Local arts agencies are being asked more and more about the creative economy in their community. This webinar will focus on what is the creative economy and is there a difference between economic development and the creative economy?

We are launching our first Placemaking and Cultural Districts Webinar Week.  Join us for three 45 minute webinars and learn ways that communities are using cultural and arts and entertainment districts arts as tools for community revitalization and placemaking. Every webinar starts at 3pm ET.

This is the third and final webinar in a series of three short "Board Training Week" webinars held on concurrent days in one week. To register for the entire series please visit the series registration page.

This is the first webinar in a series of three short "Board Training Week" webinars held on concurrent days in one week. To register for the entire series please visit the series registration page.

This is the second webinar in a series of three short "Board Training Week" webinars held on concurrent days in one week. To register for the entire series please visit the series registration page.

Do you need some new tools in your chest to help with economic development in your community? What are ways that small and rural communities are using the arts to help economic stability and growth in their communities? Learn some new ways to talk about the arts and the economy. Hear from communities about some of the successful economic development strategies they have used like artists relocation, cultural districts, historic tax credits, etc.

This is the third and final webinar in a series of three webinars in our "Community Development in Rural Communities" series held on concurrent days in one week. To register for the entire series please visit the series registration page.

Do you find yourself looking for resources for your organization? Where do you look? What's new in resource development? How can you improve your skills and create more resources for your organizations? Join us as we help you learn about new ways to find resources and create new opportunities.

This webinar will discuss current trends in philanthropy and new ideas for developing resources for your organization.

Do you have an area in which you want to create a District?  What are the planning steps needed to move you forward?  During this webinar you will also hear from experts on how they planned and developed successful and thriving Districts.

What's the best planning approach for your organization?  How do you know what type of planning you need?  During this webinar you will learn about the different types of plans including: Strategic, Financial, Program, Cultural, and Operational and ways to determine which one is right for your organization.

Join us as we welcome staff from the National  Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Local Arts Agencies / Challenge America Fast-Track programs who discuss local arts agency funding trends and opportunities at the NEA. We will also discuss the upcoming  local arts agency census that Americans for the Arts will be conducting in collaboration with the NEA. Learn about this comprehensive survey designed to benchmark the financial health and programmatic trends of the richly varied, highly diverse, and extremely important work of the nation’s 5,000 LAAs and the communities they serve.

Driven by increased global connectivity and changing domestic demographics leading to more diverse communities, international cultural engagement is happening in our own neighborhoods through community efforts and the support of local arts agencies. This webinar will demonstrate how local arts agencies, through the support of their communities and stakeholders, are acting as bridge builders of international connections to achieve their full potential as catalysts towards mutual understanding.