Leadership Institute
As an experienced or new staff leader, are you interested in building skills to create a more sustainable, multigenerational organization? Have you been feeling the pressure of day-to-day job demands without time to focus on your own development and renewal? Did you learn leadership “on-the-job” with few opportunities for feedback? Are you interested in strengthening your peer network? NAMAC's Leadership Institute will support you in renewing your energy and strengthening your leadership abilities.
Registration and Timeline
Leadership Institute for Media Arts Organizations: August 22-26, 2010
Enrollment: Open REGISTER NOW!
Early Bird Registration Deadline: May 14, 2010
Registration Deadline: July 20, 2010
Leadership Institute for Visual Arts Organizations: June 12-16, 2010
Enrollment: Competitive Fellowship
Applications due March 15, 2009.
Learn more about the Leadeship Institute for Visual Arts Organizations here.
How It Works
The NAMAC Leadership Institute is an intensive intergenerational workshop designed to encourage and sustain visionary leadership in the arts. Time is built in for reflection, networking with peers, and enjoying a beautiful wooded setting at the foothills of Oregon's Cascade Mountains.
Designed for staff leaders at all levels in NAMAC member organizations, the Institute offers the opportunity to:
- Increase awareness of your leadership strengths and areas for development.
- Learn and practice essential teamwork and collaboration skills for leading in an era of continual change.
- Appreciate the strengths and preferences of colleagues and anticipate the impact of generational and cultural differences.
- Determine the next steps you will take to grow your leadership.
- Broaden your network of peer support for continuing learning and collaboration.
Who Should Attend?
Only NAMAC members are eligible to register. The Institute is geared for experienced and new staff leaders at all levels, especially those interested in creating more sustainable and multigenerational organizations. This includes:
- Executives and managers
- Program coordinators
- Educators and outreach workers
Consider sending a team of two or three to maximize the impact of the Institute on your organization. A diverse range of organizations have attended.
Hear what our past participants have said.
See a list of organizational alumni.
Cost
Early Bird Registration (before May 14, 2010): $575
Registration (after May 14, 2010): $610
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Facilitators
Paula Manley has more than 20 years of experience in arts administration, adult education and nonprofit management. As co-director of The Learning Commons and principal of Paula Manley Consulting, she works with nonprofit arts and community development groups throughout the U.S. to create culturally competent and leader-full organizations. Paula specializes in participatory planning, staff and board leadership development, succession planning and executive director transitions. She also curates a small public art installation space in Southeast Portland, Mad/50. Paula is an experienced board leader and was the founding Executive Director of Tualatin Valley Community Access, a media arts center west of Portland, OR.
Dewey Schott is the Senior Manager of Leadership Services at NAMAC and an Associate Certified Coach who is passionate about helping leaders soar to new heights. He considers himself part punk, part mystic, and part organizational development nerd. Dewey leads NAMAC’s peer coaching circles, is editing an anthology of for NAMAC on leadership in the arts, and co-researched “next generation” leadership in California arts for The James Irvine Foundation. He is a member of LeaderSpring’s executive coaching team, the Consultants and Coaches for the Arts consortium, and was a design team member for “Creating Space IX,” the national gathering of the Leadership Learning Community.
Sonya Shah is Core Faculty at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco where she teaches interdisciplinary studies. For the past 14 years she has worked as a community artist, project director, and educator in the United States, United Kingdom, and India. She was a Fulbright Fellow and artist-in-residence at MS University of Baroda, India, from 1996 to 1998. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts from Brown University and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Film and Video from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she was a Jacob Javits fellow. Her most recent documentary, Something between Her Hands, examines the growing problem of sex work and labor for women in Southeast Asia and is distributed by the National Film Network.
Made Possible By
NAMAC's Leadership Institute is funded, in part, by The Nathan Cummings Foundation, The Hewlett Foundation, and The National Endowment for the Arts.
Talk to Us
If you have questions about the Leadership Institute, please contact Daniel "Dewey" Schott at dan (at) namac.org or call (415) 431-1391.
