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For artists, managers, and agents, attending a performing arts conference like the Midwest Arts Conference is a great way to put their work (or their artists’ work) in front of an audience of presenting organizations.
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Indianapolis has a thriving arts scene — both performing and visual — and we’re looking forward to being in town and having a chance to check out some of the great things going on in the city!
One of the newest “great things” is Indianapolis Museum of Art’s just-opened 100 Acres: Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park. The park officially opened on June 20 and it looks to be a really cool addition to the main indoor collections. Located on 100 acres adjacent to the museum, it includeS woodlands, wetlands, meadows and a 35-acre lake.
It’s the middle of June and the Conference team has entered the busiest part of the planning cycle — summer!
What’s keeping us busy?, you may be wondering.
It’s been a quiet several months over here in Conference blog-land…we’ve been navigating staff changes and working furiously to put together another fantastic event for our attendees. Here’s a little more information on what’s new — regular posting will resume very soon!
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The Conference staff is very pleased to launch our next step forward into the technological realm today! The Spotlight Showcase application is now available and, this time around, will be an exclusively online application. We’re looking forward to saving lots and lots of paper as well as a portion of the staff time required to process 200+ applications and prepare them for the review panel.
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Many of you who attended the 2009 Conference already know that Midwest Arts Conference manager Ann Christensen Arndt was expecting her first child — and she and her husband welcomed the new addition to their family last week! Ann and Dave are the proud parents of a little girl, Fiona, and mom and baby are both doing well.
Fiona’s arrival, of course, means that Ann will be on maternity leave through April.
While planning for the 2010 Conference started many months before we even got to Saint Paul this past September for the 2009 Conference, it’s not until the few months afterwards that we really start ramping up for the next year’s event.
2009 in review
Since we saw you all in Saint Paul a few months ago, we’ve debriefed the 2009 event and discussed what worked and what didn’t, and what programmatic elements might just need some gentle tweaking to go from good to great.
Welcome to the newest communciations venture of the Midwest Arts Conference!
As our preparations and planning for the upcoming 2010 event in Indianapolis next September continue to ramp up, we'll be posting here regularly to keep you in the loop about what's being planned for the upcoming event. We'll also give you behind-the-scenes peeks at how this exciting and complicated event comes together and share stories from your colleagues about their experiences with us over the years.