Join C&A network members and friends in New York City, for our second annual New York City regional gathering, on Saturday, March 10 from 3-9pm.
We’ll start with a seminar and discussion with fundraising consultant Sarah Chung (see bio below) on “Talking So Donors Will Listen.” Too many times, when talking to potential funders, arts leaders share what interests themselves about their projects, but not what the potential funder really wants to know. How can we reframe the way we present ourselves, with integrity, to build our financial support?
After dinner together to learn about each others’ work and encourage each other, we’ll attend a talk by C&A member, author and theologian Jeremy Begbie (bio below), “A World Made New: The Art of Resurrection and the Resurrection of Art,” at Redeemer Presbyterian Church (7pm).
Both events are free of charge (dinner will be at your own cost). Some housing is available.
Planning to come? Great! Please register for Jeremy Begbie’s talk at the link above, and email luann@churchandart.org to get more info about the afternoon and dinner sessions. If you’d like to join us for some events, but not all, that’s fine too!
Sarah Chung is the CEO of Periscope Solutions, a consulting firm providing strategy, business planning and research services for new ventures and investors. Since 2001, Sarah has worked with over a hundred new business ventures in the greater New York City area, which have successful raised millions in individual and institutional financing. Sarah has has attended Redeemer Presbyterian Church since 2005. She is currently on the board of pathos|creative, a faith-based non-profit arts ministry, and was previously National President and board member of Project by Project, a nonprofit grant-giving organization.
Jeremy Begbie is the founding Director of Duke University Divinity School’s Initiatives in Theology and the Arts. He teaches systematic theology, and he specializes in the interface between theology and the arts. His particular research interest is the interplay between music and theology. He is also Senior Member at Wolfson College, Cambridge, and an Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculties of Divinity and Music at the University of Cambridge. He is author of a number of books, including Voicing Creation’s Praise: Towards a Theology of the Arts (T & T Clark); Theology, Music and Time (CUP), and most recently, Resounding Truth: Christian Wisdom in the World of Music (Baker/SPCK) which won the Christianity Today 2008 Book Award in the Theology/Ethics Category. He is a professionally trained and active musician, and has taught widely in the UK, North America and South Africa, specializing in multimedia performance-lectures.
C&A’s first regional gathering was held in New York City on March 1, 2011. Our special guest was philosopher Adrienne Chaplin, co-author of Art and Soul: Signposts for Christians in the Arts. Fifteen arts leaders and artists met at the art gallery operated by C&A member Salt Space, and had breakfast together and a lively discussion about the importance of having a philosophy guiding our work. To see photos, visit our Facebook page.
