The Alliant Energy Foundation Presents
Alliant Energy Foundation’s Art Partnerships will bring together performing and visual arts professionals and volunteers from throughout Alliant Energy’s utility service territory, which includes parts of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota.
Dear Friends of the Alliant Energy Foundation,
The mission of the Alliant Energy Foundation is to improve the quality of life in communities where Alliant Energy has a presence. Supporting cultural and arts organizations across our service territory is an important part of the mission. Indeed, we know that the arts – in their many forms – enhance diversity and make our communities exceptional places to live and work. |
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For many years now our primary source of support has been financial, and we’ve provided millions of dollars to support hundreds of worthwhile causes and organizations through our Community Grants, Matching Gifts, Volunteer and other philanthropic programs. We also recognize t he important role that our Foundation can play in helping strengthen non-profit organizations by encouraging collaboration, providing educational opportunities and simply sharing ideas from one group to another.
And so it is with the goal of helping to strengthen and sustain the non-profit cultural and arts groups in our service area that we invite you to visit Madison this fall to participate in our first-ever “Art Partnerships” program, hosted by the Alliant Energy Foundation. We envision an opportunity for per forming and visual arts groups, museums, educators and others to spend the day with their compatriots to share ideas, learn something new and forge new relationships that will help the arts in Alliant Energy’s communities continue to grow and thrive. As an added bonus, the site for the day’s program is the Overture Center for the Arts, a magnificent new, world-class facility in downtown Madison,Wisconsin.
We hope you will join us on Wednesday, November 8, for a day of fun, learning and fellowship as we gather to celebrate the important role that the arts play in our communities. See you then.
Tim Heinrich, Executive Director, Alliant Energy Foundation
Conference location:
The conference will be held in Promenade hall of the Overture Center for the Arts in Madison, Wis. This world-class facility is fully handicapped-accessible. Parking is available in one of two ramps – the Overture Center ramp or the State Street and Capitol ramp. For more information on the facility, or for directions and parking information, visit www.overturecenter.com. |
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Agenda
Setting the stage for Art Partnerships:
Andrew Taylor is the Director of the Bolz Center for Arts Administration, an MBA degree program and research center at the university of Wisconsin-Madison. A published author on arts administration issues and a frequent speaker at national arts conferences, Taylor has served as an operations, communications and management advisor to major arts organizations such as American Ballet Theatre, the International Society for the Performing Arts, the league of historic American Theatres and the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts. He also helped develop the operating plan and pro forma for Madison’s $205-million arts district. |
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Taylor is the co-author of Masters of Music: Interviews with Berklee Greats from Berklee Press, and specializes on the implications of communications technology on the management, marketing and support of the lively arts. For more information on Mr. Taylor, visit www.artsjournal.com/artfulmanager.
Show off your work!
We encourage you to bring along your annual reports and other promotional materials to share with other meeting attendees. Pass along your good ideas – and then pick up a few new ones from your colleagues. Be prepared to carry home some great treasures!
Compete for one of three Alliant Energy Foundation grants:
Three fortunate conference attendees will receive a $500 Alliant Energy Foundation grant to use in marketing their organization or in recruiting or managing volunteers. To enter, attendees must submit – in 200 words of less – their most creative approach to recruiting and managing volunteers or marketing their organization. In other words, tell us your “whiz-bang” idea, and we’ll give you $500 to help implement it! Entries must be e-mailed to karenwhitmer@alliantenergy.com no later than Tuesday, October 31. |
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Lodging:
Any of the following hotels are within walking distance to the conference site at the Overture Center for the Arts. Please note: Lodging is at your own expense.
Concourse Hotel & Governor’s Club
(608) 257-6000 or (800) 356-8293
www.concoursehotel.com
Hilton Madison Monona Terrace
(608) 255-5100
www.hiltonmadison.com
A block of rooms has been reserved at each of the above hotels at a special rate of $109. Please reference "Alliant Energy" when making your reservation. Reservations must be made on or before October 14 to receive this rate.
The Dahlmann Campus Inn
(608) 257-4391 or (800) 589-6285
www.thecampusinn.com
Best Western Inn on the Park
(608) 257-8811 or (800) 279-8811
www.bestwestern.com
Your stay in Madison:
We invite you to get out and explore this beautiful city during your stay. State Street, which is home to our conference venue – the Overture Center for the Arts – is lined with restaurants, book stores, coffee houses and specialty shops.
You may want to extend your stay or come early to explore Madison. Perhaps you’d even like to take in a show at the Overture Center. Please note: Tickets are at your own expense.
Overture Performances
November 7: Riders in the Sky; Chicago, the band
November 8: Lakota Sioux Dance Theatre
More information about these performances is available at www.overturecenter.com. To purchase tickets, call the Overture Box Office at (608) 258-4141.
24-hour Customer Service Center at 1-800-ALLIANT (255-4268).