Leadership Development Institute (LDI)
Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and the American Express Foundation
LDI 2012
The Association of Performing Arts Presenters and the Research Center for Leadership in Action at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University are now accepting applications for the 2012 cohort.
Over the course of five sessions in 2012 and early 2013, a minimum of three of which will be two-day in-person sessions, APAP and RCLA will facilitate an inquiry around the theme: Know and Connect with Community. Each session will be co-facilitated by Bethany Godsoe, RCLA executive director, and Theresa Holden, co-director, Holden and Arts Associates.
Applications are due 5 p.m. EST Friday, February 24, 2012.
How to apply:
1. Review the Program Guidelines and Application.
2. Complete the application. A complete application includes:
3. All submitted documents should be saved and submitted with the following extension: "last name: LDI-CI Response" For example, “Smith: LDI –CI Response”.
4. Email your completed application, resume, and commitment letter to Laura Benson at lbenson@artspresenters.org by 5 p.m. EST Friday, February 24 2012.
Questions? Contact Laura Benson, toll free at 1-888.820.ARTS or lbenson@artspresenters.org
Program Background
APAP and RCLA jointly launched the Leadership Development Institute in June 2010 with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the American Express Foundation. The initial design for LDI is based on prior research conducted by APAP and RCLA that included a co-design working session in May 2009 where APAP and RCLA convened 15 mid-career leaders in the performing arts presenting field.
The goal of the LDI is to develop the leadership, knowledge and capacity required to advance the performing arts presenting field. Specifically, LDI will:
- Consolidate a leadership competency framework for the performing arts presenting field;
- Advance the leadership capacity among arts presenting professionals in at least one competency area each;
- Produce a presenting leadership development white paper, online tools and other resources that embody a framework for the leadership demands and challenges in the performing arts presenting field.
Creative Courage
The 2010 Leadership Development Institute class focused on practices for building resilient missions and enduring, adaptive visions. Looking to learn from the past and to craft a new narrative for the future, the class experimented with individual practices and together built a tool kit for strengthening the leadership from any position in an arts organization.
Read Creative Courage: Leadership Practices to Build Resilience and Vitality in Performing Arts Organizations
2010 Program Participants
- Elizabeth Auer, University of Florida Performing Arts, Gainesville, FL
- Kevin Boyer, The Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA
- Joe Clifford, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
- Sage Crump, South Arts, Atlanta, GA
- Kaisha Johnson, Center for Traditional Music and Dance, New York, NY
- Brian Kendall, City of Las Vegas Office of Cultural Affairs, Las Vegas, NV
- Laura Kendall, Tri-C Presents, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, OH
- Cari McMahon, The Ross Ragland Theater & Cultural Center, Klamath Falls, OR
- Claire Rice, University Musical Society (UMS), Ann Arbor, MI
- Paul Ternes, Omaha Performing Arts, Omaha, NE
- Sarah Thompson, Northrop Concerts and Lectures, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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Jack Wright, Celebrity Series of Boston, Inc, Boston, MA
