Name:
Good Morning SouthCoast April 2020 - POSTPONED
Date:
April 17, 2020
Time:
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM EDT
Registration:
Sorry, public registration for this event has been closed.
Event Description:
Good Morning SouthCoast
The SouthCoast is rich in history, tradition and boasts a vibrant art scene with a unique culture distinguishing us from other gateway cities. The April edition of Good Morning SouthCoast will focus on the positive impact the local arts and culture community is having on the progress and vitality of our region as a whole.
Join us as we discuss the significance arts and culture has a key economic driver responsible for generating business development and sustainability within the SouthCoast. We will learn from professionals and experts who can attest to the importance of investing in one of the most captivating assets we to offer, a thriving and exciting arts and culture scene.
Join us as we discuss the significance arts and culture has a key economic driver responsible for generating business development and sustainability within the SouthCoast. We will learn from professionals and experts who can attest to the importance of investing in one of the most captivating assets we to offer, a thriving and exciting arts and culture scene.
Moderator
John Vasconcellos
John Vasconcellos
John Vasconcellos has been President of the Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts since 2016. A New Bedford native, John’s non-profit work has included executive positions with The Trustees of Reservations, Gay Men’s Health Crisis, the Buzzards Bay Coalition, and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. John’s first career was in banking with Wells Fargo and Chase Manhattan Bank. Currently, John lives in New Bedford and Provincetown with his husband.Panelists
Margo Saulnier
Margo Saulnier is committed to innovative and interdisciplinary programs, new audience development, community engagement, and making arts accessible to all. She is currently the creative strategist for the city of New Bedford, operating as a consultant out of the New Bedford Economic Development Council. She oversees arts and culture for New Bedford, the first city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to create a fund dedicated to arts, culture and tourism. In 2018 she facilitated the city's first strategic arts and culture plan, New Bedford Creative: our Art, our Culture, our Future. She currently supervises the implementation of the plan, including facilitating the leadership group New Bedford Creative Consortium. She sits on several boards and committees, including the Atlanta-based Challenge the Stats, which empowers artists of color by creating communities devoted to diversity, inclusion and equity in the arts.Jim McKeag
Jim McKeag is the Fall River Fellow for MassDevelopment's Transformative Development Initiative (TDI), a place-based development program for Gateway Cities designed to enhance local public-private engagement and community identity, stimulate improved quality of life for local residents, and spur increased investment and economic activity. Arts and culture play a central role in urban revitalization and is an essential component of TDI.
Julie M. Ramos Gagliardi
First Vice President Corporate Giving and Community Relations Bay Coast Bank
Fall River Arts and Culture Coalition
