An introduction and overview of ArtSpark's ArtsLP (Arts Listening Project) prepared for and presented to the Rio Rancho (NM) Arts Commission 2.13.14

1. ArtSpark’sArtsLP
(Arts Listening Project)
ArtsLP Community Dialogues
Presentation to Rio Rancho Arts Commission
February 13, 2014

2. The “ArtsLP”
• ArtSpark launched the ArtsLP (Arts Listening Project) in 2013 to
discover how the careers and longevity of
artists, artisans, designers, and other creativesare best supported in
different communities.
• With that goal in mind, ArtSpark facilitates “arts ecosystem”
dialogues across a wide spectrum of diverse community
stakeholders in select U.S. communities.
• In thinking about sustainability and the arts and “thriving arts
ecosystems,” the ArtsLP includes some basic practices and
principles: no waste, recycling resources, permeable institutional
and special interest boundaries, working together toward the
common good, and self-sustaining mechanisms that are interwoven
into the community fabric.
• ArtsLPdialogues have been held in ABQ (July 2013), and in Silver City
(November, 2013). ArtSpark hopes to include at least two
additional communities in 2014 (Rio Rancho?)

3. Ecosystem Example #1

4. EcosystemExample #2

5. Ecosystem Example #3

6. Arts LP Model

9. “ArtsLP” Steps
• ArtSpark collaborates with community partner to coordinate an
ArtsLP community dialogue (e.g., arts commission, local arts and
culture organization, local government).
• Invitations to participate: all 14 stakeholder groups.
• 9am – 3pm ArtsLP community dialogue.
• Dialogue includes a series of questions about the existing arts
ecosystem, voting on priorities, brainstorming actions AND actual
work time to get some things DONE.
• Support from ArtSpark after the ArtsLP community dialogue,
including the possibility of: follow up consultations, web-based
sessions, email conversations, conference calls, etc.
• ArtSpark will be connecting all the ArtsLP communities in
2014/2015 to allow for cross-community sharing, brainstorming,
problem solving, and peer support and learning.
• Ongoing evaluation of the ArtsLP re: impacts and outcomes
(changes in practice, changes in community partnerships, changes
in connections across communities, changes in resources, etc.)

10. QUESTIONS?
IDEAS?
THIS PRESENTATION CAN BE FOUND AT:
CONTACT: kristine@art-spark.org
VISIT: http://art-spark.org