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TEXAS ARTS ADVOCACY DAY. Texans for the Arts will kick off the start of the 81st Texas Legislature and TFA 2009 Legislative Agenda advocacy efforts with Texas Arts Advocacy Day in Austin on Tuesday, February 10, 2009. Agenda. 6:30 AM – Registration at the Houston Arts Alliance
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TEXAS ARTS ADVOCACY DAY Texans for the Arts will kick off the start of the 81st Texas Legislature and TFA 2009 Legislative Agenda advocacy efforts with Texas Arts Advocacy Day in Austin on Tuesday, February 10, 2009.
Agenda 6:30 AM – Registration at the Houston Arts Alliance 7:00 AM - Depart from Houston Arts Alliance 9:30 AM - Registration in Austin 10:15 AM - Welcome and Introductions 10:30 AM - Advocacy Forum with Sara Kellner and Hillco 12:15 PM - Lunch featuring Keynote Speaker Bill Lively 1:00 PM - Pre-scheduled appointments with legislators 4:00 PM - Reception for attendees at Radisson Hotel 6:00 PM - Departure from Austin to Houston 8:30 PM - Return to Houston Arts Alliance
Workshop Speakers Sara Kellner is the principal of Kellner Consulting, which focuses on consulting in the arts, including organizational and creative planning, public art and fund development. She has served on funding panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, the Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative and the Houston Arts Alliance. She is the President of the Downtown Area Women's Network in Houston.HillCo Partners is a full service government affairs consultancy focusing on legislation, policy and regulation. They are in their fifth year of providing legislative expertise to Texans for the Arts..
Keynote Speaker Bill Lively is the Founding President and CEO of the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts. As DCPA President, Bill spearheaded fund raising efforts that brought in $324M in the past 8 years to build its new Center. As of January 1, 2009, he is President of the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Foundation's Endowment Trust and President and CEO of the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee.
Register Now (2 steps) I. ONLINE (Bus) www.texasartsadvocacy.eventbrite.com II. ONLINE (Arts Advocacy Day) www.blacktie-dallas.com/rsvp and enter event code:TFA
Contact your State Legislators Log onto the Texans For the Arts website www.texansforthearts.com Click to “Legislative Action Center” to find contact info of your State Legislators.