FREE presentation and discussion

Join arts researcher Clayton Lord as he discusses Counting New Beans: Intrinsic Impact and the Value of Art, a new book that examines the ways theatre artists, administrators, patrons and funders value and evaluate the art they make and consume.

Be among the first to hear the results of a two-year, nationwide research study called “Measuring the Intrinsic Impact of Live Theatre” that looked at 18 theatre companies across the country, 58 productions, over 20,000 survey responses—all in an effort to increase the field’s understanding of what seeing a piece of theatre actually does to someone emotionally, intellectually and empathetically.

Along with the final report on that national study, the conversation will also include a discussion of the 24 interviews with artistic leaders and patrons included in the book about the changing relationship of artists and audiences.

This research, a comprehensive and expansive attempt to understand and quantify the impact of a piece of art on an individual (and the impact of that individual on the art), has the potential to really change the conversation about evaluating art.

Friday May 18

10 am to 12 pm

This event is free, and we hope you will join us.

Space is limited, please RSVP.

Located at the Austin Film Society’s Screening Room

1901 East 51st Street  Austin, TX 78723

Light snacks provided after the talk

We make art because we believe it makes better human beings.
We make art because we believe it makes being human better.

So why do we spend so much energy quantifying the economics
of what we do and so little quantifying the impact?

http://www.artsjournal.com/newbeans/

Invite you to attend a conversation with the City of Austin Mayoral and Council Candidates on the evening of April 30th, focusing on the issues related to Austin’s Creative Sector.

Agenda:

5:30-6pm Happy Hour: Mix, Mingle, and share a beverage with your community and candidates

6:00-7:30 Candidate Forum

7:30– Decamp to Discuss, Location TBA

Please post any questions or topics you would like to have considered at the forum on the event wall on our Facebook Page. We’d like to know what current arts and cultural issues you are interested in having addressed!

Use these guidelines when posting your questions:

~Be concise
~Be respectful
~Speak from experience
~Do your research

Let us know that you are coming. We hope to see you there!

Join Austin Creative Alliance for a very special opportunity to learn about our national partner – Fractured Atlas. Through FA’s Open Arts Network Austin Creative Alliance members are able to gain access to a variety of services provided by Fractured Atlas including access to low cost liability insurance, online professional development training to name a few.

Come to the Austin Creative Alliance Studio on Tuesday, March 20 anytime between 11:30am and 1:30pm to learn more about what Fractured Atlas has to offer you. Bring your lunch and ACA will provide the beverages.

Can’t make lunch or just can’t get enough of Adam and the ACA staff? Join us at 5:30pm at Contigo for Happy Hour!

Austin Creative Alliance Studio

701 Tillery St, Suite A-8

11:30am – 1:30pm

Please bring a Brown Bag Lunch – ACA will provide the beverages.

Space is Limited. Please RSVP

About Adam Natale

With Fractured Atlas, Adam has created innovative audience development, online education, and arts insurance programs, formed partnerships with over 100 arts organizations, presented at multiple national conferences, and has helped the organization grow immensely, with over 5,000 artists joining in the past year. A graduate of American University with a degree in Directing for Theatre & Film, he is a freelance director, serves on the Board of Directors for Red Bull Theater, and is a past member and chair of Americans for the Arts’ Emerging Leader Council. Formerly, he served the Theater & Musical Theater disciplines at the NEA and worked as an Associate Producer with the New York Musical Theatre Festival.

About Fractured Atlas

Fractured Atlas is a non-profit organization that serves a national community of artists and arts organizations. Their programs and services facilitate the creation of art by offering vital support to the artists who produce it. They help artists and arts organizations function more effectively as businesses by providing access to funding, healthcare, education, and more, all in a context that honors their individuality and independent spirit. By nurturing today’s talented but underrepresented voices, they hope to foster a dynamic and diverse cultural landscape of tomorrow.

If so, ask not what the State Department can do for you… ask what you can do for the State Department!

The City of Austin Cultural Arts Division and the Austin Creative Alliance invite you to meet Liz Murphy, Cultural Affairs Outreach Officer, from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), and to learn more about Cultural Programs and Exchanges for U.S. artists.

Ms. Murphy will explain the arts-based programs managed by the ECA - including American Music Abroad, Museums & Community Collaborations Abroad, and DanceMotion USA – and discuss how Austin artists can get involved in international exchanges.

When the program concludes around 5:00 pm, join us at The Dive Bar & Lounge watering hole for some informal conversation with Ms. Murphy.

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational Cultural Affairs (ECA) supports people-to-people exchange programs between the United States and more than 160 countries. Their programs foster mutual understanding among students, educators, artists, athletes, and emerging leaders in various professions. ECA program alumni comprise more than one million people worldwide and include more than 50 Nobel Laureates and 350 heads of state. For more information on the programs that support U.S. artists and U.S. foreign policy as a vital component in 21st Century diplomacy, visit http://exchanges.state.gov/cultural.

Thursday March 15, 2012 from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Scottish Rite Theatre
207 W. 18th Street
Austin, TX 78701

RSVP

Law Students for the Arts sponsors free law clinic for local artists, March 28, 2012

Volunteer attorneys with assistance from UT law students will provide free legal advice on arts-related legal issues, including copyright and contract issues, to low-income artists, musicians, and filmmakers.

Although walk-ins are welcome, artists interested in attending the clinic can schedule an appointment by emailing artslawclinic@gmail.com. Attendees can expect to spend up to thirty minutes receiving advice from an attorney.

Free Legal Clinic for Artists
Wednesday, March 28
6pm – 9pm
Jackson Walker LLP
100 Congress Ave, Suite 1100

For questions or to RSVP, please email artslawclinic@gmail.com

Join the Austin Creative Alliance at The Butterfly Bar on March 23rd from 6pm-8pm for to learn about Austin’s New Works Theater Group.

The Austin New Works community is the epicenter of new performance work in the United States, providing its members a vital livelihood and dynamic support in the creation of their new work. The Austin New Works community shifts the way theater making is perceived and pursued in this country, drawing artists and audiences from across the nation and the world to participate in both a rich, dynamic tapestry of creative work and to engage in the conversations born by that work.

Friday, March 23
6pm-8pm
The Butterfly Bar at The Vortex
2307 Manor Road
Austin, TX 78722

Texans for the Arts, the official Arts Advocacy Organization for Texas, and The Texans for the Arts Foundation to host Arts Funding and Leadership Development Workshop

Save the Date!

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

9:30AM ~ 4:30PM

The Long Center

Don’t miss this information packed workshop for arts administrators, arts organization’s board members and community arts advocates. The day will include a challenging professional development workshop with content for all levels and a primer on arts advocacy that will prepare you to be an effective advocate for the arts or other issues in your community.

Watch for you invitation and registration information

For More information Contact: mburketfa@gmail.com

Costs

$25 ~ TFA Member; $50 ~ additional person from a TFA member

$75 ~ Non-Member

($25 goes to one-year annual membership in TFA)

Prices include registration and lunch

Join us at the Austin Creative Alliance Studio at 701 Tillery Street, Suite A-8 on Monday January 23 at 6pm for a FREE Personal Income Tax Workshop

Shani Hebert from H&R Block will be sharing some hints and tips on how to complete your personal income taxes plus learn about:

• Quarterly Taxes
• 1099s
• E-Filing
• Health Insurance
• Retirement and IRAs

Space is Limited. Please RSVP to Anne-Marie McKaskle – membership@austincreativealliance.org or call 512.247.2531