BOARD CANDIDATE INFORMATION REQUEST

Name

First

Last

Work Phone

Home Phone

Fax

Previous significant professional experience

Preferred mailing address

Have you previously served on any non-profit boards? If so, please identify the organization(s) with which you’ve been affiliated

Do you have any special interests, skills, talents, community connections and/or other strengths the Artists Collective might leverage, in a mutually beneficial and satisfying way, during your tenure on the board?

On which boards, if any, are you currently serving? Are you involved in the community in other ways?

Are you currently a member of the Collective and, if so, for how long?

Do you have a specific area of artistic interest or experience (music, dance, theater, visual arts)? Please describe.

What, if any, have been your prior connections to or involvements with the Artists Collective?

What you do for fun?

As an Artists Collective board member, are you prepared to (check those that apply)

Be committed to the vision, mission, and goals of the organization – esp. reaching out to children and at-risk youth through arts education and raising awareness/appreciation for the culture of the African Diaspora and for jazz as truly American art form

Be multi-culturally competent and sensitive

Actively participate in governance and serve as an ambassador for the Artists Collective in our community

Stay fully informed about the organization, its policies, programs, finances, activities, and plans

Attend board meetings, performances, and other events

Bring guests to performances and in other ways support friend development as a strategic priority

Make an annual financial contribution, invite contributions from other individuals, and leverage connections with organizations to encourage their support

Why are you interested in serving on the Artists Collective’s board of directors?