Arts Council in Buffalo & Erie County

Arts Council in Buffalo & Erie County Emerging Leaders in the Arts Local Chapter Kick-Off
Leadership Seminar facilitated by Kimberly Billoni, Chief Executive, SPLiCE, Society of Product Licensors Committed to Excellence (spliceonline.com)

To get involved please RSVP to Lauren Albrecht at 716.856.7520 x12 or email her at regrantsoffice@gmail.com

More inform...ation on the National program at Americans for the Arts: www.artsusa.org/networks/emerging_leaders/default.asp

The Arts Council in Buffalo & Erie County is organizing a new local Emerging Leaders Network. The Americans for the Arts Emerging Leader Program works to identify and cultivate the next generation of arts leaders in America. It is an ideal way for new leaders to share their interests with others as they continue to develop their skills and their commitment to the arts. The Emerging Leader Program targets professionals who are either new to the field, with up to five to ten years of experience, or are 35 years of age or younger. Anyone in the local arts and cultural community that is under 35 or has less than 10 years of arts administration work experience or an interest in working in the arts is encouraged to attend this initial meeting. The goal is for this to be a relaxed, interesting and productive meeting at SAMPLE, one of Buffalo’s most inventive restaurants.

Kimberly Billoni, Chief Executive of SPLiCE, will facilitate a discussion about your personal leadership in the arts, local priorities, what we hope to get out of our local gatherings and identify goals we can work towards in 2010. The goal setting conversations will be in an effort to present Buffalo/Western New York’s first Creative Conversation in October 2010. Creative Conversations are local gatherings of emerging leaders in communities across the country and are part of a grassroots movement to elevate the profile of arts in America during National Arts & Humanities Month each October. This local tool empowers emerging leaders to take a leadership role in their own community by both designing programming and galvanizing their peers to connect professionally.

Kimberly Kociencki Billoni is a homegrown Buffalonian. Kimberly attended Buffalo State Collage for her MS in Change Leadership, Creative Studies. In her current role, Kimberly leads Fortune 500 companies in community building around brand protection within the licensing industry. Kimberly resides in North Buffalo with her husband Tony (Artist & Models) and two daughters Bianca and Jianna.