2007 Arts Works for Virginia Conference
On January 23- 25 over 300 people convened in downtown Richmond for the 2007 Art Works for Virginia conference. Speaker and workshop topics included:
- Art and Upheaval: Artists on the World’s Front Lines
- Strengthing the Board/Staff Relationship
- Strategic Communication for Arts Organizations
- Arts in Healthcare: The Model of the Creative Center
- Marketing to People with Disabilities
- Customer Service for Arts Organizations
- Strategic Planning
- Audience Research in the Performing Arts
- The Arts as a Destination Maker: Arts/Cultural/ Entertainment Districts
- United Arts Funds
- Creating a Strategic Plan for Exhibitions
- Contemporary Art: Issues and Opportunities
Key Note Speech by Bill Cleveland
Comments from the participants included:
"This conference gets better every year. I will encourage more of my board members to attend in the future."
"Thank you for making an effort to inspire and motivate us. It is too easy to get weighed down by the administrative and trivial tasks that need tending. The commitment to bring in outside speakers with a national or global perspective is a good one, and I hope you will continue."
"Please continue to bring in speakers like Bill Cleveland and Ken Robinson. Art can feel, or be perceived as, self-serving, and we need to be reminded and inspired by its power to have a deep impact on society."
"Well organized, great sessions. I wish it were longer. There are too many great sessions to choose from."
2007 Art Works Conference Brochure
2007 Art Works Conference Agenda
2007 Art Works Conference Agenda 
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