Characteristics Breakout Sessions

Characteristic #4
Active participation in culture creates individual and community meaning.

Guiding characteristic of a livable community: People value and are aware of the various opportunities to participate in the arts.

Guiding question: What barriers exist to achieving this aspect of a livable community?

Introduction and Set-Up

• Jerry Yoshitomi, Independent Consultant
• Michael Moore, Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund
• Kevin McCarthy, RAND

PART 1
RE: Thinking Participation

1. What do we mean by participation? Who is it? How do you measure it?
2. What role does participation play relative to the wide range of goals that arts organizations pursue?
3. What have we assumed about participation?
4. What is new research telling us?

PART 2
Practically Speaking: Barriers, Challenges and Opportunities

• John Killacky, Director Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
• Susanna Tourella Laval, Executive Director El Museum Del Barrio, New York, NY
• Donna Brown, Point Breeze Fine Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
• Michael Warr, Audiences for Literature Network, Chicago IL
• Bruce Coppock, Executive Director, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, St Paul, MN

1. What are the common barriers that practitioner's face in building greater arts participation?
2. What are the common barriers that funder's face in building greater arts participation?
3. How can we improve alignment between funders and practitioners and create mutual accountability for participation in the arts?

RESOURCES
The RAND report is currently complete and can be accessed at http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1323