AE 2012 Summit

Last Updated on Tuesday, 31 January 2012 22:48 Written by Nathaniel Zeisler Thursday, 20 October 2011 19:16

About the Summit

Arts Enterprise is excited to announce our next Arts Enterprise Summit: The Creative Economy and You will be held March 23-25, 2012 at Claremont Graduate University, hosted by the MA in Arts Management, a joint program of the Peter F. Drucker & Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management and the School of Arts and Humanities.

Our speakers and panelists are artists, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders representing organizations like Fractured Atlas, the Reno Philharmonic, LA Opera, the LA County Arts Commission, the GRAMMY Museum, Arts for LA, Otis College of Art and Design, and many others.

The program will be an immersive weekend where the worlds of arts, culture, entrepreneurship, and industry intersect. Interactive workshops and presentations will culminate in a case competition on Sunday, moderated by Laura Zucker, Executive Director of the LA County Arts Commission.

Click here to download the official Summit schedule.

Click here to register online for the Summit.

Keynote Speakers

Craig Watson, Director of the California Arts Council

 David Malmuth, Co-Founder of I.D.E.A. Partners

Craig Watson has an extensive background in the private, public and nonprofit sectors. He has held positions with the Sonoma County Arts Council and Rural Arts Services in Northern California, a fellowship at the National Endowment for the Arts, participated in the Coro Foundation's Arts Management program, and served in a co-directing position at Santa Barbara Arts Services. He also held senior executive positions in the telecommunications field in Rhode Island, New York and California. To read more about  the California Arts Council, please click here.

In 2011, David Malmuth formed I.D.E.A. Partners with Pete Garcia to lead the creation of the I.D.E.A. District (Innnovation+Design+Education+Arts) in downtown San Diego. This transformative initiative aims to create over 10,000 design jobs in the next 12 years. Prior to starting his own firm, David was the founder and a Managing Director for seven years with RCLCO’s Development Services Group, where he oversaw completion as principal developer of over $1 billion in high-profile projects, while assisting numerous clients in the planning and execution of mixed-use, entertainment, and waterfront developments. He has also held management positions at TrizecHahn Development Corporation, McCarthy Building Companies, and The Walt Disney Company, where he managed the development of over $200 million in projects including The Feature Animation Building in Burbank (with architect Robert Stern) and Disney Ice in Anaheim (with architect Frank Gehry). To read more, please click here.

Travel Information

The Official AE Travel Guide has all the information you'll need to make the trip fast and convenient. Those traveling by plane should plan to arrive at either the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) or LA/Ontario International Airport (ONT). We have also secured a special conference rate at the Claremont DoubleTree Hotel, which is available for Summit registrants until February 23rd, 2012. The Summit begins on Friday, March 23rd at 5:00pm and closes at 3:00pm on Sunday, March 25th. We look forward to seeing you in March!

Click here to download the official Summit travel guide.

The 2012 AE Summit will give arts and business students the opportunity to explore their creativity in new ways, develop career strategies, and strengthen their entrepreneurial skills. Designed by students for students interested in both the arts and business, The Creative Economy and You will be a powerful way for students to build their network with some of the key players in the arts and business sectors.

Click here to register for the Summit.

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Arts Enterprise creates communities of arts and business students that develop new ideas for a triple-bottom line of social, cultural, and economic growth.

We have been fortunate to partner with numerous public and private organizations to make our events possible, and we are very excited to have Claremont Graduate University as a partner in hosting this event.