SUMMER SESSIONS
MONDAYS 1PM - 3PM
JULY 18 & 25, AUGUST 1, 15, 22, & 29
This series of six workshops is produced in partnership with the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture for the grantees of the Second Supervisorial District Arts and Culture Recovery Grant Program.
JULY 18, 2022 @ 1:00 PM
GROWING A GREATER CULTURE OF INCLUSION
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Evonne Gallardo believes artists are essential and works to advance and resource artists and the structures that serve them.
Evonne has over 20 years of leadership experience in multiple functional areas of arts and culture management and centered on cultural equity and inclusion. Evonne advises public and private arts and culture institutions and organizations to help expand and align values and actions that better serve their teams, artists and audiences.
Services include cultural equity and inclusion approaches, policies and strategies, planning including theory of change models, community engagement strategies, feasibility studies, and professional coaching.
In addition to her consulting practice, Evonne serves as a Mayor-Appointed Commissioner for the City of Los Angeles’ Cultural Affairs Commission and as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture. Evonne received a B.A. in American History at Columbia University and an M.A. in the Sociology of Art from the New School for Social Research in New York City.
How do organizations that have historically been rooted in and committed to community grow and advance greater inclusion?
Achieving a threshold of diversity within an organization does not automatically address the need for inclusion or other much needed critical shifts. When a commitment to inclusion is sustained over the long term and put into daily practice, honest conversations, healthy tension and mutual benefit practices emerge.
This interactive workshop will explore what inclusion is and its evolving best practices. You will learn how to ensure that your work reflects and aligns with inclusion's guiding principles through leadership, programming, fundraising and community engagement efforts.
JULY 25, 2022 @ 1:00 PM
THE 3-LEGGED STOOL: A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO PROGRAMMING
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Leigh Ann Hahn is an independent curator, lecturer and consultant working at the crossroads of community, art and culture for over 3 decades. She pioneered Grand Performances programming, curating and overseeing all aspects of planning, producing coordinating and facilitating as many as 70 arts and culture events each year, including theater, poetry, performance art, family programs, lectures, dance and music from Los Angeles and around the world.
Her innovative participant/observer approach not only brought the sounds of the world to Los Angeles, but also showed Los Angeles to itself through concerts, residencies, workshops, salons and lecture series. She values and assists in constructing work that tells stories of our shared humanity, embraces and encourages parity, bravery, grace, compassion and risk-taking.
As such, Hahn’s curatorial voice has played a critical role in developing the creative arts scene in Southern California.
Leigh Ann Hahn embraces the belief that every part of an organization (fund development, marketing/communications, program, and administration) must be respected and balanced in order to serve our communities and ourselves.
“You are always welcome,” “if you don’t ask you don’t get,” and “observe perpetually” (Henry James) are three of the oft-repeated phrases that inform and tie together Hahn’s programmatic ethos.
In this session, we’ll explore tools and methodologies for fully integrating programming objectives to achieve your organization’s mission.
AUGUST 1, 2022 @ 1:00 PM
THINKING OUTSIDE THE (PASTRY BOX): A LOOK AT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS & COLLABORATION CASE STUDIES
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Amanda Wah has over a decade of Performing Arts marketing experience and currently leads Stanford Live's marketing department as Director of Marketing and Communications.
Originally from LA, her love for working in the arts started with the LA County Arts Internship program which led her to working at Grand Performances for 5 years. Amanda then spent time in New York managing the marketing for some of The Public Theater's most beloved programs like Free Shakespeare in the Park and the Under the Radar Festival. Prior to moving back to the west coast, Amanda was part of the marketing team to launch The Shed, a new arts center in Hudson Yards, New York.
The marketing toolbox can be a puzzling affair.
Influencers! Awards! Social Listening! Engagement! Collaboration! Gamification!
Audience engagement has never been more complex, but the fundamentals of marketing are still the building blocks to success.
Amanda is skilled in both traditional and digital marketing. In this session, she will share campaigns/project approaches - winners & stinkers alike - to demonstrate effective 2022 audience development and engagement.
AUGUST 15, 2022 @ 1:00 PM
EXECUTIVE/LEADERSHIP COACHING: IT’S ALL ABOUT YOU!
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Sunni Smith is an executive/leadership/business coach specialized in working with clients in C-Suite roles and creative professionals who she refers to as “Accidental CEOs.” Sunni provides transformational executive coaching and consulting around organizational imperatives such as business affairs, change management, ethics, and cultural competency including, bias, equity, and inclusion principles. Her training and expertise in Conversational Intelligence®; Team Advantage™ and public policy law make her an invaluable asset and thought partner in both the private and non-profit sectors.
Among other credits, Sunni has worked with FiLM iNDEPENDENT, the California Lawyers for the Arts, NBC Network in New York, and SAG-AFTRA. She is an adjunct coach with the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) and Executive Coaching Connections (ECC) while functioning as an affiliate coach with Mindful Leadership Consulting.
Sunni holds a Professional Coaching Certification (PCC) with the International Coach Federation (ICF), a certification in individual as well as Group Coaching Supervision, and possesses a European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) Supervision Quality Award.
https://www.executivecoachingconnections.com/team/deborah-sunni-smith-ms-jd-llm
In this executive coaching session, you will build your capacity as a leader.
This session is for the career arts & culture administrator, the unintentional (or intentional) Executive Director, a member of the board, or an emerging leader.
Executive coaching can be beneficial for more than just C-suite-level employees. It’s an opportunity to step into your inherent power and develop the ability to bring your best self to your work!
AUGUST 22, 2022 @ 1:00 PM
STRATEGIC PLANNING DECONSTRUCTED & DEMYSTIFIED
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Sunni Smith is an executive/leadership/business coach specialized in working with clients in C-Suite roles and creative professionals who she refers to as “Accidental CEOs.” Sunni provides transformational executive coaching and consulting around organizational imperatives such as business affairs, change management, ethics, and cultural competency including, bias, equity, and inclusion principles. Her training and expertise in Conversational Intelligence®; Team Advantage™ and public policy law make her an invaluable asset and thought partner in both the private and non-profit sectors.
Among other credits, Sunni has worked with FiLM iNDEPENDENT, the California Lawyers for the Arts, NBC Network in New York, and SAG-AFTRA. She is an adjunct coach with the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) and Executive Coaching Connections (ECC) while functioning as an affiliate coach with Mindful Leadership Consulting.
Sunni holds a Professional Coaching Certification (PCC) with the International Coach Federation (ICF), a certification in individual as well as Group Coaching Supervision, and possesses a European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) Supervision Quality Award.
https://www.executivecoachingconnections.com/team/deborah-sunni-smith-ms-jd-llm
In this session Sunni Smith will use a graphic facilitation approach to explore the strategic planning process.
Graphic facilitation is the use of a combination of graphics such as diagrams, pictures, symbols, and writing to lead people toward a goal in meetings, seminars, workshops and conferences.
After this session, you will be able to adapt graphic facilitation to almost any situation, while generating both engagement and buy-in from participants.
AUGUST 29, 2022 @ 1:00 PM
PATHWAYS TO NONPROFIT SUCCESS
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Mutima is a consultant, facilitator, and trainer dedicated to creating positive solutions and effective training for organizations, communities and individuals. Her areas of expertise are in organizational development, diversity training, trauma informed healing circle and coaching.
Mutima holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration and has over three decades of experience working to motivate employees to increase creativity and productivity and healing the conflicts that divide communities and teams.
You have been on a five session journey of discovering skills and learning tools that covered DEI practices, marketing & engagement, programming as an holistic practice, and strategic planning.
In the last session, facilitator Mutima Imani will host a training session focused on organizational development - motivating employees to increase creativity and productivity while working in diverse work environments.
Imani will provide experimental activities to capture, remember and purpose the information that will turn into professional references for organizational strategic planning and personal learning goals. Please come prepared to share your “Aha moment” and chart a pathway to success. You will leave this session with practical tools to implement real change within your organization.