AT Together | Development Professionals with Sarah Milestone

In this time of crisis, ArtTable is reaching beyond geographic barriers to form a platform for connectivity for our community across professions. Each weekly session will bring together individuals within a particular profession in the art world for the exchange of ideas, to share resources and to network. Members are invited to participate in a 45 minute open discussion to focus on how women in the visual arts are handling issues relating to our field. Members and non-members welcome. We ask that you sign up for the event that matches your role and needs.

This session is for Development Professionals and will be facilitated by Sarah Milestone, Fundraising Advisor and Event Planner.

Gather with your development colleagues from across the country to talk about fundraising in today’s new climate. In this pilot session, we’ll explore the challenges and opportunities facing arts organizations and kick around some new ideas about gathering and building-community that just might help you move forward in a more meaningful and creative way.

We keep hearing that we are all in this together, and its true here too. Please come prepared with a question or two and be ready to share some of your experiences (or wish list items.) What’s on your mind?

How to take part!

1. Register for this event here
2. Following registration you will receive call-in information in the form of a ZOOM link
3. Before joining a Zoom meeting on a computer or mobile device, you can download the Zoom app from the Download Center and select the “Zoom Client for Meetings” option. Alternatively, you will be prompted to download and install Zoom when you click a join link.
4. For further instruction on how to use Zoom, see here.

About Sarah:

Sarah Milestone is a development and special event professional who works closely with executive directors, board members and other creative leaders to design fundraising and event strategies that support an organization’s specific goals and unique mission. 

After spending nearly twenty years in New York, producing some of the most recognizable fundraising events, Sarah returned to the Midwest where her focus shifted to major gift fundraising and individual giving. She weaves together this experience now as a consultant. Central to Sarah’s work is the deep understanding that successful fundraising and events are rooted in shared stories and building community around a specific purpose. She is a skilled listener and deftly able to address the needs of a particular audience and organization—no matter the location or size. 

Sarah has worked for several leading arts institutions, including American Ballet Theatre, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Wisconsin Historical Society—where she has led teams, directed successful fundraising campaigns and built systems for sustainable growth. 

Sarah serves on the Executive Committee of the Chicago Chapter of of ArtTable, the Board of Visitors of the UW-Madison Art Department and the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access Committee of AFP Chicago. Sarah holds a degree in Art History and Women’s Studies from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.