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A Network To Build Chicago Arts Audiences

October 26, 2025

Game Changers: What We Learned from the Arts Engagement Exchange

A free Open Forum

Presented by Arts Engagement Exhcange

How has the 4-year investment in audience engagement impacted the way participating arts organizations relate to their customers? 

See the numbers and hear the narratives. 

Organizations of all sizes and disciplines will share their efforts to broaden, deepen and diversify audiences, their successes, and their unexpected outcomes.  Hear from your peers about how participation in AEE programs changed their business practices, and learn how you can apply these ideas to your own audience engagement efforts.

Location

Chicago Cultural Center
Claudia Cassidy Theater
77 East Randolph Street, 2nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60602

Admission

Free, registration required.

Agenda

Wednesday, October 26th

9:00 a.m. | Registration and Coffee

9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | Speaking Program

 

Program

Welcome | Michelle Boone, Commissioner, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events

Overview of Assessment Findings | Suzanne Connor, Senior Program Officer for Arts & Culture, The Chicago Community Trust

Audience Engagement Case Studies | Moderator, Michelle Bibbs, Cultural Grants Manager, Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture

  • Kate Lorenz, Executive Director, Hyde Park Art Center
  • Vin Reed, Board Member, DanceWorks Chicago
  • Jo-Elle Mogerman, Director of Marketing, Brookfield Zoo
  • Lara Goetsch, Director of Marketing and Communications, TimeLine Theatre

Closing Remarks | Daniel Windham, Director, Wallace Foundation

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