CCM and the Fine Arts Fund Host Guest Lecture by Ohio Arts Council Executive Director Julie S. Henahan

The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) Graduate Program in Arts Administration and the Fine Arts Fund are pleased to welcome guest speaker

Julie S. Henahan

, executive director of the Ohio Arts Council (OAC), to CCM’s Watson Hall on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 5 p.m. Henahan’s appearance is the eighth event in the Joan Cochran Rieveschl Lecture Series: Visionaries in the Arts, an annual event spotlighting arts management experts, opinion leaders and trendsetters.

Appointed to her current position in 2006, Henahan is the first female executive director of the OAC, the agency that funds and supports arts experiences throughout the state. Her discussion focuses on the arts’ role in public values, a concept that can be roughly defined as the values held by a community that are created by its citizens, businesses and community partners. Through the OAC, Henahan seeks to help arts institutions understand  and reveal the public value that they create, so that they may better articulate their position to potential funders and other stakeholders.

“For many years, funders have been focusing on measurable outcomes, so this new shift towards public values is an interesting swing in the pendulum,” said Heather Hallenberg, vice president of Arts Services for the Fine Arts Fund. “Who better than Ms. Henahan to share this changing perspective with the grant-seeking community?”

Following Henahan’s lecture is a discussion of real-world public value examples featuring a panel of local artists and arts administrators, including: Rick Jones, Executive Director, Fitton Center for the Creative Arts; Jan Brown Checco, Artist; D. Lynn Meyers, Producing Artistic Director, Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati; and Rick Pender, Director of Development, Cincinnati Opera.

Admission is free and open to the public, though seating is limited and reservations are required. Please contact Heather Hallenberg at the Fine Arts Fund to reserve at 513-871-2787, ext. 28.

JULIE S. HENAHAN
Julie S. Henahan is a long-tenured member of the Ohio Arts Council staff with more than 23 years’ experience as an arts administrator. She was hired as the agency’s fourth Executive Director, and first woman director, in August 2006. As Deputy Director from 2002 to 2006, she oversaw the agency’s state subsidy budget development, federal grant preparation, policy and program development, strategic planning, personnel operations, compliance with state and federal laws and was the OAC liaison to the Attorney General’s office. Until June 2002, Henahan served as the OAC’s Grants Office Director where she was responsible for the development of all procedures and policies related to the grants review process and managed the agency’s internal accounting of state subsidy funds as well as its federal funding.  She has served on the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies’ (NASAA’s) Research Information Committee, the National Standard Working Group and NASAA’s Planning and Budget Committee.

ABOUT THE JOAN COCHRAN RIEVESCHL LECTURE SERIES
The Joan Cochran Rieveschl Lecture Series: Visionaries in the Arts is an annual event jointly presented by CCM’s Graduate Program in Arts Administration and the Fine Arts Fund Arts Services Office. Made possible through generous funding from Joan Cochran Rieveschl (who was also instrumental in the formation of CCM’s Arts Administration program), the series features arts management industry leaders and opinion makers discussing a diverse array of timely arts-related issues. Past speakers have included: Henry Fogel, President of the American Symphony Orchestra League; Ben Cameron, Executive Director of the Theater Communications Group; William Cleveland, Director of the Minneapolis Center for the Study of Art & Community; Doug Herbert, Special Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Education on Teacher Quality and Arts Education; and Donna Walker-Kuhne, author and audience development expert.
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University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Graduate Program in Arts Administration and The Fine Arts Fund present

2007 Joan Cochran Rieveschl Lecture Series: Visionaries in the Arts
JULIE S. HENAHAN
Executive Director, Ohio Arts Council

Date & Time:
Wednesday, May 30, 2007; 5 p.m.

Location:
Watson Hall
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music

Admission:
FREE, though seating is limited and reservations are required. To reserve, please call Heather Hallenberg at the Fine Arts Fund at 513-871-2787, ext. 28.

Parking:
Parking is available in the CCM Garage (at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) or in additional garages throughout the UC campus. Please visit the CCM website at www.ccm.uc.edu for directions or additional parking information.