Making it in The Arts Schedule
October 18th, 2008

8:30am

Registration & Coffee

9-9:10am

Welcome – Dan Dressen, Associate Dean of Fine Arts, Professor of Music

9:15-10:15am

Keynote Speaker – Philip Brunelle, Artistic Director and Founder, VocalEssence & St. Olaf Regent

10:15-10:30am

Break

10:30am -12:00pm

Panel Breakout sessions

How to start an Arts Organization
Moderator: Diane LeBlanc, Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Director of Writing, St. Olaf College
Mary Abrams '84, Founder, Moving Body Resources
Ben Krywosz & Jerry Rubino, Nautilus Theater
Mark Nerenhausen, President/CEO. Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Gary Smaby ’71, Director, Collaborative Innovation, University of Minnesota

Arts Marketing & Management
Moderator: Kent McWilliams, Associate Professor of Music , St. Olaf College
Miranda Jirik '03, Development Associate, New York City Ballet
Ron Sell '66, Personnel Manager, American Symphony Orchestra
Beth Chaplin '84, Actor/Author
Scott Stulen, Project Director, MNartists.org

The Emerging Artist
Moderator: Anthony Roberts, Artist in Residence in Dance, St. Olaf College
Jen Dotson'05, Editor, Alive Magazine
Cynthia Gehrig, President, Jerome Foundation
Toni Melaas '00, Founder/Owner, Hatch NYC
Eva Nelson, '06, Actor

12:00-1:30pm

Lunch

12:15-1:30pm

Lunch Speaker –Anton Armstrong, Harry R. and Thora H. Tosdal Professor of Music & Conductor of the St. Olaf Choir

1:30-2:30pm

Afternoon Discipline-Specific ‘Ask the artist’ sessions

Visual

Performing

Literary

Dance

Music

Theater

2:45-3:00pm

Conference Conclusion