2019 Delaware Arts Summit

Bringing the Arts to Life!
Do you work in arts administration or arts programming? Are you an artist, arts patron, or arts educator? Do you volunteer at an arts organization? If you’re interested in the arts, then you belong at the Delaware Arts Summit!
The Arts Summit brings Delaware’s arts community together for a day of speakers, workshops, performances, and networking opportunities, and timely conversations about the future of the arts.
About The Summit
In 2019, the Division of the Arts and the State Arts Council celebrate 50 years of bringing the arts to life in Delaware. As we look back over the decades and recognize our accomplishments as a state agency, we confirm our dedication to cultivating and supporting the arts to enhance the quality of life for all Delawareans.
We also pay tribute to all of you – our partners in the arts. To conclude the day, we’ll present the 2019 Governor’s Awards for the Arts to honor Delaware organizations and individuals who are impacting our community and enhancing our state with their achievements in the arts.
- Workshops
- Keynote Speaker – Alysia Lee
- Summit Speakers
- Summit Performers
Event Details
October 28, 2019
Dover Downs Hotel and Casino
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Dana Wise
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Parking
Parking can be found in the main parking lot of the Dover Downs Hotel and Casino.
Who should attend?
Anyone working in, or interested in, the arts should attend! This includes artists; organization staff, board and volunteers; community leaders; program planners, educators; local and state officials; and arts patrons.
Cancellations
Your registration fee will be refunded if you notify the Delaware Division of the Arts in writing of your cancellation. Notice must be received by 4:30 p.m. on October 21, 2019. Send your cancellation request to Dana Wise, Delaware Division of the Arts by e-mail: Dana.wise@delaware.gov.
Sponsors
The Arts Summit is produced and sponsored by the Delaware Department of State and the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency committed to cultivating and supporting the arts in Delaware. This event is also made possible, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
Photo/Video Policy
I hereby grant the State of Delaware, Department of State, Delaware Division of the Arts (collectively the “Division”) the complete and irrevocable right and permission to use photographs, pictures, portraits, images, or likeness (“photographs”), my first name and/or video or audio recordings (“recordings”), including any reproduction, of me on the Division website and other websites, the Internet and in publications, promotional flyers, educational materials, derivative works, or for any other similar purpose determined by the Division without any compensation to me or my heirs, assigns, personal representatives, beneficiaries or family.
I understand and agree that such photographs, first name and/or recordings of me may be placed on the Internet and in publications. I also understand and agree that I may be identified by first name in printed, Internet or broadcast information that might accompany the photographs and/or recordings of me. I waive the right to approve any final product prepared or used by the Division, the State of Delaware or the Department of State. I agree that all such portraits, pictures, photographs, video and audio recordings, and any reproductions thereof, and all plates, negatives, recording tape and digital files are and shall remain the property of the Division.
I hereby release, acquit and forever discharge the State of Delaware, Department of State, the Division of the Arts and their current, former, and future trustees, agents, officers, directors and employees of the above-named entities from any and all claims, demands, rights, promises, damages and liabilities arising out of or in connection with, directly or indirectly, the use or distribution of said photographs, first name and/or recordings, including but not limited to any claims for invasion of privacy, appropriation of likeness or defamation. I agree that this form remains in effect until revoked by me or parent or guardian in writing to the Division.
I hereby represent that I am eighteen (18) years old or more and competent to contract in my own name or, if I am less than eighteen (18) years old, that my parent or guardian has signed this form below. This form is binding on me and my heirs, assigns, personal representatives, beneficiaries or family
Event Schedule: Monday October 28
8:45 am
Registration and Breakfast
9:30 am
Welcome Remarks
9:45 am
Performance by Rob Waters, Filmmaker & 2018 Individual Artist Fellow, Media Arts: Video/Film
10:30 – 11:45 am
Concurrent Workshops
- Before Disaster Strikes: Be ArtsReady, Jan Newcomb
- Attracting and Keeping the Right Audiences, Bob Harlow
- Financial Wellness for Artists, Elaine Grogan Luttrull
- Removing Barriers Through Authentic Communication, Ceci Dadisman
- Organization and Program Evaluation, Brea Heidelberg
- Board Fiduciary Responsibility and Engagement, Paul Stock
11:45 – 12:45 pm
Lunch
Remarks by Secretary of State Jeff Bullock
Performance by the 17th Delaware Poets Laureate, Rep. Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha and Al Mills
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Keynote Address: Can the Arts Uplift Communities?
by Alysia Lee, Founder and Artistic Director, Sister Cities Girlchoir
1:45 – 3:00 pm
Concurrent Sessions
- Civic Engagement 101, Jessica Ball (and invited legislators)
- Attracting and Keeping the Right Audiences, Bob Harlow
- Running a Sustainable Creative Business, Elaine Grogan Luttrull
- Digital Marketing Bootcamp, Ceci Dadisman
- Organization and Program Evaluation, Brea Heidelberg
- Board Fiduciary Responsibility and Engagement, Paul Stock
3:00 – 4:00 pm
Networking Reception
4:00 pm
Governor’s Awards for the Arts
