August 1-2, 2019
Minot State University Conference Center| Minot, ND
3rd Floor of the Student Center (Campus Map)
Gail Crider, President & CEO of National Arts Strategies
Gail Crider directs program design at National Arts Strategies (NAS) and facilitates organizational alignment to values and strategy. She consults on strategy, leadership, planning and governance. Gail was Vice President and COO for over a decade and was instrumental in the transition from the National Arts Stabilization Fund to National Arts Strategies and providing the range of services offered today.
Over the course of her career, Gail has been an entrepreneur, worked with a variety of nonprofit organizations and spent a decade in philanthropy. Prior to NAS, she was a program officer for a private foundation where she worked on inner-city redevelopment and community building in Washington, D.C. Gail has also worked for the Arizona Commission on the Arts, Arena Stage, Shakespeare Theatre, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Key Bank. She co-chaired the Community Development Support Collaborative in Washington, D.C., and has served as a senior fellow for the Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania, on the audit committee for the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies and on grant panels for the Corporation for National Service (AmeriCorps), the National Endowment for the Arts and the Department of Treasury, CDFI Fund. She holds a B.S. in theater from Lewis and Clark College.
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Block of rooms available at
The Grand Hotel
1505 N Broadway, Minot, ND 58703
701.852.3161
$75 rooms and suites | 24-hour free shuttle service
Reserve by July 18 for this rate under Souris Basin block
Agenda
Thursday, August 1, 2019
Check-in & Social
5:30 pm
Meet at the old Antiques building at 3 1st St NE to check in and then receive an exclusive tour at 6:00 pm, and stroll with us to the Old Soo Depot and see how it will transform! Locally-made food and refreshments served.
We encourage attendees to check out Arts in the Parks, Why Not?! Fest Kickoff and Creative Night Out afterward!
Friday, August 2, 2019
Summit Draft Agenda (subject to change)
8:00 am Registration Check-in, Breakfast
Local performances by Chloe Marie Music and Song Birds of North America
LIVE ARTISTS throughout the day!
9:00 am Welcome Address
9:20 am Keynote Speaker: Gail Crider, President & CEO of National Arts Strategies
10:20 am It Takes a Village: Collaboration and engagement opportunities: Lyndsay Ulrickson, SBPC
10:50 am Break
11:00 am Arts & Culture Panel
Moderator: Chelsea Gleich, Co-creator & Editor-in-Chief of Minot Magazine
Panelists
Bill Bender, Entrepreneur & City of Robinson Mayor
Sean Coffman, Photographer, Filmmaker & Co-Founder/Executive Director of
The Human Family in Fargo
Noah Dobmeier, Director of Red Door Art Gallery in Wahpeton
Kim Konikow, Executive Director of North Dakota Council on the Arts
12:15 pm Lunch (Tacos!)
Local performances by a strings trio and Cool Beans
1:10 pm Creative Entrepreneurship Panel
Moderator: Gail Crider, President & CEO of National Art Strategies
Panelists
Jessica Ackerman, Co-Founder of Aksal Group
Janet Anderson, Director of Minot Public Library
Ellen Fenner, Owner/Operator of Sassy Glass ND
Scott Gordon, Muralist and Operating Partner of The Putt District
Sarah Smith Warren, Entrepreneur/Photographer at Sarah Smith Warren Photography
2:20 pm The Community-Powered Business Model: Travis Gerjets, Co-Owner of Prairie Sky Breads
2:50 pm Uncover the Potential: Economic Development using existing assets (Case studies included!): Megan Laudenschlager, Strengthen ND
3:20 pm Closing Remarks