May Arts Leadership Newsletter

Congratulations to MFA '19, Paul Nunn

Soon to be graduate of the Arts Leadership MFA program, Paul Nunn, has recently accepted a position as Project Lead at UrbanArtworks. Paul has completed several practicum opportunities with the organization as well as helped facilitate one of their largest fundraisers with the Lagunitas Beer Circus. Want to get involved with UrbanArtworks through volunteering or commissioning youth driven public art? Email Paul!

The Price of This Artist’s Work? A Conversation About the Horrors of War

W.A. Ehren makes more than 'just cups'. His pottery vocalizes an opposition of war and terror. Partially therapeutic and meditative, Ehren's work continues to hold relevance as the United States continues relationships with military action. Read more on Ehren and his career here.

Launching the Creative Careers Cohort

Part of the City of Seattle Office of Art and Culture, the Art Beat Blog recaps exciting projects and programs around the Seattle area. Written by current student, Erin Burrow, MFA '20, Burrow speaks to the recent initiative, Create Careers Cohort,a professional development opportunity for Arts Leaders working in youth centered art organizations. Read more here!

Arts Leadership Announces
May Book Club

We invite you to join the Arts Leadership Book Club for a discussion around this month's featured book, How Racism Takes Place by George Lipsitz, led by Arts Leadership Assistant Professors Jasmine Mahmoud & Roxy Hornbeck. This workshop will feature an aesthetic, culinary, racial, and spatial engagement with Seattle University's neighborhoods.

This event will take place on Monday, May 20th at 6pm. The tour will start at Suite 401 of the Jefferson Building (1401 E Jefferson St) on Seattle University's campus.

Each interactive presentation is 20 minutes long. The presentation schedule will be posted in late May. This event is free and open to the public. Join us for all or part of the day!

MFA in Arts Leadership 2019
Summary Project Presentations

Saturday, June 15, 2019, 9 AM - 4 PM
Pigott Building (PIGT) 102, 103, & 105
Seattle University

Join the MFA Class of 2019 for a day of interactive capstone presentations led by Asst. Prof. Hornbeck and Asst. Prof. Mahmoud.

Through applied research methods, each project is a culmination of a student’s inquiry into an arts field of practice. This includes projects rooted in cultural equity, creative placemaking, teaching artist pedagogy, audience and field analysis, strategic business plans, resistance activism, youth engagement and education, community storytelling and journalism, digital design and influence, and formation of new artistic works and spaces.

Full program details can be found on Facebook.

Arts & Action to Better Our Community

Join ArtsFund & Town Hall Seattle on May 17 for a panel discussion and civic dialogue on the social impact of the arts. panelists identify ways we can activate the findings from this new wave of research, framing a deeper understanding of the public value of the arts in our evolving community. Register here.

Bring it In: Transnational Feminism Conference

The Center for Global Culture and Communication and the Department of Performance Studies at Northwestern University invite applications from graduate students (MA, MFA, and/or PhD-track) and recent graduates for a five-day institute on trans-national feminist theories and practices. Find more information and details here.

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