Meet and Greet with Ruby Harper, Americans for the Arts

Meet and Greet with Ruby Harper, Americans for the Arts

Posted by Council on Culture & Arts (COCA)

Posted: Dec, 01, 2015

Other - Professional Development - Promotional Opportunity

Website: http://coca.tallahasseearts.org/services/professional-development

 850-224-2500

 816 S Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Tallahassee, FL, Unknown

COCA will be hosting a meet & greet with Ruby Harper, Director of Local Arts Services for Americans for the Arts on December 7, 2016 from 5:30pm-6:30pm at the COCA offices. This will be a great opportunity to see how you and your organization can benefit from Americans for the Arts as well as hear what is happening within the arts on a national scale.
Learn more about Ruby Harper:

Ruby is the Director of Local Arts Services for Americans for the Arts. She is the Co-chair for the National Coalition on Arts Preparedness and Emergency Response, serves on the Support for Individual Artist Steering Committee for Grantmakers in the Arts and serves on the WETA Community Advisory Council. Prior to joining AFTA, Ruby was the Director of Grants and Services at the Greater Columbus Arts Council in Columbus, OH. At the Greater Columbus Arts Council, Ruby focused on grantmaking, community development, economic development and tourism, and public art. She has a varied background that includes corporate affairs, marketing, and business administration. She served on the Emerging Leaders Council for Americans for the Arts and was the primary contact for the Arts and Economic Impact Study for Central Ohio. She also worked with PhilanthropyOhio on their Member Services Committee.

Originally from California, where she was a dance instructor in her spare time, Ruby worked with local community theatre companies creating choreography for their musical theatre productions earning numerous local, state and regional recognition for her work both on and offstage. She has served on a number of grant panels for the Ohio Arts Council, Kentucky Arts Council, Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Ruby has an associate degree from Cerritos College, a certificate in Corporate Community Involvement from Boston College, is a trained meeting facilitator, and a Certified Tourism Ambassador.