This webinar is appropriate for attendees representing large and small performing arts organizations as well as those with and without their own performance facilities. Executive and management staff will find this webinar useful, as well as H.R., finance, communications, marketing, technical, and front-of-house staff.<\/p>\n

This session is part of a series presented by the Performing Arts Readiness (PAR) project. Other topics in this series will include Risk Assessment, Business Continuity Planning, Disaster Networks, and Venue Safety.<\/p>\n

The PAR project is funded through a generous grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.<\/p>\n

Instructor: Steve Eberhardt<\/strong><\/p>\n

Steve Eberhardt is the Project Coordinator of the Performing Arts Readiness project. Steve has coordinated collaborative grant-funded projects at LYRASIS for 20 years including a 2006-2008 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-funded grant that assisted academic libraries in their recovery from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. His most recent project provided training, grants, and consultations to preserve photographic and audiovisual collections at Historically Black Colleges and Universities.<\/p>\n

Instructor: Jan Newcomb<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jan Newcomb\u2019s leadership experience in performing, community and government arts organizations has included the following positions: Vice President of Development and Interim President & CEO of the Rochester (NY) Philharmonic Orchestra and CEO of the Charleston (SC) Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes and 171 Cedar Arts Center in Corning, NY. Jan founded and developed an arts council in Beaufort, SC and was co-founder of the Bailey\/Newcomb Dance Company (NY). She served as executive director of three other regional arts councils in upstate NY and SC before joining the staff of the South Carolina Arts Commission as Director of Grants. Jan has taught modern dance and arts policy and management courses as adjunct faculty at the University of Buffalo, Medaille College, University of South Carolina, College of Charleston, and New York Institute of Technology in Manhattan where she designed and served as the founding director of the MA in Leadership in the Arts & Entertainment Industries (LAEI) Program, in association with Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment LLC. Since 2009, Jan has consulted with clients including South Arts, Long Wharf Theatre (CT), Miami Summer Music Festival, and the Lexington (KY) Philharmonic.
Her educational background is in the performing arts, with a BA in Music with a dual Minor in Dance and Theatre from Hood College in Frederick, Maryland and a Master\u2019s in Education focused on teaching modern dance from The George Washington University in the District of Columbia.<\/p>\n<\/div>","link":"https:\/\/www.lyrasis.org\/Content\/Pages\/Event-Details.aspx?Eid=4B11676E-E601-E811-80E8-00155D73CF16"}}]}]}]}]},{"name":"","type":"section","props":{"style":"primary","width":"default","vertical_align":"middle","title_position":"top-left","title_rotation":"left","title_breakpoint":"xl","image_position":"center-center"},"children":[{"name":"","type":"row","children":[{"name":"","type":"column","props":{"image_position":"center-center","media_overlay_gradient":"","width_medium":"1-1"},"children":[{"name":"","type":"headline","props":{"title_element":"h1","content":"WICR Arts Organization of the Month","text_align":"center","title_style":"h2"}},{"name":"","type":"text","props":{"margin":"default","column_breakpoint":"m","content":"