OUTLINE OF THE DAY
8:30 Doors Open
8:30 REGISTRATION, COFFEE, AND NETWORKING in the Lobby
Then, in the Auditorium:
9:00 WELCOME and warm up
with Shelly Covert, Spokesperson for the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe, and Eliza Tudor, Executive Director, Nevada County Arts Council; and Dr. Karen Davis O’Hara, Executive Dean of the Sierra College Nevada County Campus.
9:20 FREE RESOURCES ALL ARTISTS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
with Heather Heckler, Kellie Cutler, Michaelyn Logue, and Diana Arbex.
9:50 Keynote
Your Health, Your business, Your Community
with Dr. Tasha Golden, PhD, Director of Research at the International Arts + Mind Lab at Johns Hopkins
Break
11:00 YOUR CHOICE OF BREAKOUT SESSIONS (classrooms):
Option 1:
The Future of Public Art in Nevada County facilitated by Mark Salinas, with Lisa Swarthout, District 3 Supervisor; Becky Bucar, Assistant Public Works Director, Town of Truckee; Sean Grayson, City Manager, Nevada City; Haven Caravelli, Councilmember, City of Grass Valley
Option 2:
Are you Experienced? with Brian Chambers, Founder and Curator, The Chambers Project.
Option 3:
Breaking the Myth of the Big Break with Patrick and Sean Johnson, Swazzle Inc.
Option 4:
Essential Steps in your Music Career with Oz Fritz, Conrad Sisk and Katie Knipp.
12:00 to 1:15 - Lunch Break
Lunch by Thai Chic on the Upper Campus. A choice of Vegetable Spring Rolls, Kiao Tood (Deep fried wonton wrapped quail eggs), Khao Gai Kra-Thiem (Fried chicken) and Pad Phak Raum Tofu (Stir-fried vegetable with tofu)*vegan .
12:10 Working Lunch
Option 1:
Making our California Cultural Districts Work for YOU! with Heather Heckler, GVNC Cultural District Program Manager; Kellie Cutler, Truckee Cultural District, Program Manager; and Michelle Amador, Director of Development, Mark Morris Dance Group.
Option 2:
How I Got Here with David Nicholson, Award-winning Senior Staff Producer and Director of Television, Bloomberg
Option 3:
Branding Yourself—The Golden Rules with Juniper Lindquist Dacre, Marketing Manager, The Center for the Arts
Option 4:
Podcast Essentials—with Ramona Howard, Executive Director, Nevada County Media
2:15 YOUR CHOICE OF SESSIONS in classrooms
Option 1:
Inside the Mind of a Curator with Cheri Aswalt, deputy director, Verge Center for the Arts; Kara Q Smith, Interim Director of University of Nevada MFA-IA Program; Freda Scott, founder and director, Freda Scott Creative; and Kolin Perry, curatorial assistant at the Nevada Museum of Art.
Option 2:
Selling Your Work Online with Leila Srouji, founder, Tierra Madera Ceramics
Option 3:
Top Tips from a Grant Writing Expert with Jenny Darlington-Person, Executive Director, Music in the Mountains
Option 4:
Success in Media with Sky Scholfield, Wintu, Pit River and Wailacki Producer and Documentary Artist, and UN Representative for the Youth Caucus Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues
3:15 Break
3:30 YOUR CHOICE OF SESSIONS in classrooms
Option 1:
Relax with Tax for Artists for Creative Freelancers! with Jeffrey Thompson, MA, MBA, EA, actor, writer, magician, and partner at Thompson, Cherry & Associates LLC.
Option 2:
Expanding Visions —Evolving as a Public Artist with Sarah Coleman.
Option 3:
Health Insurance for Self-Employed Artists with Lindsey Nielsen.
Option 4:
Acing an Audition with David Endacott-Hicks, Ariel Elliott, Aneka Torgrimson, facilitated by Sean Fenton
Option 5:
How to be An Artist Activist! with Michelle Amador
4:35 The State of the Arts
with Julie Baker, CEO, Californians for the Arts and California Arts Advocates
5:00 Feeling Motivated
A COMMUNITY BUILDING SESSION in the Auditorium
with Daniela Fernández