SAVE THE DATE!

Join arts leaders, artists, funders, politicians, and more from around the country and across the globe in shaping the way today's artists are supported. New Orleans offers the perfect context, as the city redefines and distinguishes itself through a thriving contemporary arts scene.

Sustaining Today's Artists will address how artist-centered organizations can sustain today's artists and respond to artists' needs, while also building sustainable organizations and communities. The small size of our conferences allows for time to meet new peers, participate in sessions and dialogues, build your skills, and explore New Orleans -- the music, the food, the artist studios, the environment, the neighborhoods, the history, and the people. All are welcome!

I just wanted to thank you for making a newcomer to your conference feel so welcome. I also wanted to congratulate you on such an organized, content- and experience-filled conference ... with sessions and conversations that left me truly inspired and energized! --2008 Conference attendee

About New Orleans

By year's end, the Alliance will have invested nearly $1 Million in support of New Orleans artists, arts organizations, and the local community, through funding partnership with The Ford Foundation, The James Irvine Foundation, and our Annual Conference.

The first operas in America were performed in New Orleans in the 1790s, when the Spanish-style townhouses of the French Quarter and the exquisite Greek Revival mansions of the Garden District were built. Restaurants offered foods of many cultures, as well as the distinct Cajun and Creole cuisines. Ante-bellum New Orleans was the musical hotbed of the nation, and artists and craftsmen from around the globe immigrated to the vibrant port.

Today, New Orleans is undergoing a creative renaissance. The city boasts world-class museums, artist studios and galleries line the streets of the Warehouse/Arts District, performing arts groups about. All around the city, historic neighborhoods are being revitalized by beautiful restoration.

Tropical in climate, lush in setting, exotic in architecture, and sensual in atmosphere, New Orleans is a worldly and richly creative environment like no other.

Check back for conference details in June 2009... We look forward to seeing you in New Orleans!