Arts Leadership Lab (ALL) is a home for creative dialogue, learning, and networking opportunities for the emerging and current leadership of our arts and cultural sector. ALL produces regular public events that explore innovation, public issues, and best practices in the arts.
The mission of Arts Leadership Lab is to recognize and empower arts practitioners as valuable, effective partners in the community development of the Puget Sound region.
ALL was founded in late 2006 as the Emerging Arts Leaders of King County, a group connected to the national Emerging Leaders Network coordinated by Americans for the Arts. Since that time, ALL has produced panels, presentations and networking events that focus on issues and opportunities concerning the cultural ecology of our region.
A Core Team of 8-12 individuals acts as the governing body that collaborates to produce one of each of the following public events every quarter:
- Accountability and the Arts - Seminars in best practices for arts management
- Creative Conversations – Forums/panels on issues impacting arts and culture (e.g. space, technology, advocacy)
- S’PIKEd/ALL Out – Happy hour networking events
Beginning in 2010, the Core Team will also produce and host an “UnConference,” a half-day of short presentations by innovators in cultural ecology.
