2025 Arts Leadership Institute

2025 ARTS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE

This year’s Arts Leadership Institute (ALI) will be held on April 29-30, 2025, in Sioux Falls. Come together with arts leaders, trainers, and panelists from across South Dakota to learn more about how you can develop your organization’s audience by providing accessible experiences developed in collaboration with your community. You won’t want to miss this opportunity!

BUILDING YOUR AUDIENCE THROUGH ACCESSIBILITY & COMMUNITY

As arts organizations, we work hard to make an impact by creating programming with the community, and not just for the community, to broaden our reach and develop new audiences.

One key factor to providing these types of experiences is accessibility. The 35th Anniversary of the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act this year is a great time to revisit conversations surrounding accessibility with lessons that apply to helping your whole community feel welcome and engaged, including physical accessibility, representation and cross-cultural conversations.

Tailored to both rural and non-rural organizations, these sessions will feature practical tools to expand your audience and create even more vibrant organizations across the state.

Join for learning and opportunities to network with your colleagues, along with helpful resources and follow-up cohorts to help implement what you have learned.

For questions, please contact Community Development Director Andrew Reinartz at Andrew@ArtsSouthDakota.org.

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WHAT IS THE ARTS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE?

Amazing arts and culture projects are happening all across South Dakota, but we are spread out and often isolated from our colleagues. With this program, we want to help support those who are doing the critical work of fostering their local creative communities.

The institute will take place regularly, providing multi-day deep dives into a changing set of topics of interest to many different types of arts organizations and their staff, volunteers, boards, and more. Equally important, they will provide time to gather with your colleagues to help strengthen the arts ecosystem across the state.

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HOTEL RESERVATIONS

Reserve your room today:

A discounted rate associated with the Arts South Dakota is available on the nights of April 28-April 30, 2025, at the Holiday Inn City Centre in Sioux Falls, SD.

To reserve your room:

• Call 605-339-2000 and refer to the group “Arts Leadership Institute” or to the group code “AL5”
  
• Online-Follow this link Arts Leadership Institute, (you must enter the dates of arrival and departure between 04/28/2025 and 04/30/2025)
• Please note that the arrival and departure dates must be entered to access the group rate

The cutoff date to book rooms in this block is April 4, 2025.

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Arts South Dakota is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, nonpartisan organization funded entirely by donor contributions and grants. South Dakota Arts Council support is provided with funds from the State of South Dakota, through the Department of Tourism, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Arts South Dakota believes all individuals and communities deserve meaningful artistic experiences. The goal should be full inclusion of all people in all arts and humanities programs and facilities.

For ALI, Arts South Dakota can provide, upon request, alternative formats, auxiliary aids, and services necessary for all individuals to participate in all programs and services provided throughout the conference. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Arts South Dakota will honor requests for reasonable accommodations made by individuals with disabilities. Requests can be served more effectively if notice is provided at least 10 days before the event. Direct accommodation requests to info@artssouthdakota.org.