Areas of Artistic and Administrative Expertise

• Arts Administrator
• Arts Advocacy
• Board Recruitment, Selection and Development
• Budget Preparation and Long Range Planning
• Community Outreach and Education
• Facility Operations, Programming (Artistic), Staffing and Development
• Grant Writing and Fund raising
• Proven Marketing and Public Relations Skills
• Multi-Disciplinary Presentations
• Performance Selection/Adjudication/Casting
• Production Coordinator/Stage Management/ Light Board Operations
• Professional Artist, WaterColor, Pastels, Graphite, Photography

Experience

• Arts Programming Coordinator, Fulton County Arts Council, Warsaw Ocee Community Arts Center, 10/97 – present.
• Co-Founder & Director, Forrest Street Dance Company 1995-1997.
• Founder & Artistic Director, Annual Festival of Life Benefit, 1993-1997.
• Freelance Production/Marketing/P.R. & Admin., Fulton Arts North, 97-98.
• Assistant (Admin.) to General Manager, Georgia Ensemble Theatre, 5/95-5/97.
• Executive Director, Cherokee County Arts Council, 1/94-5/95.
• Owner, creatures great & small professional portrait artist, 1991 - present.
• Retail Management, (1975-1991)

To reach john: johnhorne@danceart.com