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 FVAC Hosts its Summer Youth Arts session at FVAC Campus
Avon, CT -- The Farmington Valley Arts Center invites young artists to join the FUN at FVAC with youth classes beginning in May. The summer instructors begin sessions early in the season to offer afternoon classes through June. Instructors Joan Shackford and Greg Orfanos will offer units for ages 4-7 and 12-17 years, while the summer program will target ages 6-15 years.
FVAC is excited to bring on board a group of new instructors to the summer program beginning July 6th with daily sessions through August 13. FVAC Summer Arts Camp (SAC) is a week long camp session from 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. daily for ages 6-15. Campers enjoy exciting half-day creative exercises in visual arts, ceramics, sculpture and photography. Classes are among FVAC studios for students to experience the inspiration of all FVAC artists. Creative sessions are held in our classrooms, the galleries and outdoors (weather pending) to engage in the entire FVAC experience.
Campers and families looking for additional information for registration can visit FVAC at 25 Arts Center Lane, Avon, CT 06001, or www.ARTSFVAC.org to download registration forms. Visit FVAC on June 5, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. with our First Saturdays Open Studios and workshops to register in person.
The Farmington Valley Arts Center (FVAC) was incorporated in 1974 as a not-for-profit organization. In the belief that artistic expression and creativity are vital to daily life, FVAC connects the community to the creative process through arts education for people of all ages, support and encouragement of working artists, and serving as a community resource for exposure of the arts. The Arts Center is a vibrant arts community that enables visitors to experience the entire creative process, from seeing artists at work to viewing finished creations in a gallery to learning the skills necessary to create works of their own.
For more information, please contact
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Farmington Valley Arts Center, 860-678-1867 or visit us online at www.artsfvac.org
Kennedy Center President Michael Kaiser’s two Arts in Crisis arts management symposia on June 10. See Press Release
Registration begins April 15.
Organized by the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism, the symposia are free and open to all staff/managers and board members of Connecticut non-profit arts organizations. Pre-registration is required. To register, please visit CCT’s website: www.cultureandtourism.org and look under HOT Topics.
As part of a national 50-state tour, Mr. Kaiser will address the challenges facing non-profit arts organizations with a focus on such topics as fundraising, budgeting, marketing and building more effective boards of trustees. The event will be in the format of a community conversation moderated by Diane Smith, TV journalist and producer of Connecticut Public Television’s “Positively Connecticut” series. For more details, see attached press release.
DATE: Thursday, June 10, 2010
WHERE/TIME: Yale University Art Gallery, McNeil Auditorium
9:00 to 10:00 am: Meet and Greet
10:00 to 11:30 am: Community Conversation
Saint Joseph College, Carol Autorino Center for the Arts and Humanities
1:00 to 2:00 pm: Meet and Greet
2:00 to 3:30 pm: Community Conversation
Article: On Our Minds - Wolf Brown
“Financial Management in Tough Times: Financing Options” May 2009
“New Ways for Organizations to Finance their Operations” May 2009
“Making Capital Campaign Work in Recession” June 2009
NFF offers a variety of services - financing, consulting and workshops - to help nonprofits strengthen their financial health and improve their capacity. Take a look at their Guide to Navigating the Financial Crisis: FAQ which provides links to additional NFF printouts and tip sheets such as "Navigating the Financial Crisis: Tips for Nonprofits," "Questions to Consider in a Financial Crisis - A Self-Assessment Worksheet," and others.
KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
“Arts in Crisis: A Kennedy Center Initiative” provides free emergency planning assistance to organizations in need from Kennedy Center President Michael Kaiser and his staff about issues such as shrinking income sources, fundraising, budgeting, marketing, the use of technology, and other areas pertinent to maintaining a vital performing arts organization in a troubled economy. Register through http://www.artsincrisis.org; you will receive responses through e-mail, phone calls, live web chats or site visits. Through the same website, the Kennedy Center is also encouraging experienced and talented arts managers around the country to volunteer their services as mentors.
Michael Kaiser has recently started his national tour of visiting all 50 states in 2009 and 2010. CCT will work with the Kennedy Center to coordinate his visit to Connecticut in 2010.
ARTS PARTICIPATION RESOURCES
In difficult times, it is all the more essential for arts organizations to take a long view and continue to devote time and effort to build new audiences.
Recent arts participation resources include:
Wallace Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Enterprise
Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
WolfBrown
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS & ARTS ORGANIZATIONS
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF STATE ARTS AGENCIES (NASAA)
Transcripts of recent NFF web chats are now available:
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