Free Webinar! Advocacy Strategies for Kentucky Investment in the Arts
A Kentucky Arts Council’s Creative Industry Summit Series webinar will be held on October 22 at 2 p.m.
Join Kentuckians for the Arts board chair Lori Meadows for this important webinar designed to equip nonprofit arts and creative organizations across Kentucky with the tools and strategies needed to advocate effectively. Kentucky communities thrive when the arts thrive. From boosting local economies to strengthening civic pride and family bonds, the arts deliver measurable benefits that enrich our lives every day. To sustain and grow these benefits, public support is essential.
This webinar will provide a practical menu of advocacy actions you can start implementing immediately, including:
- Participating in statewide arts advocacy efforts
- Demonstrating your organization’s public value
- Communicating effectively with elected officials
- Leading your community’s advocacy efforts
- Kentucky communities deserve the positive economic, civic and family benefits provided by the arts.
Lori Meadows is Board Chair of Kentuckians for the Arts, the commonwealth’s arts advocacy organization. She also serves on multiple arts boards and advisory committees and is Kentucky state captain for Americans for the Arts. From 2005 until her retirement in 2016, Meadows served as Executive Director of the Kentucky Arts Council, where she worked to support and grow Kentucky’s arts and creative sector. Over her 22-year tenure with the council, she also served as Individual Artist Director and Executive Staff Advisor before her appointment as director. Today, Meadows works as an independent consultant specializing in arts administration and nonprofit organizational management, continuing her work in advancing the arts.
This free webinar is part of the Kentucky Arts Council’s Creative Industry Summit Series (CISS). For more series offerings, check out our website.