CANCELED: Creative Wisconsin Day
press release: Arts Wisconsin is committed to the health and well being of Wisconsin's creative sector and everyone, everywhere in the state. For a host of reasons that are abundantly clear at this point and after much discussion, Arts Wisconsin's Board of Directors has made the decision to cancel the in-person Creative Wisconsin Day on Thursday, April 16, instead expanding online and social media advocacy interactions, including Virtual Creative Wisconsin Day on April 16.
Coming together for advocacy for creative investment is essential, but right now public safety is everyone's primary concern. Arts Wisconsin will grow its capacity, tools and mechanisms to call, write, and communicate with elected officials and decision-makers. Watch for more information soon.
Because of the devastating financial impact the current and continuing cancellations and postponements are having on Wisconsin's creative businesses and individuals, Arts Wisconsin's work is just beginning.
Arts Wisconsin is strengthening coalitions with local, regional and national partners to collectively address and bring us out of this crisis, right now and for the long-term. Now more than ever, advocacy is needed to keep the creative sector going strong and to demonstrate that Wisconsin's creative people, organizations, and businesses are critical to the state's success.
Please get in touch with Anne Katz, Director, Arts Wisconsin, at akatz@artswisconsin.org | 608 255 8316 with questions or comments.
INFORMATION AND RESOURCE PAGES:
- Arts Wisconsin's Info and Resources on COVID-19
- Wisconsin Arts Board's COVID-19 and the arts in Wisconsin
- Americans for the Arts' COVID-19 Research and Response Center
ARTS WISCONSIN PLANS
During the Coronavirus Crisis:
Comprehensive advocacy and partnerships with public officials and the private sector to address the impact of shutdowns, cancellations and quarantines on Wisconsin's creative businesses and independent creative workers, as decisions are made concerning emergency funding and support.
Ongoing connections to the creative sector, including listening sessions with individuals, organizations and businesses to brainstorm ideas and gather feedback and webinars on the arts and creativity at the intersection of issues such as disaster preparedness and recovery, community support, and professional development. Check the Arts Wisconsin Facebook page and website for updates.
In this important election year and beyond:
Ongoing in person and virtual advocacy and actions about creative sector issues and state and national elections and candidates, including candidate surveys and issue briefs
a series of regional gatherings starting in the fall and ramping up right after the November 3, 2020 elections, sharing info and gathering input on new plans to strengthen the creative sector and communities and develop cross-sector partnerships regionally and statewide. Arts Wisconsin will also educate advocates about new and returning state and federal elected officials and issues leading up to the 2021-2023 state budget process starting in February 2021.
Creative Wisconsin Day will not be rescheduled in 2020. Stay tuned for news about the first-ever in-person Creative Wisconsin Day, to take place in March 2021 (specific date TBA) at the Overture Center for the Arts in Madison.
Creative Wisconsin Day (formerly Arts Day) celebrates the diversity and variety of Wisconsin's entrepreneurial creative sector, demonstrates the ways in which creativity revitalizes communities across the state, and shares those stories with representatives and decision-makers. Creative Wisconsin Day 2020 will take place on Thursday, April 16, at the Overture Center for the Arts in downtown Madison.
Creative Wisconsin Day is Wisconsin's day to celebrate and speak up for the arts, culture, community, and creativity throughout the state. The name of the event has been changed from Arts Day to Creative Wisconsin Day to reflect the growing importance of creativity as THE dynamic resource for Wisconsin's 21st for the 21st century and for Wisconsin. Creative Wisconsin Day is a key strategy in Arts Wisconsin's activism to advance investment in creativity as Wisconsin's pathway to success.
In this important election year, it's critical that people who care about Wisconsin's future come together to connect, advocate, mobilize, and invest for economic vitality, education for the 21st century, dynamic workforce, vibrant communities, and engaged residents. That's what Creative Wisconsin Day is all about.
Creative Wisconsin Day 2020 features:
- Creativity, community, and action in 2020: Creative Wisconsin Day Brea
- kfast keynote speaker Nina Ozlu Tunceli, Chief Counsel of Government and Public Affairs at Americans for the Arts and Executive Director of the Americans for the Arts Action Fund and ArtsVote 2020
- Arts Wisconsin's Creative Policy and Development Agenda advancing the arts and creativity throughout Wisconsin
- Constituent meetings with elected representatives
- Artist in Residence TBA
- Arts showcases and exhibits at the Overture Center
- Roundtables and discussions
- Pre-conference Creative Placemaking Institute, Wednesday, April 15, 1-5 pm, at the Overture Center.
Arts Wisconsin invites businesses and organizations to get extensive visibility and attention as a sponsor of this premier statewide event.
Info and registration are at www.artswisconsin.org/
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