Accessibility to arts and culture can influence policy goals, including economic development, urban revitalization, tourism, education and
youth development. Many of these policy objectives require leadership from planners, nonprofit administrators, as well as the business and local government communities. In 2010, Americans for the Arts reported that even during difficult economic times America's nonprofit arts industry generates $135.2 billion in economic activity every year, resulting in $22.3 billion in federal, state and local tax revenues. This year's forum focuses on the value of the arts in economic and community development. Our speaker will be joined by a panel of government, nonprofit and creative arts leaders who are working to advance the arts and improve civic life in the Greater Kansas City region.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER: JULIÁN ZUGAZAGOITIA, Ph.D.

Julián Zugazagoitia is the fifth director at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Since arriving in 2010, he has led the museum's efforts to engage the community through dynamic activities inside the museum and in the Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park. Attendance has grown dramatically to more than 500,000 visitors a year. Born in Mexico and educated at the Sorbonne Paris IV and the Ecole du Louvre in France, Zugazagoitia speaks six languages and has worked at institutions in the Americas and Europe. Before moving to Kansas City, he was the Director/CEO of El Museo del Barrio in New York, a leading institution in the field of Latin American and Latino art. He has also collaborated with such institutions as the Museum of Modern Art, the National Portrait Gallery and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

2015 PANELISTS:

• Harlan Brownlee, CEO, ArtsKC – Regional Arts Council
• Jeff Bentley, Executive Director, Kansas City Ballet
• Mary Kennedy, CEO, Mid-America Arts Alliance
• Megan Crigger, Director of Creative Services,
  City of Kansas City, Missouri
• Larry Meeker, Chairman, Kansas Creative Arts
  Industries Commission

2015 SPONSORS:

WHERE:
Town Square at the
Kauffman Foundation
Conference Center
4801 Rockhill Rd.
Kansas City, MO

When:
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Registration and
Continental Breakfast: 8 a.m.
Program: 8:30–11 a.m.

Cost:
General Admission: $25
Student Rate: $15

REGISTER: Online
Call: 816-701-8234
Email: Beverly Wilson

Presenting Co-sponsors:

• Greater Kansas City Chapter, American Society for Public Administration
• Mid-America
  Regional Council

Contributing Sponsors:

• Park University
• City of Kansas
  City, Missouri
• UMKC Bloch School
  of Management,
  Dept. of Public Affairs
• KU Public
  Management Center