ELNYA Creative Conversations

Creative Conversations are conceived, organized, and facilitated by ELNYA members throughout the year with an emphasis during October, National Humanities Month. Taking a variety of forms such as panels, round tables, and think tanks, Creative Conversations bring together emerging and more seasoned leaders to discuss pressing topics in the field of art administration, advocacy, and arts policy.

NYU Wagner’s Student Network Exploring Arts & Culture (SNEAC) hosted a Creative Conversation about why arts programs need to define their impact and how they can evaluate their success. Listen to the podcast. (Scroll down by date.) Panelists: Randy Bourscheidt, President, Alliance for the Arts Ian David Moss, Research Director, Fractured Atlas András Szántó, Senior [...]

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Listen to the recording of this CC:Disobedience + Innovation: Inspiring Change Do squatters, pirates, and protesters improve the law? Professor Sonia Katyal, of Fordham Law School, says that they do in her new book, Property Outlaws (Yale University Press, 2010). She and coauthor Eduardo Peñalver, a professor at Cornell Law, contend in the case of [...]

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Student Advocates for the Arts (SAA), the Arts Administration program at Teachers College-Columbia University, and Emerging Leaders for New York Arts (ELNYA) present a Creative Conversation in honor of National Arts and Humanities Month. Arts leader Dorothy Dunn will share exciting developments in a new, community-centered traveling project to promote creativity, innovation and dialogue in [...]

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Listen to the recording of this CC: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] How would arts organizations operate if they couldn’t depend on the generosity of individuals and meager government grants?  Is the “standard” 501c3 the only viable model for a creative and artistic enterprise today and what does an alternative to the nonprofit [...]

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Listen to the audio of this event: Public (Art x Space) Image: TreeHouse by Benjamin Jones for Figment In recent years, New York City has become a major locus for exploring the role of art in public spaces, art as public space, and the art of public space. These valuable initiatives represent not only a [...]

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The ELNYA Steering Committee will soon announce topics for Creative Conversations at WNYC’s Greene Space on Thursday, April 21 and Monday, June 14, 2010.  Please save those dates.

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Arts & Business Council of New York is planning a learning event for late June 2010 about arts administration career strategies. ELNYA has hosted similar events in the past but this year we’re hoping to engage both emerging and established professionals as well as job seekers and hiring managers in lively and practical conversation. We [...]

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Enjoy this slideshow of images from the March 1, 2010 Creative Conversation: How Do We Create a Future for the Arts Through Education?

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Listen to the audio of this event:How Do We Create a Future for the Arts Through Education? (L-R) Nathan Sensel, Tim Lord, Katherine Gressel, Catherine Fukushima WHEN: Monday March 1, 2010 WHERE: WNYC’s Jerome L. Greene Space, 44 Charlton Street, Manhattan When we talk about the challenges of sustaining our arts institutions and a place [...]

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Listen to the audio of this event:Arts and Social Entrepreneurship WHEN: Monday, October 26, 2009 WHERE: WNYC’s Jerome L. Greene Space, 44 Charlton Street, Manhattan Emerging Leaders of New York Arts recently hosted a Creative Conversation exploring the intersection of passion-driven mission, market-responsive business discipline, and creative innovation.  Can the arts both benefit from social [...]

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