2024 presenters

OUTLINE OF THE DAY

8:30am DOORS OPEN

REGISTRATION, COFFEE, AND NETWORKING in the Lobby

Then, in the Auditorium:

9:00 WELCOME and warm up

with Shelly Covert, Spokesperson for the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe, and Eliza Tudor, Executive Director, Nevada County Arts Council; and Dr. Karen Davis O’Hara, Executive Dean of the Sierra College Nevada County Campus.

9:20 FREE RESOURCES ALL ARTISTS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT

with Heather Heckler, Kellie Cutler, Michaelyn Logue, and Diana Arbex.

9:50 KEYNOTE

Your Health, Your business, Your Community

with Dr. Tasha Golden, PhD, Director of Research at the International Arts + Mind Lab at Johns Hopkins

BREAk

11:00 YOUR CHOICE OF BREAKOUT SESSIONS (classrooms):

The Future of Public Art in Nevada County facilitated by Mark Salinas, with Lisa Swarthout, District 3 Supervisor; Becky Bucar, Assistant Public Works Director, Town of Truckee; Sean Grayson, City Manager, Nevada City; Haven Caravelli, Councilmember, City of Grass Valley

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Are you Experienced? with Brian Chambers, Founder and Curator, The Chambers Project.

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Breaking the Myth of the Big Break with Patrick and Sean Johnson, Swazzle Inc.

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Essential Steps in your Music Career with Oz Fritz, Conrad Sisk and Katie Knipp.

12:00 to 1:15 - LUNCH BREAK

Lunch by Thai Chic on the Upper Campus. A choice of Vegetable Spring Rolls, Kiao Tood (Deep fried wonton wrapped quail eggs), Khao Gai Kra-Thiem (Fried chicken) and Pad Phak Raum Tofu (Stir-fried vegetable with tofu)*vegan .

12:10 WORKING LUNCH

Making our California Cultural Districts Work for YOU! with Heather Heckler, GVNC Cultural District Program Manager; Kellie Cutler, Truckee Cultural District, Program Manager; and Michelle Amador, Director of Development, Mark Morris Dance Group.

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How I Got Here with David Nicholson, Award-winning Senior Staff Producer and Director of Television, Bloomberg

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Branding Yourself—The Golden Rules with Juniper Lindquist Dacre, Marketing Manager, The Center for the Arts

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Podcast Essentials—with Ramona Howard, Executive Director, Nevada County Media

1:15 KEYNOTE

THE SEEING PLACE

with Sean Fenton, Executive Director, Theatre Bay Area.

2:15 YOUR CHOICE OF SESSIONS (classrooms):

Inside the Mind of a Curator with Cheri Aswalt, deputy director, Verge Center for the Arts; Kara Q Smith, Interim Director of University of Nevada MFA-IA Program; Freda Scott, founder and director, Freda Scott Creative; and Kolin Perry, curatorial assistant at the Nevada Museum of Art.

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Selling Your Work Online with Leila Srouji, founder, Tierra Madera Ceramics

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Top Tips from a Grant Writing Expert with Jenny Darlington-Person, Executive Director, Music in the Mountains

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Success in Media with Sky Scholfield, Wintu, Pit River and Wailacki Producer and Documentary Artist, and UN Representative for the Youth Caucus Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues

3:15 BREAK

3:30 YOUR CHOICE OF SESSIONS in classrooms:

Relax with Tax for Artists for Creative Freelancers! with Jeffrey Thompson, MA, MBA, EA, actor, writer, magician, and partner at Thompson, Cherry & Associates LLC.

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Expanding Visions —Evolving as a Public Artist with Sarah Coleman.

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Health Insurance for Self-Employed Artists with Lindsey Nielsen.

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Acing an Audition with David Endacott-Hicks, Ariel Elliott, Aneka Torgrimson, facilitated by Sean Fenton

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How to be An Artist Activist! with Michelle Amador

4:35 THE STATE OF THE ARTS

with Julie Baker, CEO, Californians for the Arts and California Arts Advocates