2017 Arts Symposium

November 2, 2017

City of Santa Barbara, County of Santa Barbara presents

2017 Arts Symposium 

Santa Barbara - November 2, 9:00am to 4:30pm 

at Center Stage Theater and the Balboa Building

Arts Fund Us: How to Monetize Your Art featuring Mitch Landrieu, Mayor of New Orleans and Randy Cohen, VP of Americans for the Arts

Join the arts and culture community to learn about ways that your art can be a revenue source. Mitch Landrieu, Mayor of New Orleans, will share his experience of how arts facilitated New Orleans' economic renaissance after Hurricane Katrina. Randy Cohen, Vice President of Americans for the Arts, will explain how nonprofit arts organizations generated over $50 million in income last year in Santa Barbara County. 

This is a day you can't afford to miss! Everybody is welcome.

more information at Sbac.ca.gov/symposium

Download a Map of event locations for Santa Barbara Here

2017 Arts Symposium Santa Barbara:

Thurs., Nov. 2 

AM SESSION: BALBOA BUILDING 735 State Street next to Banana Republic

9:00 a.m. - noon 

AM Plenary/Keynote: Arts Make Dollars and Sense + Q & A

Randy Cohen, Vice President of Research & Policy, Americans for the Arts 

LUNCH

12:00 p.m. Lunchtime Dine Arounds & Networking 

Option 1: Arts Education in Santa Barbara (Host) at Blue Owl Cafe

Option 2: Pacific Standard Time (includes brief tour of the MCASB) at California Pizza Kitchen 

PM SESSION: CENTER STAGE THEATER

1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. 

PM Plenary/Keynote: How the Arts Revitalized New Orleans Post-Katrina + Q & A

Mayor Mitch Landrieu, City of New Orleans 

more information at Arts Symposium 

more information at Americans For The Arts

more information at Arts Council of New Orleans

TIMES: Thursday, November 2 at 9:00 A.M.

TIMES: Thursday, November 2 at 12:00 P.M.

TIMES: Thursday, November 2 at 1:30 P.M.

TICKETS: $5 general (each session), $15 Lunchtime dine arounds

All seating is general admission. All ticket sales are final at the time of purchase. There are no refunds or exchanges. For all performances late seating is on a limited basis, or is not allowed at all once the performance begins. Please plan your arrival time accordingly.

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