An ongoing series of online conversations, hosted by Create Wisconsin and featuring a wide variety of partners and colleagues.  It’s pretty simple:  we’re bringing together people in every corner of the state to discuss news, issues and opportunities in the arts, culture, and creativity in Wisconsin.  Join us!

Upcoming Conversation:

• Friday, June 23, 10-11 am: Creativity, Capacity, and Resilience: Navigating the Post-Pandemic World
  Register here .
  
  Join us for a “Creative Conversation” on arts and creative resiliency, innovation, and perseverance in the face of continuous change.

  The session will focus on challenges and opportunities of the emerging post-pandemic era, including:

  ● The impact of pandemic-specific funding and other resources
  ● Adaptation of programs and services
  ● Changes in staff, volunteers, audiences, and communities
  ● Short- and long-term barriers and opportunities.

  Panelists:

• ● Jennifer Anderson, Director, Land o’Lake Arts, Land o’Lakes
  ● Rita Mae Reese, Co-Director, Art + Literature Lab, Madison
  ● Barbara Wanzo, Black Arts MKE, Milwaukee
  
  Wisconsin’s creative sector - a $10.8 billion industry encompassing more jobs than the state’s beer, biotech, and papermaking industries - has shown great resiliency, creativity, innovation, and perseverance in the face of continuous change during the COVID era.

  While the worst days of the pandemic are over, the creative industries still grapple with ongoing challenges, including workforce issues, audience engagement and participation changes, sustainability and capacity, and rising costs for businesses and consumers. At the same time, there have been surprising new programming and audience opportunities through the expansion of virtual technology, and lessons learned about the intrinsic value of the arts and creativity as fundamental to the human experience and broader community life.

Past Conversations:

• Telling your story:  that’s what advocacy is all about. Thursday, April 6, 2023. Facebook Live recording here.

• Cultural tourism. Friday, March 24, 2023. With Casey Brown, Ho-Chunk Nation & Native American Tourism of Wisconsin and Chris Clemens, Director of Viroqua Chamber/Main Street. Recording will be posted soon.

• Creativity through community and community through creativity. Thursday, March 9, 2023 Recording here. Passcode: A?4JMfFT

• Rural Arts and Creativity is where it's at!, Friday, February 24. Recording here. Passcode: FY!UBWm0

• Effective advocacy for these “interesting” times, Friday, January 27. Recording here. Passcode: E2BuJJk*