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Pre-Conference
National Arts Strategies Seminars:

• The Art (and Science) of Negotiation

Pre-Conference
Orchestra Leadership Academy Seminars:

• Putting Your Best Message Forward

Conference Sessions

In-Depth Sessions
Click here to learn about almost a dozen 3-hour comprehensive sessions on a range of topics. 

• Higher Education and the Real World of Practice: Creating a New Alignment
• Nurturing Teaching Artists
• Assessment and Evaluation in Arts Education
• New Frills or Deep Change?  Innovation and the Performing Arts Organization

Breakouts
Breakouts are 75-minute discussions on over 40 topics.  Click here for a full description of these Breakout sessions and more.

• The Art of Living or Living for Art: A Survival Guide for Artists
• New Models for Incubation and Fiscal Sponsorship
• Fun with Critics
• How Greed and Neglect Have Destroyed Our Cultural Rights
• Art and Activism: Making Art, Making a Difference
• The Denver Model: Building Local Support for the Arts
• Negotiating Between Innovation and Sustainability
• Artists from Abroad: Everything You Need to Know about Visa and Tax Issues
• Engaging Art: Research, Practice and Innovation
• It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green!

Art-Making Sessions
3-hour intensive, hands-on programs covering several disciplines.
If you feel like making art instead of talking about it, these sessions are for you. Stretch your creative wings and take a master class opera, hip-hop, conducting, playwriting, composing, and more! Click here for a full description of the art-making sessions.