Metro Atlanta Arts and Culture Coalition (MAACC)

This is the last week to apply for the 2016 Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta Class! As an added bonus, folks taking part in the class this year will kick off their participation with free tickets to the Metro Atlanta Arts Fund Luncheon!

The Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta class was created to encourage leaders throughout the community to take an active role in solving the issues and challenges facing the region’s arts and culture community.

Deadline for application is October 30th at 4 p.m. For more information and to apply: http://www.atlantaregional.com/alma

Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta | Atlanta Regional Commission Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta (ALMA), was created by MAACC in 2004 to encourage leaders throughout the community to take an active role in solving...

Applications for the 2015 Arts Leaders class close this week. This is our chance to facilitate open, frank and high level topical & policy discussions within the class on problems & solutions to address key arts issues facing the region resulting in greater understanding and knowledge about the cultural community. Join the conversation.

Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta | Atlanta Regional Commission Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta (ALMA), was created by MAACC in 2004 to encourage leaders throughout the community to take an active role in solving...

The Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta 2015 class is now accepting applications. Heading into year 11 we’re looking forward to brining national speakers & solutions to the tough challenges facing our region. Apply today!

Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta | Atlanta Regional Commission Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta (ALMA), was created by MAACC in 2004 to encourage leaders throughout the community to take an active role in solving...

On October 25 at 11am come discover the politics of culture and space in France as Jacques Martial shares about his work to close the gap and bring culture and the arts to all communities. His talk will focus on his involvement with Paris's Parc de la Villette.

France-Atlanta 2013 - Cultural Events In celebration of the centennial of one of France’s most influential authors, France-Atlanta, along with GSU’s CENCIA and Rialto Center for the Arts present Aimé Césaire’s “Cahier d’un retour au pays natal”, performed by the critically acclaimed actor, Jacques Martial.From Melbourne to Madrid, Paris...

Interested in the next arts leaders of metro atlanta class? You can apply for a community foundation scholarship to help with the cost! (some restrictions likely apply)

The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta - Nonprofit Scholarships Scholarship opportunities are available for nonprofit staff and board members to attend professional and organizational development workshops and trainings. Through this opportunity, The Community Foundation will cover the cost of attendance for workshops, trainings and conferences for selected prog...

Tomorrow is the last day to apply for the 2014 Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta Class!

Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta | Atlanta Regional Commission Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta (ALMA), was created by MAACC in 2004 to encourage leaders throughout the community to take an active role in solving the issues and challenges facing the region’s arts & culture community. The five-day, five-month program is now managed by ARC.

"How do we elevate our existing arts and culture assets?" Submit ideas now, and the top 5 will be presented on stage immediately following Thomas Friedman this Sunday! You don't need to register to submit ideas, but if you do want to register I have a $100 ticket for you (regular over $200).

IdeaString - (co)lab IDEASTRING IS NOW OPEN. Let the crowd-sourcing for ideas and solutions begin. IdeaString for (co)lab is open Monday, September 16 — Monday, September 30 If you are registered for (co)lab summit, follow these instructions…

Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta (ALMA), was created to encourage leaders throughout the community to take an active role in solving the issues and challenges facing the region’s arts & culture community. A five day leadership program with top notch speakers discussing current opportunities and hurdles.

Applications are open now!!!

Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta | Atlanta Regional Commission Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta 2014 application is now online!

Micro-philanthropy in Atlanta? Yes please. You can help seniors get access to the arts with a $5 donation that the City of Atlanta will match.

Creating access to the arts in the older population can often be just as important as keeping it in the school system. This is a whole new realm of research we can be an active part of.

http://www.power2give.org/Atlanta

From the Nonprofit Finance Fund:

We are conducting our fifth annual nationwide survey examining the current state of the nonprofit sector, and we hope that you will help us make sure that the voices of arts and culture organizations are adequately represented. Last year, more than 800 arts and culture organizations responded to the survey. The survey, which is anonymous and takes only 10 minutes to fill out, collects data on important financial and management issues facing the nonprofit sector.

Deadline is Feb. 15, 2013...

2013 Nonprofit 'State of the Sector' Survey 2013 Nonprofit 'State of the Sector' Survey -

Tourism and Arts Advocacy Day is tomorrow (Jan 29) at the Capitol. Information and schedule in link below. Governor Deal is speaking at 9:00 am and Ron Stephens is speaking to the arts group at 10:00 am. This is a good day to be present and speak to legislators about the value of the arts in our region!

http://gaartsnetwork.org/news-events/georgia-arts-advocacy-day/

Georgia Arts Advocacy Day | Georgia Arts Network 2013 Georgia Arts Advocacy Day Gathering of the Statewide Arts Community for a Day of Education and Advocacy January 29th at the State Capitol in Atlanta, GA

Atlanta PlanIt, metro Atlanta's guide for arts and culture, wants your feedback. Click on the link below to answer their survey:

The Public Broadcasting Atlanta Arts and Culture Calendar | Atlanta PlanIt Atlanta events calendar of family, free, music, stage, arts, and other things to do around the Atlanta region, from Public Broadcasting Atlanta.

The complete text for Ben Cameron's keynote at the Metro Atlanta Arts Fund luncheon. Insightful, challenging, and inspirational.

Arts leader Ben Cameron: ‘Stop being an arts supporter and start being an arts activist’ (text of en In a time of rapid change for artists, arts presenters and arts patrons, Ben Cameron touched on many of-the-moment issues during his keynote address to the

On December 6, the Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund brough Ben Cameron to Atlanta to deliver an insightful and challenging keynote address. This is the keynote everyone has been talking about. Make sure you check it out.

Ben Cameron keynote, Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund Luncheon: December 6, 2012 Ben Cameron is one of the nation's leading arts advocates and is currently serving as the program director for the arts at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundati...

Free health care screenings for Artists and folks in the Creative Industries tomorrow!

HEART aims to improve health of Atlanta creatives | Atlanta News & Opinion Blog | Fresh Loaf | Creat Taking place Dec. 15, HEART is a health screening and wellness event that's designed for uninsured or underinsured artists.

Last day to apply for the 2013 Arts Leadership class!

Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta | Atlanta Regional Commission Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta (ALMA), was created by MAACC in 2004 to encourage leaders throughout the community to take an active role in solving the issues and challenges facing the region’s arts & culture community. The five-day, five-month program is now managed by ARC.

The deadline for the ARC's 2012 Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta (ALMA) class is this Friday! The ALMA class is designed to encourage leaders throughout the community to take an active role in solving the issues and challenges facing the region’s arts & culture community.

Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta | Atlanta Regional Commission Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta (ALMA), was created by MAACC in 2004 to encourage leaders throughout the community to take an active role in solving the issues and challenges facing the region’s arts & culture community. The five-day, five-month program is now managed by ARC.

For the 2012 State of the Region breakfast the ARC produced a video celebrating the region's arts and culture assets. The video is now online for those that couldn't be there live.

A Celebration of Metro Atlanta's Arts and Culture The Atlanta Regional Commission's (ARC) 14th annual State of the Region Breakfast was held Friday, October 12, 2012 at the Georgia World Congress Center. Join…

The Fox Theatre Institute is about to bring together the best names in emergency preparedness for arts organizations November 13th. Sign up before this seminar sells out!

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Applications are now online for the 2013 Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta class!!! A once-a-month series of sessions for 5 months kicks off this January, bringing in top speakers to discuss what challenges the Atlanta regional arts and culture community faces, and how we can address them together.

Be a part of the conversation/solution.

Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta | Atlanta Regional Commission Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta (ALMA), was created by MAACC in 2004 to encourage leaders throughout the community to take an active role in solving the issues and challenges facing the region’s arts & culture community. The five-day, five-month program is now managed by ARC.

This year the Atlanta Regional Commission breakfast includes a program around Arts & Culture in the region as part of the celebration for adding A&C into the ARC portfolio. Come join us October 12th!

2012 State of the Region Breakfast | Atlanta Regional Commission 2012 State of the Region Breakfast | October 12th, 2012 | 07:00 AM - 09:15 AM | Georgia World Congress Center - Thomas Murphy Ballroom

"This is as much a referendum on whether we believe in ourselves and in regionalism as it is on transportation... We're either going to stand together and figure out as a group what we really want to see this city become, or we're going to let it drift together." - Joe Bankoff

MAACC Advocacy Alert: Vote Tomorrow - July 31st Metro Atlanta Arts & Culture Coalition

Make sure you are an informed voter on the July 31st transportation referendum. Click the link to get the facts!

Get the Facts Before You Vote July 31

Atlanta Regional Commission is new home for Metro Atlanta Arts and Culture Coalition!

Atlanta Regional Commission is new home for metro arts coalition By Maria Saporta It’s a new beginning for the arts in metro Atlanta. The Atlanta Regional Commission has reached an agreement to absorb the operations of the Metro Atlanta Arts & Culture Coalition — a decade-old entity that has been a leading voice for the development and funding of cultural o...

Virginia Hepner, former board chair and interim CEO of the Metro Atlanta Arts and Culture Coalition, and all around phenomenal Atlantan is named as President and CEO of the Woodruff Arts Center.

Woodruff Arts Center names Hepner president - Atlanta Business Chronicle The Woodruff Arts Center board of trustees on Monday voted unanimously to name Virginia...

Paris Plane Crash Spurred Cultural Growth in Atlanta - Huffington Post reflects on the Orly crash.

Paris Plane Crash Spurred Cultural Growth In Atlanta ATLANTA — Fifty years ago, a group of 106 influential cultural and civic leaders from Atlanta traveled to Europe to visit famous museums and demonstrate the ascendant southern city's commitment to culture. The Atlanta area's population in 1962 had recently hit a million people, but political a...

The Atlanta Regional Commission board has adopted a unanimous resolution to adopt arts and culture as a regional planning issue.

MAACC Notice: Atlanta Regional Commission Adds Arts & Culture to Scope Great News! The Atlanta Regional Commission board has adopted a unanimous resolution to adopt arts and culture as a regional planning issue.

Saporta Report: Atlanta Arts Community is at a Crossroads

Atlanta’s arts community is at a crossroads — is the curtain closing By Guest Columnist W. IMARA CANADY, vice president of programming and strategic partnerships for National Center for Civil and Human Rights As thousands recently gathered to officially open the doors of our airports new Maynard H. Jackson, Jr. International terminal,…

Arts Funding in Atlanta gets a $250,000 bump from Mayor Reed.

$250,000 bump for OCA in Mayor Reed's proposed budget | Atlanta A&E Blog | Atlanta Galleries, Visual Also, find out who's on the panel for the gallery design competition around the old AJC building