Schedule
Arts Advocacy Day 2007

Room TBA, Omni Shoreham Hotel
Metro stop: Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan (red line)

• All first time attendees to Arts Advocacy Day are encouraged to attend.

Lunch with State Captains Onsite

4:00 p.m.–4:45 p.m.

Room TBA, Omni Shoreham Hotel
Metro stop: Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan (red line)

• Minimum $20 donation for membership. Members are eligible to also make contributions to the Arts Action Fund PAC.
• Special Remarks by actor Chris Klein

The Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Free but Nancy Hanks Lecture ticket is required

• Free. Please bring the tickets included in your registration materials. Seating begins promptly at 6:00 p.m.
• Presented by Americans for the Arts. Lecture by Robert MacNeil with introductions by Jane Alexander
• Buses leave from Omni Shoreham Hotel to Kennedy Center at 5:30 p.m. and 5:45 p.m.

Metro stop: Foggy Bottom (orange and blue lines), then take a short walk or use the free Kennedy Center shuttle

• Buses leave from Kennedy Center to Omni Shoreham Hotel at 8:15 p.m., 8:30 p.m., 8:45 p.m., and 9:00 p.m.

Location: Room TBA, Omni Shoreham Hotel

• Rep. Chris Murphy (D-CT) will offer remarks about his role as a 33-year-old lawmaker in Congress and as a member of the Congressional Arts Caucus.

• This reception is open to any and all emerging leaders, including students attending Arts Advocacy Day.

• Sponsored by the Arts Management Program at Shenandoah University and the Americans for the Arts Emerging Leader Council

Location: Cannon Caucus Room, Cannon House Office Building
Metro stop: Capitol South (orange and blue lines)

• Buses will leave from the the Omni Shoreham Hotel between 7:30 a.m. and 8:15 a.m. Priority will be given to senior citizens and persons with disabilities.

• Attendees are also encouraged to take the subway to the Capitol South Metro stop (blue or orange line)

• Keynote speaker Wynton Marsalis with remarks by Members of Congress, celebrities and performers

• Congressional Arts Leadership Award presented to Rep. Betty McCullom (D-MN)

Location: B-308, Rayburn House Office Building
Metro stop: Capitol South (orange and blue lines)

• Hearing on "The Role of the Arts in Creativity and Innovation"
• Seating is very limited for this event.

• State Captains lead team visits to Congressional offices
• Individual visits to Congressional offices (for those who make their own appointments in advance)

• Conference Headquarters
  Omni Shoreham Hotel
  2500 Calvert Street, NW
  Washington, DC 20008
  Metro stop: Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan (red line)

• Overflow Hotel
  Carlyle Suite
  1731 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.
  Washington, DC 20009-2567
  Metro stop: Dupont Circle (red line)

• The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
  2700 F Street, NW
  Washington, DC 20566
  Metro stop: Foggy Bottom (orange and blue lines), then take a short walk or use the free Kennedy Center shuttle from the Foggy Bottom Metro

• Rayburn House Office Building
  Independence Avenue & South Capitol Street, SW
  Metro stop: Capitol South (orange and blue lines)

• Cannon House Office Building
  Independence Avenue, First Street, New Jersey Avenue & C Street SE
  Metro stop: Capitol South (orange and blue lines)