Leslie "Ezra" Smith

Spoken Word Performance

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THEPICTURE

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

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