Now this is what I call innovation at its best. Here is a cool way for emerging arts leaders to engage in an interesting conversation about leadership and the generational shifts in the arts field. Starting Monday, October 19, you can participate in a weeklong online discussion at http://blog.artsusa.org/category/emerging-leaders!
Join the Emerging Leaders Network of Americans for the Arts and the 20UNDER40 anthology for the Emerging Leaders Salon on ARTSblog the week of October 19-23. Nearly 20 diverse arts professionals from across the country will discuss the impending generational shift in arts leadership, the value of emerging leaders to the field, and the necessity of a platform for young arts professionals. We invite you to follow these posts and continue the conversation through your ideas, comments, and personal stories.
- Are you a young arts leader? Does the field value your creativity, innovation, and professional experience?
- Are you a veteran arts practitioner? Does this view of the field as an entity unable to let loose the reigns of leadership resonate with you?
- Is the arts field successful in its attempt to foster young leaders? Is something out of synch with our planning for succession—or is it an unwarranted overdose of arrogance being exercised by those new to the field?
This national dialogue will leverage the voices of 20UNDER40’s founders and the Americans for the Arts Emerging Leader Network and membership, in concert with guest bloggers. The bloggers represent emerging and veteran leaders from across the arts sector and will discuss arts leadership and the 20UNDER40 project as it relates to the following:
- The value of emerging leaders—and how to best foster their growth
- The exodus of young talent from the arts sector—and strategies for talent retention
- Power distribution in our field—and new visions for establishing a balance
- The necessity of building a platform for young arts professionals
- Bias inherent in the arts, and specifically exercised by the proposed publication
- …and other issues.
Don’t be left out of this important conversation!
Cozality on 
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