PROGRAM OVERVIEW

In collaboration with Emerging Arts Leaders/Los Angeles, we have created a NEW leadership development program that brings together both organizations’ shared goal to prepare, educate, and inspire the next generation of arts leaders across the region, expand the field’s definition of arts advocacy and ensure it is considered an essential skill for any arts leader. The mission of EAL is to support a diverse, equitable creative workforce through professional development opportunities. 

ACTIVATE EAL is a 9-month, stipended program where participants will:

• Gain hands-on learning opportunities
• Collaborate and design learning and networking opportunities for the wider Arts for LA community. 
• Expand their own networks through engagement with LA arts leaders.

To better provide this hands-on experience, each participant will be placed in one of two committees. These committees were created based on the expressed interest of the larger Arts for LA community seeking more opportunities to gather/network and an opportunity to connect with arts leaders via a mentorship program.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE COMMITTEES?

While both committees provide hands-on experiences and collaboration, each has slight differences in terms of goals and key takeaways:

Programming Committee:

• Gain hands-on professional development experience in COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT by ideating and executing up to four public-facing events open to the Arts for LA community.
• Analyze the current needs of the Arts for LA’s community and support/align with the organizational goals through these programs.
• Learn how to work with an organizational budget.
• Expand not only your own network but also AFLA’s network through new partnerships, participant engagement and outreach to guest speakers.
• Lead/moderate events.

Protege Committee:

• Gain hands-on professional development experience in PROGRAM MANAGEMENT by overseeing ACTIVATE Protege.
• Review applications and work as a team to pair mentors and mentees based on the mentee’s goals and the mentor’s experience.
• Learn how to build and facilitate curriculum for mentees by creating 5 monthly mentee meetups (May - September)
• If applicable, invite guest speakers to provide tangible connection to each month’s topic.

MEET OUR 2023 EMERGING ARTS LEADERS COHORT:

To learn more about our 2023 participants, click here to read their bios.