Create Wisconsin’s 2025 Local Arts and Creativity Conference

Create Wisconsin’s 2025 Local Arts and Creativity Conference will be held on Monday, March 24, 2025, at the Arts + Literature Laboratory in Madison. This year, the Conference will feature a special focus on Make Music Day, the global day of music taking place throughout Wisconsin and around the world on the summer solstice, June 21. Click here to register.

Presented this year in partnership with the national Make Music Alliance, the Conference, held each year on the day before Create Wisconsin Day, brings together leaders from around the state involved in the arts, business, economic development, education, government, and politics.  The Conference is all about sharing stories, issues, and ideas on ensuring everyone can participate in the arts and helping creative people, businesses and communities flourish. Collaboration, community, transformation and opportunities are key in these “interesting” times.”

This year, we’ll have a special focus on Make Music Day, the global day of music taking place throughout Wisconsin and around the world each on the summer solstice, June 21.  All Wisconsin Make Music chapter representatives, and anyone who is interested in hosting Make Music Day in their community, are invited to attend.

Create Wisconsin is Wisconsin’s independent community cultural development organization, a statewide catalyst and coalition activating and strengthening Wisconsin as a vibrant, equitable, creative powerhouse locally and globally.  The Make Music Alliance serves, promotes, and connects Make Music communities in the US and around the world.

Agenda (draft and subject to change) will include:

• Time for networking, idea-sharing, and artmaking
• Collaboration, Community, and Creativity presentations and panels
• Resources for Creative Investment:  presentations and discussion
• Discussions about creative assets, opportunities, and actions.

There will be plenty of time to share events, questions, ideas, and possibilities with one another.   Lunch and materials are included in the $20 Conference registration fee.  Make Music participants are welcome to attend the full conference.  Registration for the Make Music sessions (2-5:30 pm) only is complimentary.

Celebrate opportunities, connections, ideas, friends and colleagues, and inspiration at the 2025 Local Arts and Creativity Conference.  Click here to register.

Learn more about the Local Arts and Creativity Conference. And, be sure to join us the day after for Create Wisconsin Day!