On Aug. 3, the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) will host the next in its series of community conversations on arts and culture.
The upcoming ARC Cultural forum on August 3rd at the Fox Theatre will focus on Cultural Equity and will feature three speakers who have been a regular part of the national conversation on this issue. We will be joined by Roberto Bedoya (People, Land, Arts, Culture and Engagement Initiative), Rebecca Burrell (Portland Community Media) and Brea Heidelberg (Rider University).
We will spend time together hearing about the vocabulary of equity, how these issues affect policy and placemaking, what it means to be an ally in this important work and more.
ARC Cultural Forum: Cultural Equity
August 3rd at 9:30 AM – Fox Theatre Egyptian Ballroom
Speakers:
Roberto Bedoya is a writer and cultural activist. He is the former executive director of the Tucson Pima Arts Council, Tucson AZ, where he has instituted the innovative P.L.A.C.E. (People, Land, Arts, Culture and Engagement) Initiative, a civic engagement/placemaking platform that supports artists' projects that address critical community issues. He has consistently supported artists-centered cultural practices and advocated for expanded definitions of inclusion and belonging throughout his career.
Rebecca Burrell was hired in 2009 to inaugurate community engagement programming for The Right Brain Initiative, and since that time has helped Right Brain grow to become a national leader in arts education. She has recently been recruited to Portland Community Media. She is a member of the Americans for the Arts Emerging Leader Council, which she co-chaired from 2014-15, and the Portland Metro Leadership Council of the Oregon Community Foundation. She is a co-founder of the Portland Emerging Arts Leaders.
Brea M. Heidelberg is an Assistant Professor of Arts Administration at Rider University. In each of her undergraduate courses she infuses her lesson plans with a focus on social justice and diversity. In her teaching and research Brea pays particular attention to the professional development of arts administrators, focusing on the initial stages of early career training and socialization. Brea earned her PhD in Arts Administration, Education & Policy from The Ohio State University, where her research focused on arts advocacy arguments at the federal level. Her other research interests include human resources issues, cultural policy at the state and federal levels, and cultural diplomacy.
Event Sponsors
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