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2026-2027 Meetings & Convenings
November 2026 Convening Details
November 16 - 17, Port Angeles
Monday, November 16 | Travel day
4PM | Port Angeles Harbor Hotel by Red Lion (covered by A4A)
6:30 PM Optional Dinner (Location TBD)
Dinner will be covered by A4A, excluding any alcohol orders
Tuesday, November 17 | Convening day
Breakfast on your own
9:00 - 3:30 Convening (Location TBD, agenda coming soon)
Lunch catered
Convening Goals
Expand knowledge of arts education efforts in Port Angeles and surrounding areas
Clarify A4A project sustainability plan
Refine Washington State’s Arts Education Data Project
Revisit A4A strategic goals and capacity shifts
Build statewide community amongst coalition partners
Convening
November 16 - 17, 2026
Port Angeles
2026, Ellensburg WA
Central Washington University Foundry
Guests: Gallery One, Ellensburg Arts Education Panel, Illuminate Evaluation
Past Convenings
2025: Spokane
Spokane Public Library (Central)
Guests: Spokane Area Teaching Artists, Illuminate Evaluation, Creative West
2025: Bellingham
Allied Arts of Whatcom County
Guests: Setting Sun Circle, Illuminate Evaluation
2024: Vancouver
Recovery Cafe of Clark County
Guests: Vancouver School of the Arts and Academics (VSAA), Vancouver Arts Hub
2023: Seattle
5th Avenue Theatre
Guests: Creative West, WA Youth Arts Leaders (WAYAL)
2023: Port Townsend
Centrum
Guests: Creative West, Quadrant Research, Abe Flores, Deputy Director of Create California
2022: Tieton
Tieton Arts & Humanities
Guests: National collective impact panel, Creative West