Start a Creative Revolution: Using the Arts to Create Social Change

Through stories and conversation with practicing social change musicians and supporting organizations, artists will be offered practical ideas and insights into how they might step off the stage and into a social issue or concern with their music. On a deeper level, we’ll consider how musicians can become social change entrepreneurs in their communities and how to frame their social justice work so they're not always giving it away - considering how to pursue grants, fiscal sponsorship, nonprofits partnerships and other alternative approaches.

Take away

• Helping musicians effectively channel their capacity to give back and be a contributing member of making change happen in their community

• Practical ideas for stepping into community activism in ways that deliver impact

• Learning how to package music-driven social change concepts and track down resources to both make a living and make change.

Panelists

• Elizabeth Sunde - ED Music to Life (Moderator)  

• Peter Mulvey (artist)

• Thea Hopkins (artist)

• Taiyo Na (artist)

• Katie Wagner, Esq., Executive Director - Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts  

• Courtney Harge, Associate Director, Inbound Marketing, Fractured Atlas