{"id":996,"date":"2007-01-16T10:48:44","date_gmt":"2007-01-16T18:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp\/2007\/01\/getting_ready_for_the_road\/"},"modified":"2007-01-16T10:48:44","modified_gmt":"2007-01-16T18:48:44","slug":"getting_ready_for_the_road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/main\/getting_ready_for_the_road.php","title":{"rendered":"Getting ready for the road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My weblog entries will be slim this week as I prepare for and travel to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artspresentersconference.org\/\">Association of Performing Arts Presenters<\/a> conference in New York. It&#8217;s the 50th annual conference for the association, which began here in Madison those many years ago.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re attending the conference, come by the &#8221;burning issues&#8221; session on Sunday morning, January 21, at 9:30 am (description below). I&#8217;ll be introducing a presentation\/discussion prepared by four of my MBA students on a topic that seems to be bubbling up everywhere these days. Most of the rest of my students will be participating in the conference, as well.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<i>Sunday, January 21, 2007, 9:30 &#8211; 11:30 am<\/i><br \/>\n<b>Burning Issues Forum:<br \/>\n&#8220;Professional Presenters and the Amateur Arts&#8221;<\/b><br \/>\nNew York Hilton &amp; Towers, Concourse E<br \/>\nWith new technologies and renewed passion, Americans are <i>making<\/i> art and expressive works in a thousand different ways &#8212; knitting circles, community ensembles, web-based songwriter networks, &#8221;weekend warrior&#8221; musicians, webloggers, photographers, ethnic dance and handicraft groups, filmmakers, podcasters, poetry slammers, hip-hop and scratch artists, and on and on. Some aspire to and surpass professional standards. Others engage for the rush and joy of creating something new. Join a team of graduate students and special guests as we explore the role and relevance of professional arts presenters in this emerging world of participatory practice. Are these amateur art-makers competitors to the arts presenter or powerful new partners in advancing a community&#8217;s expressive life? This second-annual effort of the Bill Dawson Research Internship Fund will honor Bill&#8217;s life and work by connecting emerging trends to professional practice and by stretching what you think you know about your work.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Do stop by to say hello, give a listen, offer an insight, and advance the conversation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My weblog entries will be slim this week as I prepare for and travel to the Association of Performing Arts Presenters conference in New York. It&#8217;s the 50th annual conference for the association, which began here in Madison those many years ago. If you&#8217;re attending the conference, come by the &#8221;burning issues&#8221; session on Sunday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-996","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}