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Intermedia Arts and the Bush Foundation Announce Launch of THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE


As part of our commitment to provide comprehensive leadership training, resources and mentorship opportunities for artists and community development professionals working as catalysts for community change, Intermedia Arts is pleased to announce our partnership with the Bush Foundation in launching The Creative Community Leadership Institute 2010, a learning network of pioneering Metro-area leaders in community development and the arts.

This fall, The Creative Community Leadership Institute, led by a core faculty of four highly respected and experienced professionals in the field of community cultural development, WILLIAM CLEVELAND, WENDY MORRIS, ERIK TAKESHITA, AND JUN-LI WANG, will provide comprehensive, professional-level training and support for local community-engaged artists and community developers.

The Creative Community Leadership Institute, (formerly Intermedia Arts' Institute for Community Cultural Development (ICCD)), will bring together up to 25 fellows for personal learning, new partnerships and creative strategies around the question: How do the arts and community development work together to contribute to capable and caring communities?

Over the five-year history of this program, 62 of the most active and prominent leaders in local arts-based community development and organizing have graduated from Intermedia Arts' leadership institute,  including DeAnna and Roger Cummings, co-directors of Juxtaposition Arts and I Self Devine (Chaka M'Kali), Director of Organizing and Community Building at Hope Community.

Intermedia Arts and the Bush Foundation share a mutual commitment to developing and supporting courageous leaders to work with their communities to identify assets and solve tough problems. In the "new normal," the future health of communities demands innovative, cross-sector leadership at every level.

Anybody who's anybody has gone through Intermedia Arts' programs. You look at the alumni of the Leadership Institute and it is basically the Who's Who of who is doing art and organizing. It's like a list of rock stars.
-Chaka M'Kali (aka I Self Devine)

 

Apply for this leadership development opportunity if you:

  • Build community and have active community relationships;
  • Have significant experience working in areas such as, but not limited to, community organizing, arts, education, native sovereignty, public systems, health care, youth development, community and economic development and housing;
  • Are open to new experiences, relationships, collaborations and potential partnerships with others in this field;
  • Are ready to engage with new ideas and transform the way you work to more effectively meld community development and the arts in community-building strategies;
  • Are willing to step forward and make a difference in your community; and can commit to the dates and times scheduled for the Institute.

Questions?  Attend an Information Session! Monday, July 26, 7-8:30PM at Intermedia Arts.

DEADLINE TO APPLY: 6PM Thursday August 26, 2010


Thanks to generous support from Bush Foundation, Intermedia Arts is able to provide this opportunity to fellows free of charge.  The Institute for Community Cultural Development (ICCD) is the precursor to this institute.

 

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