Wisdom Well: Ask an Expert

Event Date and Time
April 9, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm ET

Virtual Event

Explore topics essential to sustaining our organizations and realizing our missions in support of artists. Join two 25 minute interactive Q+A breakouts with topic experts to get your questions answered and gather practical tools to apply to your work. Topics include Emergency Preparedness, Artist Insights, Insurance, Workplace Policies, and Artist Advisory Committees.

  • Emergency Preparedness with NCAPER - The National Coalition for Arts Preparedness and Emergency Response (NCAPER) shares the tools they offer arts leaders to prepare for different scenarios and respond in the face of crisis.

    • Mollie Quinlan-Hayes | Executive Director, NCAPER (Atlanta, GA)
  • Secrets from the Studio | Join Jordan Seaberry—a visual artist, organizer, educator, and many-time artist-in-residence—to learn what has the biggest impact on how residencies feel, function, and succeed. Come with your artist experience questions! 

    • Jordan Seaberry | Visual Artist (Providence, RI)
  • Agghh! Why is Insurance so Confusing? | Liability coverage, claims, and everything else you need to know about insurance, demystified in under 30 minutes.

    • Jennifer Stein | Team Leader/Account Executive, Commercial Lines, Risk Strategies (New York, NY)
  • HR 101 for Healthy Workplaces in the Arts | Join an expert with two decades of experience for a conversation about wellness in the workplace, policies that have the most impact, and answers to your other HR questions.

    • Kimba D. King | Senior Director of Human Resources, Adrienne Arsht Center (Miami, FL)
  • Building an Artist Advisory Committee | How can an artist advisory group provide key insights to your residency? Explore the structures, compensation models, and impacts of this type of group can have.

    • Brad Kik, Co-Founder of Crosshatch (Traverse City, MI)