Register for the upcoming Creative Conversation here.
Friday, June 23, 10-11 am: Creativity, Capacity, and Resilience: Navigating the Post-Pandemic World
Join us for a “Creative Conversation” on arts and creative resiliency, innovation, and perseverance in the face of continuous change. The session will focus on challenges and opportunities of the emerging post-pandemic era, including:
● The impact of pandemic-specific funding and other resources
● Adaptation of programs and services
● Changes in staff, volunteers, audiences, and communities
● Short- and long-term barriers and opportunities.
Featuring arts and creative leaders from throughout Wisconsin:
● Jennifer Anderson, Director, Land o'Lakes Arts, Land o'Lakes
● Rita Mae Reese, Co-Director, Art + Literature Lab, Madison
● Barbara Wanzo, Director, Black Arts MKE, Milwaukee
Additional panelists TBA.
Wisconsin’s creative sector - a $10.8 billion industry encompassing more jobs than the state’s beer, biotech, and papermaking industries - has shown great resiliency, creativity, innovation, and perseverance in the face of continuous change during the COVID era.
While the worst days of the pandemic are over, the creative industries still grapple with ongoing challenges, including workforce issues, audience engagement and participation changes, sustainability and capacity, and rising costs for businesses and consumers. At the same time, there have been surprising new programming and audience opportunities through the expansion of virtual technology, and lessons learned about the intrinsic value of the arts and creativity as fundamental to the human experience and broader community life.
Cost: absolutely free. We'll send a calendar invite and reminder message with Zoom info just before each Conversation. Questions? Contact Create Wisconsin at info@createwisconsin.org.
