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Joomi Chung to speak on campus, March 2, 2010
The new UMass Alumni Art Stars Speaker Series presented in partnership by the UMass Arts Extension Service and Art Department, kicked off on Wednesday, February 24th (despite the snow!) with a lecture by Larry Bamburg, and continues Tuesday, March 2nd with a lecture by Joomi Chung at 4:30 p.m. at the Studio Arts Building, located at the campus entrance on North Pleasant Street. The UMass Alumni Art Stars Speaker Series, made possible in part by a grant from the UMass Arts Council and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, is free and open to the public.
Join AES for Artist Business Training Programs at the Vermont Arts Council
Contact the Vermont Arts Council at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for information and to register for one of our signature one-and-a-half day training programs to be held in Rutland on February 13, 14 (Snow Date: February 20, 21) and in Morrisville on April 10, 11 (Snow Date: April 17, 18). See details below.
Join AES at Kentucky Arts for our Peer Advising Network Training! Dec. 2-4, 2009 in Frankfort, Kentucky
Current Peer Advisors are invited to join us on Wednesday, December 2, 2009: Refresher Training for Returning Peer Advisors (9 a.m.–Noon ) To register, contact Charla Reed at charla.reed.ky.gov
In these tough economic times now is YOUR time to hone your skills and refresh yourself so you can support other organizations in need.
New Peer Advisors are invited to join us on Thursday, December 3, 2009 (9 a.m.-9 p.m.) & Friday, December 4, 2009 (8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.) To register, contact Charla Reed at charla.reed.ky.gov. New Peer Advisors Learn to think like a consultant. Learn the steps in the consulting process, learn organizational assessment, principles, tools, case study and discuss resistance and conflict. Topics to be covered include:
• Challenges facilitating organizational change
• Consulting interventions: the tools of the trade
• Problem framing: case study
• Problem solving
• Consulting reports
• Disengagement and closure from consulting
• Ethical issues in consulting
• Discussion of actual application of participants’ learning
• Closure and workshop evaluation
Tom Borrup offers up his ideas on the Creative Economy!
Creative Economy expert and Arts Extension Service instructor Tom Borrup, in a no-holds barred commentary, discusses the creative economy, successes, failures and why authenticity IS the answer in his article, Cities, regions, even entire nations, are pursuing the Creative Economy. What can we learn from Singapore, Glasgow, and Ogulin? in the August 2009 edition of Boston Architecture.
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