Changing Demographics Forum and Workshops

The Changing Demographics Forum, Workshops, and Webinar were presented by the Washington State Arts Commission and The Wallace Foundation.

 

At the forum and workshops, Who’s New in Town? Arts Organizations Respond to Changing Demographics, participants heard national speaker Salvador Acevedo, Executive Director of Contemporanea, a marketing firm based in San Francisco, address how arts organizations can respond  to rapidly changing demographics and patterns of arts participation among diverse and immigrant audiences. The forum also included a talk by King County Demographer Chandler Felt and responses by Vivian Phillips, African American theatre producer, and Lane Czaplinski, artistic director of On the Boards.

 

We presented three workshops with Salvador Acevedo and facilitator Jerry Yoshitomi, of Meaning Matters, in order to help arts organizations develop work plans to effectively reach ethnically diverse and new immigrant audiences. All three workshops will cover the same content.

 

Watch the Video

Watch an online video of the forum filmed by Adam Bale and provided by the Seattle Channel.

 

Follow-up Materials

Demographics Forum Presentation (PDF)

 

READ

• Demographic Transformation and the Future of Museums (PDF) by American Association of Museums;
• The Latino Experience In Museums (PDF) by featured speaker Salvador Acevedo, Executive Director of Contemporanea;and
• Lionsgate & Televisa Join Forces to Target Hispanic Market By Brent Lang.
• Evidence-based Stategies to Promote Pluralism in the Arts By Charles C. Smith
• The Generational Effect- Customer Loyalty across the Generations By Howard Lax

 

LEARN – Look up your area’s Census data, select your county and city and then download, and print..

 

THINK – Think about an object that reflects your own or your family's immigration experience (either to the U.S. or to Washington State).  For Native Americans, we ask that you think about an object that reflects your Native heritage.

 

Webinar

WSAC hosted a webinar (phone and web conference) with speaker Salvador Acevedo and facilitator Jerry Yoshitomi on December 14th as a follow-up to the successful forum and workshops. The webinar covered the same material as the forum while providing an opportunity for greater participation from around the state.

 

Webinar Documents

Presentation - Demographics Webinar (PDF)

Voice Recording - Demographics Webinar (MP3) - this is a large file approximately 5 MB.

 

Free document readers and download instructions are available.