"Building an Arts Organization that Lasts" with speaker Eliot Pfanstiehl”

Join the Arts Council on this exciting journey of creative learning as we explore the topic “Building an Arts Organization that Lasts,” led by Strathmore Executive Director, Eliot Pfanstiehl. Eliot will highlight the need for organizations to build a reputation as a well run arts organization, a responsible Board governance structure that ensures quality leadership, financial transparency that encourages private, corporate and public donors, and the right balance of margin/mission to survive in tough times.

Location: ArtSpace Herndon 750 Center Street, Herndon, VA 20170
Date: February 7, 2012
Time: 6:30 pm to 8:30pm (Reception starts at 6:30pm; presentation starts at 7:00pm)
Cost: $15 advance tickets / $20 at the door

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Overview

Business Skills for the Arts Series

Business Skills for the Arts is the Arts Council’s fresh approach to providing arts leaders with the essential business tools for effective arts management. The series features various workshops on a variety of topics including strategic planning, audience development, fundraising, financial planning, marketing and more. The Arts Council is offering these workshops to help arts leaders establish and maintain sustainable organizations, which in turn will pave the way for the creation of more exciting, explosive programming and add to the cultural diversity of our communities.

Not only will the series bring the most recent research and approaches to arts leaders, but the series will be a critical stepping stone to bridging the gap between the arts and business communities. Together the two groups can work to elevate Fairfax County's culturally rich community to the next level.

We hope that you will leave a Business Skills for the Arts workshop feeling empowered, enlightened, and inspired to share these new strategies with your staff, supporters, and the community at large.

History

The series began on July 12, 2011 with the first workshop focusing on legal and organizational challenges facing the dance community led by attorney Brian Goldstein of FTM Arts Law.

The latest workshop was on October 12, 2011 entitled NEA Demystified: How to Successfully Write an NEA Grant Proposal, led by NEA Arts Specialist, Terry Liu.

We look forward to hosting many more workshops in the near future. Please use the form below to suggest future seminar or workshop topics.

Tentative Schedule

February 7, 2012 - "Building an Arts Organization that Lasts"
March 2012 - "Budget Basics: All You Need is Money"
May 2012 - Fundraising Strategies
July 2012 - "Your Elevator Speech: 25 Words or Less"
September 2012 - "What's the Buzz: Marketing, Communications and Public Relations"
November 2012 - Individual Artists

Our Mission

The Arts Council is the recognized voice of the arts in Fairfax County, dedicated to fostering a dynamic and diverse local arts presence and participation. We ensure that artists and the arts thrive by providing vision, leadership, advocacy, funding, education and capacity building.

The Arts Council is funded in part by Fairfax County, corporations, foundations, individuals, and the Virginia Commission for the Arts, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.