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Leslie "Ezra" Smith
Spoken Word Performance
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Jane Werner
Arts Council Board Chair
Where We’ve Been
The State of the Arts Council
Mitch Swain, CEO
Cultural Policy and Research
Advocating for the Arts
Get Involved!
Cultural Policy Public Forum
June 12, 4:00–5:30 pmMozart Room, Heinz Hall
ProArtsTickets
Kate Prescott
Arts Council Board Member
Professional Development"It's like the Arts
Council tailored those workshops just for me!"
- Christine BetheaPassports: Art of Diversity and Arts Council
Member
Professional Development
775 participants have attended
30 workshops since July 2007
Next Up!Public Forum:
The Arts Experience Initiative
June 24, 4:30–7:30 pm Location TBA
Thank You
Presenters
Pro-Bono Consulting
“… a wonderful benefit as most artists cannot afford to hire a
lawyer on their own.” - Suz Pisano
Artist and Arts Council Member
Theresa D'Amico • Alan Lefkowitz • Susan DiGirolamo
Elana Kornblit • Julie Chiccarino • Margaret Cassidy
Robert Carey • Bruce Wolf • Katherine Basile • Michael Wright
Conniel Arnold & Josh Stein, Alcoa, Inc.
Barbara Griffin & Lorrie Albert, Allegheny County Bar Foundation
Jay Glunt, Buchanan Ingersoll, PC
Amanda Braunecker, Burns, White & Hickton, LLC
Henry Huffnagle, Chief US Magistrate Francis X Caiazza
Yvonne Schlosberg, City of Pittsburgh, Dept of Law
Andrew Flowers & Matthew Phillips, Cohen & Grigsby P.C.
Carolyn Dorazio, Dorazio Law Group, P.C.
Timothy Coon, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott
Cynthia Yializis, Fox Rothschild • Scott Levine, Fried & Davis, LLC
Joseph Kranyak, Fujitsu • Jeffrey Hunt, Goehring, Rutter & Boehm
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Jeffrey Morris, Jeffrey T. Morris Attorney at Law • Franklin Molin, K&L Gates
Brian Fagan, Keevican Weiss Bauerle & Hirsch LLC
Kelly DeMarchis, Danielle Hirsch, John Hagan, Matthew Sepp, Brittany Powell, Lisa Geisel, Marcia Kelson, Christopher Frenie, Kari Horner, Ryan Demotte, Oded Green, Kristy Storms, David
Teigman, Renee Cavalovitch, Christopher Wolfe, Brian Anderson, Jeffrey Acre, Jamie Spataro, Michelle McCreery, Maria Podoplekina,
Ashley O'Neill, Karen Marryshow, Jamie Lopez, Curtis Krasik & Sarah Reigle, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP
Jeff Pollock, Law Office of Jeffrey L. Pollock
David DeFazio, Law Offices of David J. DeFazio
Leslie Greer, Leslie B. Greer Attorney at Law
Matthew Loughren, Loughren, Loughren & Loughren
Gregory Fitzpatrick, Margolis Edelstein • Gary Regan, McGuireWoods
Stacey Noble, Meyer, Unkovic and Scott
Peter Watt-Morse, Morgan Lewis, Counselors at Law
Ritu Singh, Anne Shyjan, Darcey Rhoades, Karie Schepis & Brienne Terril, Pepper Hamilton, LLP
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
David Franklin, Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP
Thomas Joseph, Price & Adams
Danielle Rawls, Dianna Wyrick, Richard Ting, Eric Billings, Lisa Campoli, Jennifer Smokelin, Ronald Krasnow
& Alexandria Samuel, ReedSmith LLP
Tess Harper, Schneider Downs & Co., Inc.
Margaret Diamond, Southwestern PA Human Services
Daniel Michelmore, Swarts Campbell LLC
Julie Meder & Thomas Wolski, The Webb Law Firm
Jeffrey Cadle, Thomas A. Will & Associates
Kristen Belz Ornato, Jenifer Tarasi & Alex HersheyThorp Reed & Armstrong, LLP
Paul Atencio, Tucker Arensberg, P.C.
Susan Ott, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Corporate Legal
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Lisa Andrus, SAI Consulting Engineers, Inc. • Lisa Blaney-Stewart, TelCove
Howard Booth, Shadylane School • Pompa Bose, RBS Consultants, Inc.
Annette Calgaro, BNY Mellon • Kathleen Caliendo, IBM
Gretchen Cetti, Allegheny Intermediate Unit
A. Bradley Collins, Deloitte & Touche
Rene Conrad, Quantum Theatre • Rich DeSensi
Sarah Doerr, Blue Archer Consulting • Scott Ellis, Merrill Lynch
Erin Felix, KPMG, LLP • Bill Godfrey, Natrona Comes Together Association
Jennifer Gross • Bonnie Hellman, First Capitol Corporation
Christine Huesmann • John Jacobsen, PNC Bank
Crystal Jeffrey • D. Todd Keener, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Joseph Kish, Duquesne University • Melissa Krutz Farris, BNY Mellon
Corey LeChat • Susan McLaughlin, Alcoa
Rebecca McNeil, Children's Museum Of Pittsburgh • Karen Myres
Business Volunteers for the Arts
Robert Neu • Jim O'Brien • Gail Picha, McKeever, Varga & Senko
Al Polanec, Blue Archer Consulting • Kelly Price, Schneider Downs & Co., Inc.
Karlye Rowles, University of Pittsburgh
Shakura Sabur, African American Jazz Preservation Society of Pittsburgh
Lorraine Sauchin, Schneider Downs & Co.
Cathie Schmidt, H J Heinz Pittsburgh Employees Federal Credit Union
Laura Serecin, Indigo Branded Environments
Michael Sexauer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette • Jocelyn Sheppard, Red House Consulting
Neil Shuman, Beltex Company, Inc. • Suzanne Silliman, MSA
Loretta Stanish, PF/PCA • Lisa Sweeney, Filene's/Kaufmann's
Kenn Thomas, PNC Financial Services • Peter Vercilla, Technology Strategies, Inc.
Xi Wang • Bob Washburn • James Will, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Bruce Wolf • Jennifer Zgurich, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Business Volunteers for the Arts
Thank You
Consultants
Grants to the Arts
Over $322,000 in grants to the arts
community in 2007-08
Thank You
Panelists
Office of Public Art
Membership
76
118129
160
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Where We’re Going
Strategic Plan
Bill Bodine
Arts Council Board Member
Mission
To make the arts central to the lives of individuals by expanding the reach, influence and effectiveness of the
region's diverse cultural community.
We will accomplish our mission by offering programs and services, advocating for the
arts, facilitating connections and promoting self-sufficiency and artistic endeavors.
Vision
By fulfilling its mission, the Arts Council will achieve its vision of:
– Driving the region's vitality through arts and culture
– Serving as the leading voice of the arts in the region
– Offering high quality services to arts and culture organizations and artists
Values
The Arts Council is committed to:
– Valuing culture, both the arts and artists
– Being proactive
– Maintaining a culture of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship
– Functioning with clarity of purpose, courage and fairness
– Promoting diversity and collaboration
Aspirations
The Arts Council intends to:
– Identify and serve the common good
– Elevate the visibility of the arts
– Improve the livelihood of individual artists
– Serve as a “connector” – a valued broker and facilitator
– Be the voice and ambassador of the arts
– Impact the growth of the city and region
Competencies
The Arts Council will sustain or increase its expertise in the areas of:
– Capacity building – technical assistance, professional development, grantmaking andpro-bono legal management consulting
– Marketing – ticketing, promotion, public relations, image building and branding
– Advocacy – cultural policy, research
How does the plan align with your view of the arts
andculture community’s
needs?
Strategic Plan
Share Your Thoughts
www.pittsburghartscouncil.blogspot.com
Neil Lucchi
Senior Vice President,Voluntary Products
HM Insurance Group
Health Coverage for the Arts
• From $56.99 to $171.27 per month
• Pays fixed rates for various services
• Available to independent artists,part-time or seasonal employees,uncovered spouses and dependants,and employees (full- or part-time) of small organizations
Brian Lang
Curator, Corporate Art Collection
BNY Mellon
BNY MellonAudience
Development Program
City of PittsburghCouncilman
Bill Peduto
• Photo of Bill in Action
Robert Lettieri
Chair, Citizens for the Arts in
Pennsylvania
Philip Horn
Executive Director, Pennsylvania Council on
the Arts
Arts Leadership
Award
Pennsylvania State Senator
Jay Costa
May 21, 2009
Thank You to our Funders
Arts Council Members & Donors
Please Join Us in the Lobby
Pittsburgh Banjo Club
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