March 2010 Event
What Artists Can Bring to Leadership
with Skye Burn and Doug Banner
with Skye Burn and Doug Banner
  Thursday, March 18, 2010 7.00 - 9.00 PM |
You are invited to explore what art offers leadership in this experiential and informative workshop.
Who is missing in the following scenario? The U.S. President has called in advisors to help figure out how to respond to an urgent situation. Clustered in the Oval Office are trusted military advisers, political advisers, economic advisers, and legal advisers. Privately, before the meeting, the President sought religious counsel.
Artists are absent from the meeting. Few leaders recognize artists as a source of expert advice in responding to situations that arise in their communities and organizations. Society values artists for the objects and entertainment they create, but the knowledge and experience of art are generally considered irrelevant to solving 'real world' problems. The practice of art is not known for having practical applications.
Today humanity is facing situations - economic instability, terrorism, religious discord, food insecurity, water shortages, climate change, pollution, and eco-system collapse - that are not entirely amenable to political, economic, and military solutions. We need creative solutions.
Learn how the experience and knowledge of art can help leaders develop creative solutions to the situations we face globally.
Skye Burn and Doug Banner work with The Flow Project, centered in Bellingham. The Flow Project works with artists to identify principles of art and artistic practices common to the artistic experience across mediums, and works with leadership educators to translate the principles of art into principles of leadership and leadership practices.
Skye Burn: Executive Director, The Flow Project, integrating art and leadership by giving leaders access to the experience and acumen of art; and giving artists a voice in creating a well-led global community. Skye is internationally published in the field of cultural research, an award-winning poet, illustrator, woodworker, seasoned community organizer, and consultant to organizations in leadership and vision development; Fellow, UNESCO Chair for Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, Their Specific Cultures, and Interreligious Dialogue, housed at St. Petersburg Branch of the Russian Institute for Cultural Research; board member, Center for Intercultural Dialogue, University of Oregon, home of the UNESCO Chair for Transcultural Studies, Interreligious Dialogue, and Peace; a founding member of the Bellingham Compassion Movement; and a board member of the Compassionate Action Network, Seattle.
Who is missing in the following scenario? The U.S. President has called in advisors to help figure out how to respond to an urgent situation. Clustered in the Oval Office are trusted military advisers, political advisers, economic advisers, and legal advisers. Privately, before the meeting, the President sought religious counsel.
Artists are absent from the meeting. Few leaders recognize artists as a source of expert advice in responding to situations that arise in their communities and organizations. Society values artists for the objects and entertainment they create, but the knowledge and experience of art are generally considered irrelevant to solving 'real world' problems. The practice of art is not known for having practical applications.
Today humanity is facing situations - economic instability, terrorism, religious discord, food insecurity, water shortages, climate change, pollution, and eco-system collapse - that are not entirely amenable to political, economic, and military solutions. We need creative solutions.
Learn how the experience and knowledge of art can help leaders develop creative solutions to the situations we face globally.
Skye Burn and Doug Banner work with The Flow Project, centered in Bellingham. The Flow Project works with artists to identify principles of art and artistic practices common to the artistic experience across mediums, and works with leadership educators to translate the principles of art into principles of leadership and leadership practices.
Skye Burn: Executive Director, The Flow Project, integrating art and leadership by giving leaders access to the experience and acumen of art; and giving artists a voice in creating a well-led global community. Skye is internationally published in the field of cultural research, an award-winning poet, illustrator, woodworker, seasoned community organizer, and consultant to organizations in leadership and vision development; Fellow, UNESCO Chair for Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, Their Specific Cultures, and Interreligious Dialogue, housed at St. Petersburg Branch of the Russian Institute for Cultural Research; board member, Center for Intercultural Dialogue, University of Oregon, home of the UNESCO Chair for Transcultural Studies, Interreligious Dialogue, and Peace; a founding member of the Bellingham Compassion Movement; and a board member of the Compassionate Action Network, Seattle.
Doug Banner: Flow process Team Leader
Doug has been an advocate for positive change during his entire career as an Educator and community activist. Now retired, he continues to teach at Western Washington University. He works in community with groups such as the Bellingham Compassion Movement, The Bellingham Storytellers Guild, and the Nu Wa International Peace Delegation. Doug's knowledgeable use of story to promote change at all levels of our lives is well recognized, and he often is called upon to give keynotes and workshops.
Doug has been an advocate for positive change during his entire career as an Educator and community activist. Now retired, he continues to teach at Western Washington University. He works in community with groups such as the Bellingham Compassion Movement, The Bellingham Storytellers Guild, and the Nu Wa International Peace Delegation. Doug's knowledgeable use of story to promote change at all levels of our lives is well recognized, and he often is called upon to give keynotes and workshops.
