Give us YOUR thoughts

The Artistic Committee wants to meet your needs and incorporate your brilliance.  Unlike the clear agenda of committees such as advocacy, we on the Artistic Committee are still defining how the committee can best serve STAA and the Artistic Directors of its constituent organizations. 

 

 

Here is how the committee defined itself in 2006:

 

The STAA Artistic Council is a subcommittee of the larger STAA membership that serves as

 

• an advisory panel for the organizers of the annual conference that suggests speakers, sessions & themes
  
  
• an outreach arm of STAA to help recruit new artistic leadership and engage non-active members
  
  
• a resource for networking the artistic leadership of member companies
  
  
• a forum for ongoing discussion of artistic topics
  

What would YOU like to see the Artistic Committee become?

What would be of value to you artistically?

How would you like to participate?

 

 

 Here are the questions that the conference calls will address... What are your thoughts (hit the Post Comments link at the end of this posting)

 

 

1. What would you like to see the artistic committee do for STAA?
   
   
2. What topics of conversation would be of interest/use to you?  Individual plays? Rehearsal techniques?  Management issues?  Current performance or Shakespearean Research? 
   
   
3. What is the best forum for these conversations?  Blog?  Email group?  Conference Call?  Newsletter?
   
   
4. If the Committee hosted a monthly conference call, what would be your preferred day and time?
   
   
5. Is there a way this committee can serve the STAA community as a whole not addressed?

Getting Started
Welcome to the interactive WebLog of the Shakespeare Theater Association of America's Artistic Council. The STAA Artistic Council is a subcomittee of the larger STAA membership that serves as

* an advisory panel for the organizers of the annual conference that suggests speakers, sessions & themes
* an outreach arm of STAA to help recruit new artistic leadership and engage non-active members
* a resource for networking the artistic leadership of member companies
* a forum for ongoing discussion of artistic topics

As you scroll down this page, you will see different topics of interest, each leads to an ongoing conversation.

Just Below each topic to the right in tan writing you will see "Post Your Comment" and the number of messages currently posted. Follow this link to see the entire stream of conversation on that topic then, follow the directions to join into the conversation and post your thoughts.

If you cannot post for some reason, or have other questions or difficulty, please email me at kemperbm6905@mbc.edu.

Thanks! and enjoy!
Becky Kemper

How's your Summer?
Love to hear everyone's triumphs and challenge. How has your season of sun and Shakespeare gone?

APRIL 14 CONFERENCE CALL NOTES
In attendance: Terry Burgler, Kim DeLong, Ian Gallanar, Jeff Hall Flavin, Brendon Fox, Becky Kemper
Phillip Sneed, Cynthia White

Agenda:
1. Discussed the postings/ideas generated by Conversation 1 below, and agreed upon the above stated mission/purpose to the STAA Artistic Council

2. Discussed how the STAA Artistic Council can best function. Decided the following:
a. Continue this blog for committee discussion
b. Start new blog for Open Artistic Conversation
c. Next Conference Call May 16 at 12:30 eastern

3. Decided the following areas of responsibility:
a. Jeff: communicate activities to Executive Council, request website link to Artistic Forum Blog
b. Cynthia: provide Quarto with article about committee activities for next issue
c. Brendon: facilitate artistic content at conferences & liaison with conference coordinators re:speaker suggestions
d. Kim: helpBrendon facilitate and liaison with conference coordinators re: session suggestions
e. Terry: facilitate the conversation on outreach to potential and inactive STAA members
f. Philip/Ian/Cynthia: facilitate the conversation about fostering artists and the role of associate artists in STAA
g. Becky: create open artistic forum blog, keep this blog updated, facilitate conversations on that new blog dedicated to artistic conversations

4. Decided on the four conversation topics for the next month as listed below.

Thanks to all who participated. If I have missed or mistaken anything, please post and I will correct.
Respectfully submitted,
Becky

ARTISTIC CONTENT AT STAA CONFERENCES
This conversation will focus on ideas for artistic topics, sessions, break-out groups and speakers for the next STAA conference. Moderators: Brendon Fox of San Diego's Old Globe and Kim DeLong of Montana Shakespeare.

STAA MEMBERSHIP OUTREACH
This conversation focuses on how we can best reach out to the Artistic Leadership of theaters that are not yet members of STAA and to those members who are now inactive. A special concern is how to broaden the membership to include minorities. Moderator: Terry Burgler of Ohio Shakespeare.

FOSTERING INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS & ASSOCIATE MEMBERS IN STAA
This conversation focuses on how we retain, share and support individual artists within our communities, as well as the role of the Associate Member within STAA. Moderated by Associate members Philip Sneed and Cynthia White and Ian Gallanar of Chesapeake Shakespeare.

ONGOING ARTISTIC FORUM
A whole new website has been set up for this conversation. Please visit http://staa-forum.tripod.com to join in on several fascinating and purely artistic conversations open to the entire STAA membership. OR PLEASE POST HERE WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR ARTISTIC TOPICS & FEEDBACK FOR THAT SITE. Moderated by Becky Kemper of The Shakespeare Project.

Converstaion 1 -- Defining our mission
This is a conversation about what we as an artistic council hold as a mission and what activities do we want to engage in. Please post!