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BOARD,
STAFF, AND BEYOND: ARTS LEADERSHIP IN THE CHANGING
COMMUNITY
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Presenters
and Leaders
William
Cleveland
William
Cleveland is the founder and director of the
Center for the Study of Art and Community. Established
in 1991, CSA&C works to build new working
relationships between the arts and the broader
community.
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Mr.
Cleveland's 25-year history of producing arts programs
in educational, community, and social institutions also
includes his leadership of the Walker Art Center's Education
and Community Programs Department, California's Arts-In-Corrections
Program, and the California State Summer School for
the Arts. His work bringing the arts into the lives
of the "forgotten" reflects his belief that
"our creative capacities are the most potent manifestation
of what it is to be human. His book, Art in Other Places,
chronicles 22 model programs developed by artists and
human service providers in 17 American communities.
From 1981 to 1989, as Director of California's
Arts-In-Corrections program, Mr. Cleveland developed
one of the largest and most successful multi-disciplinary
residency arts programs in the country. Prior to that,
he coordinated the much-acclaimed Artsreach Community
Artist Program for the City of Sacramento. In the late
1970's Artsreach and other CETA-funded programs pioneered
the use of federal employment and training dollars to
support artists working in public service. In 1989 Mr.
Cleveland was appointed Director of the California State
Summer School for the Arts, a program that established
itself as a national model for pre-professional training
of high school aged artists. In 1991 Mr. Cleveland joined
with a group of creative leaders from business, government,
and the arts to establish the Center for the Study of
Art and Community. Mr. Cleveland and his associates
created the organization in response to the increasing
marginalization of the arts in America. They feel "the
arts are one of America's most neglected natural resources."
CSA&C joins with the arts, business, human services,
and philanthropic sectors to build new working relationships
between the arts and the broader community. The organization
specializes in the development and assessment of arts-based
community partnerships, and management support and training
for artists and their community and institutional partners.
CSA&C works with artists and arts organizations,
schools, human service and criminal justice agencies,
local and state government, and business and philanthropic
organizations. Recent clients include:
Maine Community Foundation, Alternate Roots, McKnight
Foundation, New Music-Theater Ensemble, Arts Council
of New Orleans, Indiana Department of Commerce, FamiliesFirst
Inc., American Music Center, San Francisco Art Institute,
American Composers Forum, and Opera America.
Mr. Cleveland serves on the boards of Partners for Arts
Schools and Students, Sarah Elgart Dance Company, Geese
Theater Company, and Art In the Public Interest, and
as a panelist and consultant for the National Endowment
for the Arts. Mr. Cleveland is an advisor for Partners
for Livable Communities, the British American Art Association's
International Arts and Education Initiative, and the
Urban Arts Institute. He is also a member of the UCLA
Artsreach Advisory Committee and works as an associate
of the Arts Extension Service at the University of Massachusetts,
Amherst. Mr. Cleveland attended the University of Maryland
where he studied Psychology. In 1972 he helped to found
the Buckhorn Center, a therapeutic community based in
Ontario, Canada. Artistically, he has a 30-year history
as a professional musician and songwriter. As a member
of various performing groups, he has toured the United
States and Canada, and performed on both radio and television.
Mr. Cleveland was also a contributing editor of High
Performance Magazine.
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