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TargetingYour Audience

Donna Walker-Kuhne discusses the importance of marketing to diverse audiences. Special attention is given to theaters and dance companies that produce diverse shows on Broadway, Off-Broadway and in multi-cultural communities.
DONNA WALKER-KUHNE
SPEECHES �PRESENTATIONS-LECTURES-WORKSHOPS-CONSULTATIONS
DONNA WALKER-KUHNE

2002

 

Arts & Business Council � Moderator � Workshop on Creating the Buzz � February 5

Arts & Business Council � Speaker � Audience Development for National Arts Marketing Project � Chicago, March 8

Theater Communications Group � panel member for Next Generations Grant

Professional Women�s Exchange of New York � Panelist on Women in Show Business � February 20

Arts & Business Council � Seminar on Audience Development - Boston, MA � May 20, 2002

Arts & Business Council � Seminar on Audience Development � Rhode IslandMay 21, 2002

Arts & Business Council � Keynote Address on Building Communities � Cincinnati, OH � May 18 � 2002

Committee Member � NY Department of Cultural Affairs -Universal Access for Disabilities

Steering Committee Member for NY Arts Council

Adjunct Professor � Brooklyn College, Master�s Arts Administration Program

Award -Dynamic Woman Award- Councilman Nick Perry � April 13 � 2002

The League of American Theaters and Producers � Speaker on Audience Development, May 23

Harlem Song � Associate Producer

Alliance of Resident Theaters- Workshop on Audience Development � January 17and June

National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts � Keynote Speaker - June 29th

Long Island Women�s Interfaith Conference � Keynote Speaker � June 10th, Molloy College

Brooklyn Arts Council � Professional Development Seminar � November 6th

The Management Center in San Jose, CA � Audience Development Seminar � December 8th

ART/New York � Audience Development Workshop � November 21st

Diversity Committee of Brooklyn College Performing Arts Management Program

People�s Light and Theater Company � Audience Development Workshop � December 17

National Arts Marketing ProjectManagement Center, San Jose, CA December 9

Def Poetry Jam � Audience Development Director - December

Ma Rainey�e Black Bottom � Audience Development Director - December

 

2001

 

Arts & Business Council- Chicago, IL February 9 � Workshop on Building Audiences

Arts & Business CouncilNew York, April 18 � Workshop on Building Audiences

Baltimore School for the Arts � Commencement Address � June 10

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council � Audience Development for Small Arts Groups and Community Organizations � June 24

Our Song � (film) � Coordinator for Audience Development � April - July

The Center for Arts Education � Panel on The Role of Community in the Not For Profit Paradigm � August 24

Award � Mixed Bag and Company � 26th Anniversary Celebration and Dinner for Longevity � June 2

Pro Arts and City Theater � Workshops and Seminars for Arts Administrators on Audience Development October 9-10 ,,Pittsburgh

Department of Cultural Affairs � Moderator for Panel on Audience Development for Cultural Institutions � October 31

Department of Cultural Affairs � Panelist Cultural Challenge Grant Program

Arts & Business Council � First National Arts Marketing Conference � keynote speaker, San Francisco, October 28th

National Endowment for the Arts � co-chair, Theater and Musical Theater grants policy panel, Access, Heritage and Preservation, November 26-29

Harlem Song � at The Apollo - Audience Development Director � September � ongoing

ART New YorkWorkshop Audience Development � Dec 6

Bergen County Department of Parks, Division of Cultural & Historic Affairs � Workshop on Emphasizing Attracting Diverse Audiences, November 13

 

2000

 

The League of American Theatres and Producers � Take Our Daughters to Broadway Steering Committee, April, 2000 � Committee member

The Theater Resources Unlimited � Panelist- How To Develop an American Audience That Supports New Work � January 19th

Southwest Arts Conference 2000Phoenix, AR - Attracting Diverse Audiences March 10, 2000- keynote speech

Workshop � Marketing to Diverse Audiences

Pencil�s Principal for a Day 2000 � April 13

Arts League of MichiganDetroit, MI lecturer March 23, 2000

Marketing and Communication Directors of the Performing Arts Center Consortium, Palm Beach, FL � workshopon audience development March 31

Columbia University Graduate School of JournalismMarch 20, 2000 � lecturer on audience development

Performing Arts ConferenceMarch 31, 2000 � lecture on audience development

Diversfying Chicago�s Arts Audiences: A Progress Report, June 15, 2000 keynote address sponsored by Arts Marketing Center of the Arts and Business Council of Chicago

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation � ���San Francisco, CA - Member of national think tank assembled to advise foundation on future spending

Spring Hill Conference � June 10, workshop on audience development for Director of Education from around the country.

Annual Meeting Kuumba Trust May 23, Pittsburgh, PA � Keynote Address

Cranbrook Science Institute- Sept. 27, Detroit, MI- Keynote address

Department of Cultural Affairs -Nov.Panelist � Cultural Challenge Grant program

The Center for Arts Education � September, Panelist � Career Development for arts administrators

 

1999

 

National Endowment for the Arts - Panelist, Theater and Musical Theater Grants & Policy Panel, in Education, Access Heritage and Preservation,November 15-19 � Washington, DC

Professional Arts Management InstituteNovember 20-22, 1999 � Lecturer �Arts Partnerships - NY

Jamaica Center for arts and Learning- March 13 � 1999 � Panelist � Arts Partnerships - NY

Theater Communications Group � June 24 � San Francisco -Panelist � Building Relationships Beyond Production

Women�s Projects and Productions � June 7 � NY -Panelist and Moderator � Accommodating Our Changing Audiences

Dance Theater of Harlem 30th Alumni Anniversary panelist � NY-Touching Lives: What Impact has DTH had on our Lives � October 3, 1999

NYU Gallatin Arts Symposium 2000 � presenter October 30

Big Apple Summit for Volunteer Action � The Big Apple Summit � workshop on Public Relations and Other Strategies to Develop Diverse Volunteers � October 20, 1999 - NY

Yale School of Drama Management Issues Forum � Guest Speaker Lecture Series, Friday October 22, 1999

Audience Development, New Haven CT

Arts and Business Council, National Arts Marketing Project � Basic marketing Workshop Series � workshop leader � Attracting Diverse Audiences October 14 and October 28, NY

National Arts Marketing Project � lecture � Attracting Diverse Audiences, November

Pittsburgh City Theater � keynote address

 

1998

 

Dramatists GuildMay 12th, 1998 -Panelist � NY-Marketing to a Minority Audience

John Jay College of Criminal JusticeApril 30, 1998 � NY - SEEK Career Round-Table - lecturer

American Express National Arts Marketing Project Steering Committee June 11, 1998 � committee member

Brooklyn College of the City University of New York � MFA Program in performing Arts Management � April 1998

Fringe Festival � panelist - NY

Sacramento Convention Center for Martin Luther King Jr, Commemorative Celebration � Lecture on the making of Bring in da� Noise, Bring in da� Funk, January 19

 

1997

 

The League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc. � September, 1997 � Marketing Directors Forum

Professional Arts Management InstituteNovember 15, 1997 speaker, Arts Partnership - NY

The League of American Theatres and Producers, Spring Road Conference- panelist on Niche marketing May 8, 1997,

Fringe Festival - panelist - NY

Today�s Black Woman Expo � panelist on Black Hollywood � Chicago, IL

Walker Arts Center, November, Minn. MN -presentation on making on Bring in da Noise, Bring in da Funk,

Boys and Girls Club of America, Workshop on Marketing the Arts, October 1997 � Atlantic City, NJ

13th Annual Humanities Arts& Sciences Divisional Conference at New York University � panelist on Reaching New Audiences

 

1996

 

Theatre Resources Unlimited - - panelist � February 15th Separate or Equal: Marketing to Minorities-NY

The League of American Theatres and Producers � Seventh Annual National Touring Theatre Council Spring ConferenceMay 16th, 1996 � conference speaker Bridges to New Audiences- Chicago, IL