This week, ArtsU is buzzing with webinars on the state of public art in America, artist-municipal partnerships, and ways your marketing & development teams can coexist and collaborate better. Plus, we announced a new chair for our annual National Arts Awards gala and a new series of Leadership Forums designed for arts leaders seeking intellectually demanding, creative, and open-ended learning.

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Americans for the Arts Launches 2020 Leadership Forums
The Forum programs are a professional development opportunity that includes peer exchange, leadership skill development, and artmaking for leaders in four unique demographics. The deadline to apply for this year's programs is April 24, 2020.

Americans for the Arts Welcomes Sarah Arison as Incoming National Arts Awards Chair
Sarah Arison, President of the Arison Arts Foundation, has been named National Arts Awards Chair for a five-year term. She is underwriter of the Ted Arison Young Artist Award, named for her grandfather, and she co-chaired the National Arts Awards from 2012 to 2019.

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When Artists and Municipalities Partner for the Public Good
Hear how artists and municipal leaders are partnering to address city-wide mandates such as racial equity, help change perceptions of municipal departments and disinvested neighborhoods, develop art projects that address wide ranging issues in public health, environment, and police relations—and more!

February Member Briefing: The Arts Education Network Council
Kelly Fey Bolender, Arts Education Program Manager at Americans for the Arts, joins Membership Manager Michael Hornbuckle for the February Member Briefing. Kelly discusses the priorities of the Arts Education Network Council for 2020 and beyond.

What Can We Learn from 1,767 Public Art Projects?
Using data from Public Art Network Year in Review applications, Americans for the Arts staff explore observations relating to project budget sizes and expenditures, public and private funding types, permanent and temporary project types, and the kinds of materials commonly used.

Marketing and Development: Beautiful Together
This webinar explores ways for marketing and development associates, managers, and directors to better exist, work, and be successful together through collaboration, common goals, and an understanding of each other’s focus and intention.

Pictured: “The Meeting House” by Mark Reigelman II. Commissioned by The Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy. Photo credit: Mark Reigelman II.