Register for Delaware Arts Summit by Oct. 24

The biennial Arts Summit will be held Monday, Oct. 30, from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino, Dover. This year's theme is Arts for All: Transforming Individuals & Communities. The Arts Summit brings together Delaware's arts community to connect, learn, and get inspired. The speakers and sessions will illuminate ways to create value and increase the impact of the arts to purposefully enhance well-being, understanding, learning, and creativity for all.

Sessions include:
• Activism and Advocacy
• Intentional Practice
• Breaking Stereotypes
• Effective Marketing
• Sensitivity and Accessibility
• The Power of Volunteers

The keynote address will be presented by Liz Lerman, an internationally recognized choreographer, performer, writer, educator and speaker, who has been the recipient of such honors as a 2002 MacArthur Fellowship and a 2017 Jacob's Pillow Dance Award for her visionary work. Her artistry crosses all divides with results that are participatory and universally relevant.

For more information and to register for the conference, go to arts.delaware.gov/summit.

Registration is $55 (includes breakfast, lunch and refreshments) and will be accepted online through Oct. 24. If space is available, registration will also be accepted on site. Use hashtags: #DEArtSummit17 and #artsde; Tag us at: @ArtsDelaware.

Featured speakers and workshop leaders will include:

Speakers:
• First Lady Tracey Quillen Carney
• Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long 
• Secretary of State Jeffrey W. Bullock
• Paul Weagraff, director, Delaware Division of the Arts
• J. Mack Wathen, chair, Delaware State Arts Council
• Dan Cruce, board president, Delaware Arts Alliance
• Liz Lerman, choreographer, performer, writer, educator, speaker

Workshop Leaders:
• Carol Barnett, planner, Delaware Division of Services for the Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities
• Kelly Barsdate, chief program and planning officer, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
• Susan Ellis, president, Energize Inc.
• Randi Korn, founding director, Randi Korn & Associates Inc.
• Chris McLeod, principal, CLM Marketing
• Jennie Smith-Peers, executive director, National Center for Creative Aging, Washington, D.C.

For more information on summit speakers, artists, events and location, go to arts.delaware.gov/summit.