This Arts Month is the first anniversary of the Pikes Peak region's 10-year cultural plan, Arts Vision 2030! The Arts Vision Summit: Year One will be a virtual broadcast keynote with in-person lunchtime watch parties across the region.

• The keynote will be broadcast live on Tuesday, October 25 from Noon-12:35PM on the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region's YouTube channel and Facebook page.
• Bring your packed lunch to an in-person watch party to see friends, network, and participate in a guided discussion group after the broadcast! Beverages will be provided. A full list of watch party locations will be announced soon.
• If you are unable to attend in-person, the broadcast recording will be available to watch live or anytime after, with downloadable discussion guide questions to spur your thinking about how to apply the keynote to your own local work.

Our 2022 Arts Vision Summit keynote speaker is David Holland, Deputy Director and Creative Economy Advisor at WESTAF (Western States Arts Federation).

David Holland is the Deputy Director at WESTAF where he guides its advocacy and public policy programs; leads external relations; and spearheads leadership and professional development programming, grantmaking, and technical assistance and consulting services across teams. Holland previously served as associate director of the Arts and Business Council of Greater Boston and in leadership positions with VCU da Vinci Center for Innovation, VCU School of the Arts, ART 180, the Latin Ballet of Virginia, Arts & Business, and the UK innovation foundation Nesta. Holland's early career includes roles as a senior consultant with BOP Consulting, a global consultancy on culture and the creative industries, and as campaigns officer at the UK’s National Campaign for the Arts. Holland serves as the Co-Chair of the Creative States Coalition, a coalition of citizen advocacy groups and their partners, and as the Co-Administrator of the Cultural Advocacy Group, a federal advocacy coalition. He is a Salzburg Global Fellow, Commager Fellow, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Holland holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Amherst College and master’s degrees in international studies and diplomacy and the history of art from the University of London, SOAS.

The Arts Vision Summit: Year One is presented in cooperation between the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region and the Bee Vradenburg Foundation, who steward the Arts Vision 2030 cultural plan on behalf of the creative community of the Pikes Peak region. Learn more about the cultural plan at CulturalOffice.org/ArtsVision2030.