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GRAND RAPIDS September 14-17 NASAA ASSEMBLY 2016

Hosted by the Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome We’re proud PAGE 3 to support Hotel Floor Plans PAGE 4 the Schedule at a Glance PAGE 6 talented professionals

Sessions and Events who enable the PAGE 8

General Information arts PAGE 19 to thrive in our 2016 NASAA communities, Leadership Awards PAGE 20 enrich Thank You! PAGE 22 our minds and beautify our From the President PAGE 24 . Sponsors & lives Acknowledgments PAGE 25

Board and Staff PAGE 26

Proud supporter of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies WELCOME TO Grand Rapids NASAA ASSEMBLY MICHIGAN 2016

Welcome, NASAA colleagues! The Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs is thrilled to serve as your host for NASAA Assembly 2016. We want to ensure that you have a great time while you stay in our great state.

You will be visiting Michigan’s west side and the community of Grand Rapids, historically known for its contributions to design, and furniture making in particular. West Michigan is home to companies such as Steelcase, Haworth and Herman Miller – it is often said that there isn’t an uncomfortable chair anywhere in Grand Rapids. While that may be something of an exaggeration, it isn’t an exaggeration to say that this is a high-quality “maker community,” and you will see that in everything from the arts to the beer!

The maker culture together with a highly walkable downtown make Grand Rapids an ideal setting for NASAA Assembly 2016. The locale strikes the perfect balance of excitement, comfort and creativity conducive to rich learning experiences during the day and fun entertainment in the evening.

Within just a few blocks of the Amway Grand are a variety of museums, unique restaurants and breweries, theatres, and performance centers, including an amazing ballet facility. You are coming to Grand Rapids the week prior to ArtPrize, when 1,000-plus artists are installing their work for the public competition! And you have to walk past Alexander Calder’s La Grande Vitesse – the first public artwork funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.

There are so many adventures in Grand Rapids that you won’t have time to take them all in, so make plans before the conference to stroll through Meijer Gardens or take the short drive over to Lake Michigan…or just plan a return trip!

However long you can stay, we hope you enjoy every minute of your visit!

Andrew Buchholz John Bracey Chairman Executive Director

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NASAA ASSEMBLY 2016 REGISTRATION

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GERALD R. AND BETTY FORD PRESIDENTIAL BALLROOM PEARL STREET ENTRANCE

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BRIEFINGS, PEER SESSIONS AND Thursday, September 15 Friday, September 16 WORKSHOPS 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. 7:30 – 8:15 a.m. PLENARY WELCOME AND ROLL CALL BREAKFAST SESSIONS Ambassador Ballroom West, Concourse Level Ambassador Ballroom East & Crown Foyer, MEALS Concourse Level 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. FLASHES OF 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. INSPIRATION, BRIEFING SESSIONS ADVOCATE FOR PEER SESSIONS ArtPrize ARTS EDUCATION Emerald A Room, Concourse Level JOINT FORUM Executive Directors Using Data to Make Your Case Gerald R. and Betty Ford Presidential Emerald B Room, Concourse Level Ballroom, Lobby Level Rural Economies and the Arts Chairs and Council Members Thornapple Room, Conference Level Emerald Room, Concourse Level The Mosaic Model in Action Deputy Directors Governor’s Room, Concourse Level Pearl Room, Concourse Level Demographics of the Arts Work Force: Arts Education Managers The Future Starts Here Sen. Vandenburg B Room, Concourse Level Kendall Room, Conference Level Communications/Public Information Officers ESSA and Well-Rounded Education Berkey Room, Conference Level Pearl Room, Concourse Level Community Development Coordinators Winchester Room, Conference Level 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Folk and Traditional Arts Coordinators BRIEFING SESSIONS Grand View Room, Conference Level All briefing sessions repeat. Grants and Fiscal Officers Thornapple Room, Conference Level 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. NASAA ASSEMBLY 2016 RECEPTION 11:00 a.m. – NOON Grand Rapids Public Museum PLENARY SESSION 272 Pearl Street NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504 Ambassador Ballroom West, Concourse Level Exit from the Pearl Street entrance (main hotel entrance on the Lobby Level), turn right and cross the bridge. Or board a shuttle at the Lyon Street exit of the hotel (near elevators). Shuttles circulate between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m.

6 NASAA ASSEMBLY 2016 NOON – 1:00 p.m. Saturday, September 17 NETWORKING LUNCHEON 7:45 – 9:00 a.m. Ambassador Ballroom East & Crown Foyer, Concourse Level AWARDS BREAKFAST Ambassador Ballroom East, Concourse Level 1:00 – 1:45 p.m. KEYNOTE PERFORMANCE 9:30 – 11:00 a.m. Ambassador Ballroom West, Concourse Level WORKSHOPS

2:10 p.m. Improv: An Asset for Everyone Emerald Room, Concourse Level Bus departures to off-site seminars Pathways to Arts & Military Partnerships From Lyon Street exit of hotel (near elevators) Thornapple Room, Conference Level 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. Cultivating Resiliency in a Crazy World SEMINARS Grand View Room, Conference Level Taking the Pulse of Arts Advocacy Efforts Design Thinking for State Government Pearl Room, Concourse Level Kendall College of Art and Design nd Responding to Community Trauma Historic Courtroom, Room 217 (2 Floor) Berkey Room, Conference Level 17 Pearl Street NW Grand Rapids, MI 49503 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Bridging Difference and Diversity CLOSING SESSION Grand Rapids Art Museum Ambassador Ballroom West, Concourse Level 101 Monroe Center Street NW Grand Rapids, MI 49503 1:15 – 3:15 p.m. Flashes of Inspiration 2016 Amway Grand Plaza, Pantlind Ballroom, ADVOCATE FOR ARTS EDUCATION: Concourse Level STATE ARTS AGENCY/STATE ARTS ACTION NETWORK JOINT FORUM EVENING Pantlind Ballroom, Concourse Level DINNER ON YOUR OWN Lunch provided for Joint Forum participants

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Thursday, September 15 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. BriEfing Sessions 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Briefing sessions pack a punch, each taking WELCOME AND ROLL CALL just 60 minutes to showcase new research and Ambassador Ballroom West, best practices. All briefing sessions repeat from Concourse Level 4:30 – 5:30 p.m., so choose two. State pride is on parade at our annual roll call ArtPrize of the states! Lend your voice to this joyous NASAA tradition. The opening ceremonies include Emerald A Room, Concourse Level welcomes from our Michigan hosts and Lt. Gov. Each fall more than 400,000 visitors descend Brian Calley, plus performances from Kinetic upon Grand Rapids for ArtPrize, where anyone Affect and Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit. can find a voice in the conversation about art and why it matters. Art infuses the city and it’s all free and open to the public. Two $200,000 grand prizes and eight category prizes totaling $500,000 are awarded, with half chosen by smartphone-enabled public vote and half decided by a jury of art experts. It’s unorthodox, surprising, delightful and sometimes confounding. Learn the highs and lows and ins and outs of this festival and its uniquely experimental approach to civic engagement and economic impact. PRESENTER: Christian Gaines, Executive Director, ArtPrize

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Using Data to Make Your Case PRESENTERS: Margaret Hunt, Director, Colorado Emerald B Room, Concourse Level Creative Industries (moderator) Compelling data – communicated well! – can Lori Meadows, Executive Director, ignite successful arts advocacy efforts. Good data Kentucky Arts Council shapes policy decisions, drives home your public Sheri Jarvis, Montana Artrepreneur value message and serves as a rallying point Program Director, Montana Arts Council for advocates and elected officials alike. Learn The Mosaic Model in Action how Massachusetts, Michigan and Rhode Island designed research strategically and are using the Governor’s Room, Concourse Level findings to empower their case for arts support. Artists from Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit PRESENTERS: share the theory and the practice of their Randy Rosenbaum, Executive Director, exemplary creative youth development Rhode Island State Council on the Arts program. This model relies on maintaining (moderator) a high-expectations culture of excellence, David Slatery, Deputy Director, building a supportive safe-space environment Massachusetts Cultural Council and creating empowerment opportunities for Sarah Gonzales Triplett, Director of youth leadership. Research has proven how this Public Policy, Creative Many Michigan approach has dramatic positive effects on the Rural Economies and the Arts artistic, life and workplace skills of participating students. Join this briefing to hear more from Thornapple Room, Conference Level the young artists themselves. Programs built to support and grow the PRESENTERS: creative economy in rural communities can Traci Slater-Rigaud, Director, National Arts have a powerful effect on residents’ lives and Humanities Youth Program Awards, and livelihoods in some of our nation’s most NASAA (moderator) economically challenged areas. Join us to Rick Sperling, Founder and President, take a look at programs and partnerships Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit designed specifically to broaden sustainable business opportunities, nurture authentic MORE BRIEFING SESSIONS > cultural assets and help small communities to flourish through the arts.

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Thursday, September 15 ESSA and Well-Rounded Education (continued) Pearl Room, Concourse Level Following the passage of the Every Student Demographics of the Arts Work Force: Succeeds Act (ESSA), states and school districts The Future Starts Here are retooling their plans for education. This Kendall Room, Conference Level briefing provides a succinct primer on changes As cultural organizations, private grant makers in state education policy and sheds light on the and public agencies embrace diversity, equity implications and opportunities for the arts as and inclusion, there is an urgent need for part of a well-rounded education. Join us to reliable data on the demographics of our field. discuss how state arts agencies can shape arts Accurate information can paint a true picture of education policy, meet the new director of the the current cultural work force, inform future Arts Education Partnership (AEP), and learn action agendas and help monitor progress more about the resources available through over time. DataArts (formerly the Cultural Data AEP and its allies. Project) is leading a new national initiative to PRESENTER: collect standardized demographic data on the Jane Best, Director, Arts Education Partnership nonprofit cultural work force. Practical tools were developed in response to field input and 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. in consultation with leaders from the cultural BriEfing Sessions sector over 18 months and were piloted in Houston. This briefing shares more about the All briefing sessions repeat during this time. See methodology and the results. above for session and speaker details. PRESENTERS: Kelly Brown, Director, D5 Coalition Nicholas Crosson, Research Manager, DataArts Ryan Stubbs, Research Director, NASAA (moderator) Beth Tuttle, President and CEO, DataArts

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6:30 – 8:30 p.m. NASAA ASSEMBLY 2016 RECEPTION Grand Rapids Public Museum 272 Pearl Street NW Grand Rapids, MI 49504

Art of the Lived Experience Exhibition at The Fed Galleries @ KCAD

Meet new colleagues and reconnect with friends at the Grand Rapids Public Museum, Michigan’s oldest (and perhaps most eclectic) museum. Its collection includes more than 250,000 artifacts celebrating the theme of curiosity. While you’re there, the Lansing Unionized Vaudeville Spectacle, affectionately known as The LUVS, performs a gypsy-jazz-meets-Americana musical Kendall College of Art and Design 800.676.2787 variety show. The Public Museum is a very short of Ferris State University kcad.edu walk: exit from the Pearl Street entrance (main hotel entrance on the Lobby Level), turn right and cross the bridge. Or board a shuttle at the Lyon Street exit of the hotel (near elevators). Shuttles circulate between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m.

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Folk and Traditional Arts Coordinators Friday, September 16 Grand View Room, Conference Level

7:30 – 8:15 a.m. Grants and Fiscal Officers BREAKFAST Thornapple Room, Conference Level Ambassador Ballroom East & Crown Foyer, 11:00 a.m. – NOON Concourse Level PLENARY SESSION

8:30 – 10:30 a.m. Ambassador Ballroom PEER SESSIONS West, Concourse Level Hear from two leading arts Peer sessions offer staff and luminaries: National council members the opportunity Peer Session Agendas Endowment for the Arts to network and exchange ideas Chairman Jane Chu and within job-alike groups. Meeting agendas, Aaron P. Dworkin, member developed by volunteer coordinating teams, are of the National Council on available at the NASAA registration desk, or scan the Arts and the Michigan the QR code above. Council for Arts & Cultural Executive Directors Affairs. Chairman Chu Gerald R. and Betty Ford Presidential recognizes her state partners Ballroom, Lobby Level and reveals the findings Chairs and Council Members of her Creativity Connects Emerald Room, Concourse Level initiative. Aaron Dworkin speaks to the importance Deputy Directors Pearl Room, Concourse Level of public arts support in a diverse American democracy. Arts Education Managers And you’re treated to a Sen. Vandenburg B Room, Concourse Level special performance by Communications/Public Information Officers Naomi Yamaguchi, a young Berkey Room, Conference Level piano virtuoso who made Community Development Coordinators her Carnegie Hall debut at Winchester Room, Conference Level the age of seven.

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NOON – 1:00 p.m. 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. NETWORKING LUNCHEON SEMINARS Ambassador Ballroom East & Crown Foyer, New this year, Assembly seminars are longer Concourse Level sessions allowing for deeper exploration of topics connected to state arts agency innovation 1:00 – 1:45 p.m. and change. Choose one of three. Refreshments KEYNOTE PERFORMANCE are included. Ambassador Ballroom West, Design Thinking for State Government Concourse Level Kendall College of Art and Design (KCAD) Through his distinctive Historic Courtroom, Room 217 (2nd Floor) blend of personal 17 Pearl Street NW storytelling and Grand Rapids, MI 49503 compelling performance, Bus to the seminar departs promptly at 2:10 p.m. entrepreneur and from the Lyon Street exit of the hotel (near elevators). musician Kai Kight invites Are you looking for new ways to increase you to seize opportunities the impact of your programs, collaborations for creativity and or procedures? The growing field of human- virtuosity in your work centered design can help. It uses a blend of as public arts leaders. creativity, curiosity, research and data analysis to unlock truly challenging problems and deliver fresh solutions. This session walks 2:10 p.m. you through powerful examples of how this Bus departures to off-site seminars discipline is being used to transform government From Lyon Street exit of hotel services, and offers hands-on exercises and (near elevators) tools you canuse to spur innovation in your own agency. After the seminar adjourns at

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Friday, September 16 in the arts field. Public arts agencies have an important role to play as facilitators, standard (continued) bearers and leaders of inclusive practices. This seminar offers a framework for recognizing 4:30 p.m., enjoy a brief browse of the exhibits in The Fed Galleries @ KCAD, an ArtPrize hub. the ways that identity and power differences Walk back to the hotel or take a return bus, can create barriers to understanding. It offers practical tools for addressing the individual, departing at 5:15 p.m. interpersonal, institutional and cultural dynamics FACILITATOR: involved in bridging differences among groups Stephanie Wade, Former Director, Innovation Lab @ OPM with diverse experiences and needs. After the seminar adjourns at 4:30 p.m., enjoy a brief browse of the exhibits at GRAM, an ArtPrize hub. Walk back to the hotel or take a return bus, departing at 4:45 and 5:30 p.m. FACILITATORS: Angela Bryant, J.D., Senior Consultant and Cofounder, VISIONS Inc. Lisa Puzon, D.T. Psy., Consultant, VISIONS Inc.

Bridging Difference and Diversity Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) 101 Monroe Center Street NW Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Bus to the seminar departs promptly at 2:10 p.m. from the Lyon Street exit of the hotel (near elevators). America is a continual work in progress, with demographic, social, economic and political shifts sparking new conversations about diversity

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PRESENTATIONS: • Iowa Arts Council – Paper Piles to Electronic Files: Going Digital in Iowa • Maine Arts Commission – How to Get a 95% Response Rate to Your Arts Education Census • Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs – What Is Stewardship: MCACA Reaction to the Flint Water Crisis • New Hampshire State Council on the Arts – Creative Corrections Flashes of Inspiration 2016 • North Carolina Arts Council – Amway Grand Plaza, Pantlind Ballroom, African American Music Trails Concourse Level • Ohio Arts Council – Creative Aging Ohio Flashes of Inspiration is back! Come see the latest • Oregon Arts Commission – Poetry Out Loud batch of bright ideas and new programs from and the Oregon School for the Deaf state arts agencies across the nation in a lively and inspiring mix of presentations taking just • Utah Division of Arts & Museums – five minutes each. As part of this year’s seminar Bite-Size Poetry format, we follow the presentations with a • Vermont Arts Council – It’s a Thing: facilitated whole-group discussion about how Vermont Creative Network state arts agencies can harness creativity and • Wyoming Arts Council – Art of the Hunt: programmatic ingenuity within daily constraints. Wyoming Traditions American Sign Language interpretation will be available throughout the session. EVENING FACILITATORS: DINNER ON YOUR OWN Eric Giles, Learning Services Manager, NASAA Cindy Todd, Ph.D., Program Chair, Art Wonderfully walkable, Grand Rapids Education, Kendall College of Art and Design offers a tasty lineup of restaurants, Dining & pubs and music hot spots. Scan Attractions the QR code to check out a helpful map locating fun and fabulous eateries and sites of note.

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Saturday, September 17 fun, participatory workshop. If you missed this session at the 2015 Leadership Institute, be sure to catch this “encore” opportunity. 7:45 – 9:00 a.m. FACILITATOR: AWARDS BREAKFAST John Windmueller, WIT@Work Director, Ambassador Ballroom East, Concourse Level Washington Improv Theater Join NASAA and your colleagues to honor Pathways to Arts & Military Partnerships outstanding state arts agency leadership. Read about the 2016 NASAA Leadership Awardees Thornapple Room, Conference Level on pages 20-21. The program begins at 8:15, The arts can play a powerful role in assisting and ends with a drawing for two complimentary active-duty service members, reservists, veterans registrations to NASAA’s 2017 Leadership and their families. However, the armed forces Institute – you must be present to win! support network includes many different entities, each with unique goals and areas of 9:30 – 11:00 a.m. specialty – so aligning the goals of arts providers WORKSHOPS and military/veteran service providers is no small undertaking! Join this workshop to share Saturday morning workshops are opportunities for your own experiences and learn more about dialogue, reflection and action-oriented learning. how state arts agencies can forge successful Choose among five different topics relevant to partnerships and programs that address the state arts agency leadership. needs of military and veteran populations. Improv: An Asset for Everyone FACILITATOR: Marete Wester, Americans for the Arts Emerald Room, Concourse Level RESOURCE PANEL: The state arts agency environment is increasingly Chandra Boyd, Arts Learning in Communities unpredictable, making adaptability and thinking Director, Oklahoma Arts Council on your feet more important than ever. Even Margi Vanderhye, Executive Director, when you have time to plan, superior listening, Virginia Commission for the Arts communication and collaboration skills are Vicki Vitiello, Director of Operations & Arts critical to any innovation effort. Improv theatre Learning, North Carolina Arts Council is a powerful vehicle for building fluency in all of these areas. Sharpen your skills in this

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Cultivating Resiliency in a Crazy World landscape? How are you preparing? What Grand View Room, Conference Level messages and advocacy strategies may work best in an increasingly polarized political Our environment is unpredictable and complex – environment? To serve as a springboard for economically, politically, professionally and group dialogue, this workshop includes real-time personally. As such, the need for adaptive polling of session participants. A smartphone leadership is growing. In fact, according to or tablet will help you participate, but we also Harvard Business Review, resiliency is one of provide paper surveys for the technologically the most important 21st-century leadership unencumbered. skills. Being resilient means having the capacity to meet challenges and recover quickly from FACILITATOR: Kelly Barsdate, Chief Program and Planning adversity – a powerful antidote to stress, Officer, NASAA burnout, and other forces that limit growth, RESOURCE EXPERT: creativity and vision. Can resiliency be learned? Isaac Brown, Legislative Counsel, NASAA How do we move from surviving to thriving? This workshop examines how the science and Responding to Community Trauma practice of mindfulness and self-compassion can Berkey Room, Conference Level help build resiliency and what the public arts sector can gain from it. Too many communities across America have experienced recent acts of violence or civic FACILITATORS: discord. Such traumatic events can have far- April Hadley, Cofounder and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Instructor, reaching effects on community well-being, race Grand Rapids Center for Mindfulness relations, and what citizens and government Laura Smith, Chief Advancement Officer, need from each other. What is the role of state NASAA arts agencies in these situations? This workshop invites discussion of state arts agencies’ desires Taking the Pulse of Arts Advocacy Efforts and constraints and offers practical guidelines Pearl Room, Concourse Level for developing a response. In addition to contentious presidential and FACILITATORS: congressional races, 86 of 99 state legislative Pam Breaux, CEO, NASAA chambers will hold elections this November. Mollie Quinlan-Hayes, Deputy Director, South Arts; Are you ready for churn in your legislative Director, ArtsReady

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Saturday, September 17 1:15 – 3:15 p.m. (continued) ADVOCATE FOR ARTS EDUCATION: STATE ARTS AGENCY/STATE ARTS 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. ACTION NETWORK JOINT FORUM CLOSING SESSION Pantlind Ballroom, Concourse Level Ambassador Ballroom West, Lunch provided for Joint Forum participants Concourse Level The stakes are getting higher for arts education After our annual NASAA business meeting, we advocacy! New federal legislation gives states immerse ourselves in a quintessentially Michigan increased authority to decide what gets story told by Wild Swan Theater, nationally taught – and what doesn’t – in public schools. known for its audience accessibility programs. Meanwhile, new research shows that some Wild Swan stages an adaptation of Rosie the states are falling short of their arts education Riveter based on interviews with a group of requirements, leaving too many students behind. original “Rosies” who worked at the Ford Motor State level advocacy can close those gaps and Company Bomber Plant during World War II. ensure that every child gets the benefits of This piece honors the lives of women who filled a well-rounded education that includes the thousands of factory jobs left empty by men arts. Join this forum to discuss how state arts suddenly called to war during a momentous era agencies and state arts advocacy organizations in American history. can collaborate to lead successful arts education advocacy efforts. This session is offered through a partnership with Americans for the Arts. FACILITATOR: Jonathan Katz, Former CEO, NASAA PRESENTER: Kristen Engebretsen, Arts Education Policy Manager, Americans for the Arts

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Assembly 2016 Registration Business Services Our conference registration desk will be open on The Plaza Business Center, located in the the Concourse Level of the Amway Grand Plaza Amway Grand Plaza main lobby, offers copying, during these hours: workstation access and printing 24 hours per • Thursday, September 15 day. Additional services are available upon 8:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. request. Contact the front desk or the hotel • Friday, September 16 concierge for assistance. 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. • Saturday, September 17 Documentation 7:00 – 10:00 a.m. NASAA uses a variety of media (including photography and video and audio recording) If you miss registration, please visit the to capture conference proceedings. NASAA NASAA Staff Office located in the Ruby Room, may disseminate selected material, images or Concourse Level. recordings for documentation, education and Badges promotion purposes. Selected plenary sessions will be filmed and streamed on-line for public Your name badge is your “admission ticket” access; this webcast may include incidental to Assembly sessions and special events, so footage of audience members. please wear it at all conference functions. If you misplace your badge, visit the Assembly 2016 Photo Credits registration desk or ask a NASAA staff member for help. • Page 12, top: Michael G. Stewart • Page 12, bottom: Paul Hitz Badges with a gold star indicate a • Page 14, left: Courtesy Kendall College of first-time attendee. Please help us Art and Design of Ferris State University. welcome all newcomers to our Photo: Matt Gubancsik NASAA community! • Page 14, right: Mark Sheinkman (American, Badges with a red star are worn by b. 1963), Concourse, 2007; oil, alkyd and advocates from the State Arts Action graphite on linen, 96 x 174½ inches; Network, joining us as guests for Grand Rapids Art Museum, museum selected Assembly events. purchase, 2008.19; image courtesy of the Grand Rapids Art Museum • Page 18: Leisa Thompson Photography • Page 21: Elysia Conner

NASAA ASSEMBLY 2016 19 2016 NASAA LEADERSHIP AWARDS

NASAA’s national leadership awards showcase best practices of state arts agencies and regional arts organizations, recognize exemplary leadership, and demonstrate how government creatively, effectively and efficiently serves the public through the arts.

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF STATE ARTS AGENCIES GARY YOUNG AWARD This award recognizes an executive director who makes an extraordinary contribution to public support for the arts at the state, regional and national levels. Ideal candidates exhibit exemplary leadership, innovative thinking and dedication to diverse artistic expression. RANDALL ROSENBAUM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, RHODE ISLAND STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS Randall Rosenbaum has been executive director of the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts since 1995. From 1984 to January 1995, Rosenbaum served in a variety of capacities at the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, including deputy director and director of the Dance and Presenting Organizations programs. He has a bachelor of music education from Temple University in Philadelphia, and has managed orchestras and nonprofit arts organizations in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Ohio. Rosenbaum has served as a site visitor and panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts in the Dance, Theatre, Music, Musical Theatre/Opera and State & Regional programs, and as a panelist for the state arts agencies of New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Tennessee, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont, as well as for the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, the Heinz Endowment of Pittsburgh, and Cuyahoga Arts & Culture in Cleveland, Ohio. Rosenbaum has taught arts administration courses, classes and seminars at Brown University and Rhode Island College. He serves on the boards of the New England Foundation for the Arts and the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies. A practicing musician, Rosenbaum has sung professionally in churches and synagogues, and with performing ensembles throughout the East Coast.

PREVIOUS GARY YOUNG AWARD RECIPIENTS

2014 Rich Boyd, Tennessee 2006 Robert Booker, Arizona 2001 James Backas, Maryland 1995 Mary Hays, New York 2012 Christine D’Arcy, Oregon 2005 Philip Horn, Pennsylvania 2000 Betty Price, Oklahoma 1994 Wayne Lawson, Ohio 2010 Arlynn (Arni) Fishbaugh, 2004 Dennis Holub, 1999 Peggy Baggett, Virginia 1993 Alden C. Wilson, Maine Montana South Dakota 1998 Al Head, Alabama 1992 David Nelson, Montana 2008 Suzette Surkamer, 2003 Barbara Fulton Moran, 1997 Bennett Tarleton, 1991 Mary Regan, South Carolina New Jersey Tennessee North Carolina 2007 David Fraher, Minnesota 2002 John Paul Batiste, Texas 1996 Shelley Cohn, Arizona

20 NASAA ASSEMBLY 2016 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF STATE ARTS AGENCIES DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD This award honors a chair or council member whose outstanding service, creative thinking and leadership signifi cantly impact public support for the arts in his/her state and across the country. Bruce Richardson FORMER CHAIR, WYOMING ARTS COUNCIL An arts advocate and teacher, Bruce Richardson (Ph.D., English, U.C.L.A., 1983) believes that advocacy is something you do all the time, “a way of living meaningfully by practicing and promoting what you value.” Since arriving in Wyoming in 1984, he has advocated for the arts as a board member and chair of the Wyoming Arts Council, board member and offi cer of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, president of the Nicolaysen Art Museum, vice president of ARTCORE, president of the Wyoming Council for the Humanities, advisor to arts organizations, and organizer and participant in many arts events. Richardson was active in successful efforts to increase the budget for the Wyoming Arts Council and to add the arts to a statewide scholarship program. He is currently a board member of The Wyoming Arts Alliance, an arts advocacy organization. Called “Wyoming’s arts ambassador,” Richardson, in 80 essays and some 200 speeches, has detailed the value and extent of the arts in Wyoming and ways to make things better. For these efforts he received the Governor’s Arts Award in 2014 and was named Casper Citizen of the Year in 2015. Recently retired, Richardson taught for 31 years at the University of Wyoming at Casper. Classes included Shakespeare, Chaucer, horror literature, and living Wyoming writers and artists. In 2015 he received the University of Wyoming’s highest teaching honor, the Ellbogen Lifetime Teaching Award.

PREVIOUS DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC 2016 NATIONAL AWARDS TASK FORCE SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS CHAIR: 2014 Bobby Kadis, North Carolina SANDY SHAUGHNESSY, Director, Florida 2012 Dorothy Pierce McSweeny, District of Columbia 2010 Lucius (Lu) Ellsworth, Virginia ROBERT BOOKER, Executive Director, Arizona 2008 Margaret “Peggy” Kannenstine, Vermont DONNA COLLINS, Executive Director, Ohio 2007 David “White Thunder” Trottier, North Dakota 2006 Delores C. Fery, Idaho ARNI FISHBAUGH, Executive Director, Montana 2005 Margaret “Tog” Newman, North Carolina GARBO HEARNE, Former Chair, Arkansas 2004 William Davis, West Virginia 2003 Judith Ann Rapanos, Michigan BOBBY KADIS, Former Chair, North Carolina 2002 Dr. Oscar E. Remick, Michigan, Pennsylvania & New York MICHAEL LANGE, Executive Director, Wyoming 2001 Barbara S. Robinson, Ohio 2000 Carol Brown, Pennsylvania JOHN STRICKLAND, Council Member, West Virginia

NASAA ASSEMBLY 2016 21 Thank You!

NASAA gratefully acknowledges the support of our generous donors. Your gifts support our advocacy, research, leadership training, and other programs and services that strengthen state arts agencies. Thanks!

$75,000+ Bobby Kadis 11 David W. Briggs 7 Susan Jacklin 5 Kay Kendall 2 Dr. Roger C. Brooks 6 Ira J. Jackson, III 1 Michigan Economic 12 Benjamin Brown* 8 Julie J. Jacobson 6 1 Susan S. Landis Development Corporation Stephanie Metz O’Keefe 1 Maren Brown 4 Muriel P. Johnson 6 $25,000 - $30,000 Chris and Amy Panzarella 1 Patty A. and Robert W. Bryant 5 Benjamin Joseph 1 Bruce Richardson 10 Peggy Burnet 1 Jackie Kahle and Michael Daniel & Pamella DeVos Aby Rosen 3 Patsy White Camp 4 Dell’Orto 7 1 Foundation Laura S. Smith 13 Michael J. Charron 5 Lonny Kaneko 2 Michigan Council for Arts & Carol Trawick 5 Nicolette B. and Peter Clarke 11 Dennis Kavanaugh 12 Cultural Affairs 1 Robert B. Clasen 5 Mary Kennedy 3 Utah Department of $250 - $499 Maria E. Cole 3 Lynn Kessler 9 1 Heritage & Arts Anonymous 6 Donna Collins 3 George Koch 6 1 Utah Division of Arts & Museums Kelly Barsdate 6 Theresa Colvin 7 Ralph Kuebler 1 3 Windgate Charitable Foundation Sharon Beshore 4 Gerri Combs 11 Carleen Layne 2 2 4 Pam Breaux 10 Nancy Cooper Dr. Randall and Kelly Lengeling $10,000 - $19,999 3 2 Mary Campbell-Zopf 4 Alan W. Cooper Deanna B. Lien 1 4 2 Frey Foundation Tom and Lisa Cordingley 3 Mary Michael Corbett Reeve Lindbergh 9 6 Meijer, Inc. 1 Michael Donovan 4 Jo Crandall Julia Lowell 6 3 Michael Faison 8 Chris D’Arcy Robert L. Lynch 4 1 $5,000 - $9,999 David J. Fraher 11 Sherry Davis Shirley Madigan 1 6 Dick & Betsy DeVos Foundation 1 Sue Gens 5 Lillian Demas Betty L. Mahoney 1 7 Martha S. MacDonell 10 Virginia Gowski 3 Laura Diddle and Brian Hildebrant Bill Mandicott 1 2 Robinson Family Philanthropic Julie Henahan 6 Gretchen Dow Simpson Mike Markey 1 1 Fund of the Jewish Henry Horowitz 2 Mr. & Mrs. Scott Duhamel Diane Martindale 4 1 Federation of Cleveland 10 3 Don Ehman Mary McLaughlin Dr. Beth Klingenstein 5 1 Nola Ruth* 6 1 Karen Ellerbrook Jim Bob McMillan Antzee Magruder 13 7 2 Lu Ellsworth Lori Meadows Wayne Martin 6 5 $1,000 - $4,999 * 7 Dawn E. Enochs Michael Pangburn Ken May * 8 * 5 1 4 Loie Fecteau Karen L. Paty Steve Bailey Sylvia Prickett 2 2 5 8 Mark Feldman Dr. Tom Pearson Lona A. Barrick Mary Regan 1 2 3 * 4 Robert M. Fitzgerald Paula Mitchell Pflueger Thomas L. Birch Lewis and Maggie Ricci 14 4 6 * 9 William G. Francis Betty Plumb Patricia Bizzell Randall Rosenbaum 2 3 5 Jeffrey W. Gabel Anne B. Pope The Daniel Foundation Scott Shanklin-Peterson 1 11 4 3 Christian Gaines Charles and Bernice Price of Alabama Marcia Neuhaus Speck 1 8 5 5 Tatiana Gant Billye Proctor Shaw Camellia El-Antably Charles V. Stanhope 1 5 1 Irwin Gelber Rebecca T. Quinn Experience Grand Rapids Susan Steinhauser and 10 6 8 6 Sara Lee Gibb Judith Ann Rapanos Todd P. Lowe* Daniel Greenberg 1 1 + 2 13 Steve Gibbs Hannah Robson Clement Alexander Price Suzette Surkamer Monica Guzman* 3 Jacques G. Rodrigue 1 6 4 Jeff Rich Julie S. Vigeland Karen Hanan 2 Mrs. Carol S. Rothschild 5 3 Ted & Erika Spyropoulos Stuart Weiser Gay Hanna 1 W. Omari Rush 1 1 Foundation Nancy Harbour 7 Barbara Saromines-Ganne 3 5 $100 - $249 Diane P. Stewart M. Susan Hardwick 4 Thomas H. Sayre 7 1 Maynard C. Smith Citizens for Florida Arts, Inc. Kay Hardy 4 Mary Margaret Schoenfeld* 6 5 Construction Company, Inc. Michael Alexander and Matthew Harris* 1 J. Barry Schrenk 2 5 6 John* and Pat Strickland Victoria Kirsch Dr. Sarah Lynn Hayes 5 Sandy Shaughnessy* 8 8 Ginger Warner Cyndy Andrus* 3 Al Head 6 Libby Slader 2 3 James A. West, Jr. Julia I. Arger 3 Garbo Hearne* 3 C. Russell Sox 4 Rita and Mike Basom 8 Candy and Tom Henning 2 Karen Stewart 4 $500 - $999 Gay Bechtelheimer 1 Cathy Hernandez 4 Nancy P. Stewart 1 Americans for the Arts 1 Bassem Bejjani 2 Waymon L. Hickman 1 Richard Q. Stifel 4 Max Armentrout 4 Lee and Jacqueline Berry 4 Lynnette Hiskey 1 Josie Stiles 1 ArtPrize 1 Barbara Bershon 5 Jo Hodgin 1 Phyllis J. Stough 3 Mr. and Mrs. William Branstrom 3 Robert Booker 15 Frank Hodsoll+ 1 Beverly Strohmeyer 5 Stephanie B. Conner* 6 Susan Boskoff 7 Cinda Holt 4 Robin Tryloff 1 Dee and John Fery 9 Bill and Ruth Botzow 8 Philip Horn 7 Margaret Vanderhye 3 Gary Gibbs* 8 John Bracey 6 Margaret Hunt* 6 Ken Verdoia 3

22 NASAA ASSEMBLY 2016 Richard J. Vierk 5 Mollie Quinlan-Hayes 5 Gary Vikan 2 Josephine D’Amato Richardson 3 Rosa Lee Vitez-Hall 4 Lisa Robb 6 GIFTS MADE IN HONOR Sherman Warner 3 Virginia Sanders 1 Malcolm White 1 Dr. and Mrs. Ron Schwartz 1 • In honor of the Arkansas Arts Council board John W. Willingham 4 Patt and Stephen Sharp 1 and staff, made by Antzee Magruder Suzanne Wise* 9 Dora Shick 3 • In honor of Pam Breaux, made by Virginia Gowski Irma Varela Wynants 1 Marty Skomal 7 • In honor of Pam Breaux, made by Cathy Hernandez Neal Zimmers 1 David Slatery 3 • In honor of Pam Breaux, made by Philip Horn Scott Stoner 1 • In honor of Pam Breaux, made by Bobby Kadis • In honor of Pam Breaux, made by Jeff Rich $50 - $99 Jack Thompson 1 • In honor of Pam Breaux, made by Suzette Surkamer Oklahomans for the Arts 1 Dr. Louise Toppin 4 • In honor of Pam Breaux, made by An-Ming Truxes Tim and Lisa Alderman 3 Libby Unthank Tower 1 • In honor of Benjamin Brown, made by Sarah Lynn Hayes Rex Alexander 1 2 Janice C. Travis • In honor of Mary Campbell-Zopf, made by the Ashley Allen 1 2 Nancy Trovillion board of the Ohio Arts Council Hon. Carolyn S. Allen 2 An-Ming Truxes 5 1 • In honor of Theresa Colvin, made by Shelley Morhaim Brad Bachmeier Kris Tucker 6 • In honor of Stephanie Conner, Chair of the Tennessee Dr. Sonya G. Baker and William F. Tull 1 Arts Commission, made by Waymon L. Hickman 4 Mr. Michael J. Fazio Randall Vaughn 3 • In honor of Shannon Daut, made by Chris D’Arcy 1 Diane M. Borgman Reuben A. Vessup 1 • In honor of Loie Fecteau, made by Nancy Cooper Carmen Boston 5 Lana Gold Walder 6 and Curtis Porter Marian Boyd 2 Jim Walker and Jerry Oligmueller 1 • In honor of Arni Fishbaugh, made by Rita Jean B. Boyer Cowling 6 Joseph Mack Wathen 2 and Mike Basom Ms. Shawn Brevard 4 • In honor of Arni Fishbaugh, made by Pam Breaux Dale W. Brock 2 $1 - $49 • In honor of Arni Fishbaugh upon her coming 11 Carol R. Brown Nathan Alder 1 retirement from the Montana Arts Council, made 5 Myrna Colley-Lee Rita Baca 2 by Bruce Richardson 6 • In honor of Julie Henahan, made by the board of Jaime Dempsey Marsha C. Bjornn 1 7 the Ohio Arts Council Patricia and Dennis Dewey Jason P. Bowcutt 2 Marilyn H. Dore 2 • In honor of Peter Homans and Chad Wilson, Paddy Bowman 1 Zon Eastes 2 made by Allie Goolrick Andrew Buchholz 1 Michael C. Echols 1 • In honor of Philip Horn, made by E. Jeanne Gleason Allison Cowan-Sarmo 2 Barbara Edwards 4 • In honor of Margaret Hunt, made by Chris D’Arcy Paul and Joyce Dennison 2 Charles G. Ellis 1 • In honor of Susan S. Landis, made by Susan C. Hogan Laura Forbes 1 Arlynn Fishbaugh 11 • In honor of Susan S. Landis, made by John Ralph Frohsin, Jr. 9 Kathleen Gallegos 1 and Pat Strickland Allie Goolrick 1 E. Jeanne Gleason 2 • In honor of Bill Mandicott for his dedication Marie Hunter 2 Julie Hale 2 and service, made by Barbara Bershon Sheri Jarvis 1 • In honor of the Maryland State Arts Council staff, Linda Lowes Hatchel 4 Mary Donnet Johnson 1 made by Theresa Colvin Mark and Lynn Hofflund 12 Elaine Woods Johnson 3 • In honor of Ken May, made by Rusty Sox Susan C. Hogan 4 Patrick Kelsey 2 • In honor of the Missouri Arts Council staff, Peter Jasso 1 Phyllis Kennedy 1 made by Marie Hunter Fritz Jellinghaus 3 Darryl D. Mehaffie 1 • In honor of the NASAA staff, made by Anne B. Pope Marie Junaluska 4 1 • In honor of the NASAA staff, made by Lisa Robb 6 MaryAnn Miller Mary Kelley 4 • In honor of the Ohio Arts Council board and staff, 2 Shelley Cole Morhaim Maria Kompare 1 made by Donna Collins 2 Julianne Morse Michael Lange 1 • In honor of Rebecca T. Quinn, made by 6 Jon Newsom Judy Langley 1 Elaine W. Johnson 2 Catherine O’Brian Wayne P. Lawson 4 • In honor of Nola Ruth’s leadership with the 4 Edward C. Oliver Liza B. Lewis 2 Missouri Arts Council, made by Marie Hunter 3 Sheela Burke Plater Renee Margocee 6 • In honor of Laura Smith, made by Patricia Bizzell Sherry McClymont 2 Steve Runk 4 • In honor of Carol Trawick, made by Barbara Bershon Dorothy Pierce McSweeny 11 Terri B. Salazar • In honor of Carol Trawick, made by Shelley Morhaim 2 Josie Mendoza 2 Kathleen T. Setterman • In honor of George Tzougros, Kevin Miller, and the 1 Jan Mittleider 2 Amber Sharples Wisconsin Arts Board, made by Pam Breaux 6 Lise Monty 5 Janice A. Taylor • In recognition of Theresa Colvin, Executive Director, 3 Mrs. H. Taylor Morrissette 4 Carol Templeton and all the staff of the Maryland State Arts Council, 2 Cynthia A. Murray-Beliveau 5 Ardath Weaver made by Bill Mandicott 1 Lisa Myers 1 Joan White 5 Robert Nefsky 2 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Winans Patti Nelson 1 Susan Oetgen 1 Sandra Oxx 3 This list acknowledges 2015 and 2016 contributions. The number after each name identifies the number Rhoda A. Pierce 9 of years giving, and the categories reflect the most recent level of giving. If you would like to join this list Connie Pirtle 3 or report any corrections, please contact Laura Smith at 202-347-6352 x120. ( * 2016 NASAA board member; + deceased ) NASAA ASSEMBLY 2016 23 FROM THE PRESIDENT

Dear Friends, It’s wonderful to see you here in Grand Rapids!

When we gather for NASAA meetings, we get to step out of our daily lives and come together – to learn, laugh, explore and share stories (good, bad and ugly). We work with so many people every day, but here, we connect with those who truly understand what we do: each other.

NASAA is our professional community – always here for us with information and service that counts. More than ever, I’m grateful to have a service organization dedicated exclusively to us.

That’s why I give personally to NASAA – to ensure that my agency and all state arts agencies continue to get the best support 24/7/365.

If you haven’t already, please consider making a gift while you’re here. These are just a few great reasons to support NASAA: • Because we can – and do – call NASAA at any time, for any reason, and get fast, customized, in-depth help; • Because NASAA – and only NASAA – represents our interests in Congress and safeguards the 40% of National Endowment for the Arts funds that go to states and regions; • Because NASAA helps us foster the networks and relationships that sustain us. The professional community we develop through NASAA is a source of knowledge, inspiration, moral support and lifelong friendships.

If you find yourself inspired or energized during NASAA Assembly 2016 – and I know you will! – please put that energy into action on behalf of everyone here, and on behalf of the arts all across our country.

You can make your gift at the registration desk, on-line at www.nasaa-arts.org or by scanning the QR code at the bottom of this page.

Your generosity strengthens us all. Thank you!

Gary Gibbs, Ph.D. Executive Director, Texas Commission on the Arts President, NASAA Donate Now

24 NASAA ASSEMBLY 2016 SPONSORS & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

SPECIAL THANKS ArtPrize Experience Grand Rapids Grand Rapids Civic Theatre University of Michigan School of Music, Theater and Dance Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts West Michigan Center for Arts & Technology State Arts Action Network participation in selected NASAA Assembly 2016 events is made possible by Americans for the Arts. Additional support for arts education managers and folk arts coordinators is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and administered by NASAA. The work of NASAA and state arts agencies is strengthened in many ways through partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts.

NASAA ASSEMBLY 2016 25 BOARD AND STAFF

NASAA 2016 Board of Directors PRESIDENT Stephanie Conner Omari Rush Gary Gibbs Commissioner Council Member Executive Director Tennessee Arts Commission Michigan Council for Texas Commission on the Arts Monica Guzman Arts & Cultural Affairs Former Chair Nola Ruth 1ST VICE PRESIDENT Guam Council on the Chair Benjamin Brown Arts & Humanities Agency Missouri Arts Council Chair Matthew Harris Sandy Shaughnessy Alaska State Council Division Administrator Division Director on the Arts Iowa Arts Council Florida Division of 2nD VICE PRESIDENT Garbo Hearne Cultural Affairs Loie Fecteau Former Chair John Strickland Executive Director Arkansas Arts Council Council Member New Mexico Arts Margaret Hunt West Virginia Commission on the Arts TREASURER Director Colorado Creative Industries Todd Lowe ADVISORY MEMBER Ken May Council Member Mary Margaret Schoenfeld Executive Director Kentucky Arts Council National Coordinator South Carolina U.S. Regional Arts Organizations SECRETARY Arts Commission Suzanne Wise Karen Paty Executive Director Executive Director NASAA Nebraska Arts Council Georgia Council for the Arts Staff Lewis Ricci DIRECTORS Pam Breaux Executive Director Chief Executive Officer Alex Aldrich Indiana Arts Commission Executive Director Kelly J. Barsdate Randall Rosenbaum Vermont Arts Council Chief Program and Executive Director Planning Officer Cyndy Andrus Rhode Island State Council Chair on the Arts Montana Arts Council

26 NASAA ASSEMBLY 2016 Laura S. Smith, CFRE Michigan Council for Michigan Council for Chief Advancement Offi cer Arts & Cultural Affairs Arts & Cultural Affairs Isaac Brown Legislative Counsel Council Members Staff Jessica Galvano Andrew Buchholz, Chairman John Bracey Executive Associate Traverse City Executive Director Eric Giles Elizabeth Ahrens Chad Badgero Learning Services Manager Harbor Springs Arts Education Program Kelly Liu Ritch Branstrom Manager Grants Data Associate Rapid River Sue Carlson Joelle Luongo Frederick Davies Program and Financial Analyst Program Assistant, Jackson Jeff Garrett National Arts and Humanities Lilian Demas Community Development Youth Program Awards Bruce Township Program Manager Patricia Mullaney-Loss Pamella DeVos Taylor Rupp Research Associate Ada Analyst Susan Oetgen Aaron Dworkin Alison Watson Professional Development Ann Arbor Programs Manager Institute Manager Christian Gaines Adam Wheater Paul Pietsch Grand Rapids Program Analyst Research Manager Susannah Goodman Hailey Owens Sylvia Prickett Detroit Summer Intern Director of Administration Rich Homberg Traci Slater-Rigaud Bloomfi eld Hills Director of National Arts and Humanities Youth Michael Kasper Program Awards Dowagiac Sue Struve W. Omari Rush Communications Manager Ann Arbor Ryan Stubbs Carol Snapp Research Director Kalamazoo Shannon White Fenton

NASAA ASSEMBLY 2016 27 Portland Welcomes the NASAA 2017 Leadership Institute

SAVE THE DATE: NASAA 2017 Leadership Institute October 11 – 13, 2017 Portland, Oregon

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