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Creative Portland

**The Arts & Culture Summit** is a biennial convening of Portland’s Arts Community. As part of Creative Portland’s Cultural Planning Process, the Summit was designed to address the strategic priorities identified by the community, including the branding of Portland as a creative center.

Participants run the gamut of the creative ecosystem, including artists, arts leaders, administrators, business owners, creative entrepreneurs, designers, students, politicians, and more. 

We believe that as Portland experiences rapid growth, now is the time to collaborate, nurture, grow, and sustain the arts, the core foundation of the creative economy. This summit serves as both annual check-in and springboard to attract participation and engagement from working groups interested in plan implementation. 

**2026 ACS STEERING COMMITTEE:**
Kate Anker (Director, Running With Scissors Art Studios), Mia Bogyo (Deputy Director, Indigo Arts Alliance), Leah Brooks (Director of Marketing & Communications, Maine College of Art & Design), Kelsey Halliday Johnson (Executive Director, SPACE), Lindsay Hancock (Artist), Lee Hartman (Director of Advancement & Outreach for the Performing Arts, University of Southern Maine), Lin Lisberger (Artist), Katelyn Manfre (Director of Community Programs & Partnerships / Accessibility Coordinator, Portland Ovations), Dinah Minot (Executive Director, Creative Portland), David Page (Chief Marketing Officer, Visit Portland), Emily Read (Executive Director, One Longfellow Square), Sue Vittner (Founder, Maine Art Collective)

View the agenda and full list of speakers on our [website.](https://www.creativeportland.com/arts-and-culture-summit)

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at the University of Southern Maine

Creative Portland's 6th Biennial Arts & Culture Summit

University of Southern Maine

Creative Portland's 6th Biennial Arts & Culture Summit

at the University of Southern Maine

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