
• Chippewa Falls: Tuesday, February 8, 4:30 pm, at the Heyde Center for the Arts, 3 High Street; local host: Chippewa Valley Cultural Association
• Gillett: Thursday, February 24, 2005, 1:30-3:30 pm, Meunier-Pelow Auditorium at Gillett Secondary School; local hosts: AVEC Ltd., Revitalize Gillett, and Main Street Revue
• Hollandale: Saturday, May 21, 2005, at Grandview, Highway 39, Blanchardville; local host: Pecatonica Educational Charitable Foundation and UW Platteville’s ArtsBuild project
• Manitowoc: Wednesday, February 16, 2005, at the Capitol Civic Center, 913 South 8th Street; local host: Capitol Civic Center
• Marshfield: Tuesday, April 5, at the Chestnut Avenue Center for the Arts, 208 S. Chestnut Ave; local host: Marshfield Area Arts and Cultural Alliance and Chestnut Avenue Center for the Arts
• Pewaukee: Friday, May 20, 2005, Country Inn Hotel & Conference Center; local host: Arts Alliance of Waukesha County
• Washburn: Monday, January 24, 2005, at the Washburn Historical Museum; local host: Chequamegon Bay Arts Council

More info to follow on:

• Lake Geneva: date/location TBA
• Milwaukee: date/location TBA; local host: Cultural Alliance of Greater Milwaukee
• Oshkosh: date/location TBA; local host: Oshkosh Arts
• Superior: date/location TBA

The 2005 meetings are made possible with support from the Wisconsin Arts Board, Community Shares of Wisconsin, and the Assembly’s members and constituents.

Wisconsin Assembly for Local Arts

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