Dublin Arts Council - Updates and Trends
Our guest speakers today were Dr. David Guion, Executive Director, and Janet Cooper, Director of Engagement, from the Dublin Arts Council. David and Janet walked our members through 8 Trends and discussed how the DAC is responding to those trends. The presentation was very informative and affirmed Dublin's rising national and international acclaim for our the arts in our city.
The Trends that DAC is Responding To:
1) Using Technology to Engage and Measure
2) Community Artmaking
3) Equity, Inclusion, Diversity - Example is the B.R.E.A.D Festival which this year is Oct. 14th at Coffman Park.
4) The Participatory Museum
5) Multi-faceted Experiences - Example is Sundays @ Scioto which is in its 35th Year
6) Social Justice Focused Programming
7) Understanding Relevance - Example is the Riverboxes project
8) Creative Placemaking
Announcements:
Last Call for confirming attendance at the June 29th Installation Dinner - contact Kent
Irish Festival Sign Up - only 15% of shifts filled - contact Andy
Dublin Food Pantry - volunteers needed 1st Monday of July or August 5:30-7:30 -contact Jack
Parade marshaling July 4th - need a few more volunteers - contact Dwight
August 13th - 8th Annual Blue Jackets Outing - volunteers needed to assist during this outing which benefits the 3rd and Goal foundation (Brady Quinn) which re-habs housing for veterans - contact Dwight