Triangle Executive Director Support

Are you an Executive Director of an arts organization in the Triangle looking for support and growth?

Join our new peer support group, the Triangle Arts Leadership Collective, specifically designed for Arts EDs! This is the perfect opportunity to connect with peers and discuss your challenges and successes in a safe, supportive environment. You’ll be able to build meaningful relationships that will help you grow professionally.

Benefit from sharing skills, knowledge, and experience with your peers to grow professionally. You’ll learn from each other, gain new insights, and make valuable connections that can help you take your organization to the next level.

The Collective is open to Executive Directors (or the equivalent) of arts nonprofits in Orange, Durham, Wake, Johnston, Alamance and Chatham counties. Attendees can attend meetings as their schedules allow and no preparation is required. You can run a large, long-standing arts organization or be a volunteer or part-time director of a small or new organization. All are welcome and will benefit from attendance.

Facilitated by Britt Trama of Trama Consulting Group, this group meets monthly with the goal to connect with peers and discuss challenges and successes in a safe, supportive environment.

Triangle Leadership Collective Plan for 2026/27

• March 2, 2026 - SMASH!

• April 24, 2026  - Advocacy in NC. Led by our guest, Nata McGaha, from Arts NC, we will discuss why advocacy is so important for the arts sector, how to get involved in advocacy, and steps that each person and organization can take. This event is also a chance to learn more about Arts Day on May 12/13. 
  Location: In-person, Triangle Community Foundation/RTP
  Leader: Nate McGaha/Arts NC

• June - Evening Happy Hour - Nonprofit New Year Celebration - Hosted by Katie Wyatt, Executive Director, Durham Arts Council.
  Location/Time: - TBD

• August - The state of Fundraising in the Triangle. How has the landscape changed? What is working and not working now? This meeting will include a discussion of the potential for collective action to expand the fundraising culture in the Triangle. 
  Leader: Group discussion
  Location: TBD

• October - Lunch meet-up - location TBD

• December - Using AI in every day work - Discussion and sharing on successes (and failures) of using AI to save time, expand your capacity and support your missions. 
  Leader:  Britt Trama 
  Locaton: Zoom

Are you an Executive Director of an Arts Organization in the Triangle
and want to participate in the Group? Contact us!