Local Arts and Creativity Conference

Monday, March 24, 2025 — 11 am - 5:30 pm
Arts + Literature Laboratory
111 South Livingston Street, Madison

Calling all involved in the arts, creativity, and community! Join colleagues and friends at the Wisconsin Local Arts and Creativity Conference! The Conference brings people together to celebrate opportunities, connections, ideas, friends, and inspiration for the state’s creative future.

This year's conference will center Make Music Day: the global day of music held each year on June 21. In 2024, 23 Wisconsin communities participated in Make Music Day. We hope to involve even more communities in 2025!

Be sure to join us the day after for Create Wisconsin Day!

Local Arts and Creativity Conference Agenda

Draft, subject to change.

Local Arts and Creativity Conference sessions:

11:00 am — Doors open

11:30 am — Lunch

12:00 pm — Welcome: Arts + Literature Lab and Create Wisconsin

12:45 pm — Advocacy and Action to Grow Wisconsin Creatively with Anne Katz and Carolyn Nelson-Kavajecz, Create Wisconsin

1:15 pm — Resources and Partnerships panel

Joint LACC and Make Music Mini-Conference sessions:

2:00 pm — Introduction to Make Music Day and Make Music Alliance’s 2025 national projects with Aaron Friedman, President, Make Music Alliance

2:30 pm — Community and Creativity panel

3:30 pm — LAAC closing discussion and remarks

4:00 pm — Post-2024 and pre-2025 Make Music Alliance chapter reviews and reports

5:30 pm — Adjourn


Contact Create Wisconsin with questions, comments, and ideas.