Events
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Collecting and Interpreting Data to Learn from Your Past, Plan for Your Future, and Tell Your Story
Alison is excited to be leading a workshop during the 2019 Arts Administrators of Color Network Annual Convening. Session Details: Preparing for change within an organization requires a bit of planning. In an ideal environment, we are able to collect and interpret data on our current experiences and use that insight to inform our future[...]
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Joys & Pitfalls of Conducting Program Evaluations in the Arts & Culture Sector
Program evaluation is a multidisciplinary, rapidly expanding, global field. As such, guest speakers -from a variety of disciplines-have been invited to the University of North Carolina, Wilmington (UNCW) to host events that will broaden student understanding of how evaluation is applied in diverse, real-world contexts. Alison has been invited to host two events at UNCW.[...]
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Coaching and Giving & Receiving Feedback
Alison has been invited to speak with graduate students enrolled in American University's arts management program about values alignment and giving feedback.
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Black Artists Matter Too
Alison was featured on “The Counter Narrative Show” with other art archivists, curators, art administrators, and collectors. Together they discussed their your unique perspective, challenges, and lived-experiences trying to produce, promote and amplify Black art. Featured Panelists: Alisha Patterson, Managing Director, Afro House Anika Kwinana, Program Manager, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts[...]
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Decolonizing Dance and Shifting the Rubric
The Sole Defined Live! programming series is the brainchild of Dance Place's 2018 Artist in Residence, Sole Defined. The series is intended to convene dance professionals to discuss topics impacting the dance world. Alison was honored to be invited as a panelist in the session that discussed the realities of being a dance professional in[...]
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The Power of Giving: A National Roundtable Discussion
The Black Funders of St. Louis hosted a lunch & learn webinar series to celebrate Black Philanthropy Month. These roundtable discussions and educational seminars focused on social justice, racial equity, nonprofit growth, civic engagement, and black charitable giving. Series panelists included the brightest Black nonprofit professionals, activists, elected officials & subject matter experts. Alison was[...]
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Art, Education, & Racial Justice
The HU Ideas Symposium presents a national conference hosted by the Office of the Provost. The “From Protest to Policy National Conference” will amplify the important social and racial justice work that already happens every day at Howard University in classrooms, in laboratories and research centers, in libraries and archives, and in meetings (both formal[...]
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10 Things to Know Before Launching Your Arts Organization
Alison McNeil was invited to deliver a guest lecture to Dr. Antonio Cuyler's undergraduate level Performing Arts Management class. His students were expected to design their own arts organization as a part of their coursework. To complement their preparation for this assignment, Alison was invited to reflect on her experiences and lessons learned as an[...]
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Data is the New Black
Alison is excited to be serving on a panel during the 2020 Arts Administrators of Color Network Annual Convening. Session Details: Do you experience fear when using data for organizational decision making? Are you using the appropriate performance measures to demonstrate your organizational success? Can you identify data's value throughout your organization's operations? Do you[...]
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Trust Black Women: How Black Female Artists, Arts Workers, and Cultural Leaders are Conspiring to Reshape the World
Alison is pleased to be on this conference panel during the 2020 Grantmakers in the Arts Conference. Session Details: This diverse group of Black women will share a brief history of their collaborative work on the Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh Initiative, a 30+ year shared funding program of The Pittsburgh Foundation and The Heinz[...]