ArtsFund provides the cultural sector a platform for sharing of resources, practices and perspective to expand its collective capacity to serve our overall community. Partnering with local, regional and national practitioners and thought leaders, ArtsFund’s convenings programs foster discussion and provide tools and training opportunities in direct response to the needs identified by regional arts organizations.

Past convenings

• Growing Audiences by the Playbook: Audience development strategy, from the sports arena to the arts arena

• Strategic Budgeting & Scenario Planning with the Nonprofit Finance Fund

• Grant Writing When You Don’t Have a Grants Team

• Engaging New Audiences: Research on Arts Organizations’ Attendance in Washington

• Making the Case for the Social Impact of the Arts

• Setting the Table for More Diverse Nonprofit Boards (2018)

• Becoming Indispensable: A Community Engagement Workshop

• “What’s Behind the Curtain”—Audience & Donor Research

• Turning Data Into Action

• Designing with Accessibility in Mind (2022)

• Capital Campaign Readiness: Is it the Right Time? (2022)

• Digital Dilemmas: Q&A with Legal Expert (2021)

• Navigating Overwhelm (2021)

Webinars

As part of the convenings series, ArtsFund has also hosted a number of webinars, including:

• A three-part “board-building” webinar series with Bold Agenda

• Market Smarter: the Fundamentals of Google Analytics with Capacity Interactive

• Data Driven Donor Cultivation with TRG Arts

• Effective Social Media Tips and Tactics

• Successful Practices in Crowd-Funding Campaigns