Fine Arts Faculty Luncheon

August, 20, 2004
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Rio Salado College
Conference Center
Lunch will be provided.

featuring...
Shelley Cohn
Executive Director of the Arizona Commission on the Arts

This luncheon is held for the purpose of welcoming back Fine Arts faculty. They will have the opportunity to touch base with with fellow faculty, be provided information on Fine Arts competitions and events scheduled for this academic year, and receive updates on new and ongoing Fine Arts projects.

Agenda

11:15 am
Music Provided by Dean and the Dropouts
11:30 am
Welcome and Introduction of the Band
Steve Meredith, D.M.A., District Fine Arts Coordinator
Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction (MCLI)
11:40 am
Lunch
12:00 pm
Introduction of Speaker: Shelley Cohn
Anna Solley, Ed.D.
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
12:10 pm
Making the Case for the Arts and Arts Education
Shelley Cohn
Executive Director, Arizona Commission on the Arts
12:30
Musical Performance Dean and the Dropouts
Chandler-Gilbert Community College
12:40 pm
Fine Arts Updates
- Calendar of Fine Arts Events
  Steve Meredith
  Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction
- Fine Arts Web
  Alan Levine
  Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction
- Associates of Fine Arts (AFA) Degree
  Kate Dillon Hogan
  University Articulation and College Transfer
- Learning Grants
  Eric Leshinskie
  Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction
1:30 pm
Adjourn

Keynote Speaker

About the speaker...
Shelley Cohn is the Executive Director of the Arizona Commission on the Arts, having served in that capacity since 1984. She has been involved in seeing the appropriation of the Arts Commission grow from 14 cents per capita to 80 cents per capita and in developing special funding initiatives including the Arizona Arts Trust Fund and Arizona ArtShare, the Arizona arts endowment fund.

Ms. Cohn has served on panels of the National Endowment for the Arts. She has served on the boards of the Western States Arts Federation, the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, and the Association of Performing Arts Presenters.

She holds a masters degree in Humanities from Arizona State University.