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Laurel Cannon Alder<\/p><\/div>\n

There was no headline-grabbing announcement when Laurel Cannon Alder decided to leave the Utah Division of Arts & Museums. As grants manager, she wasn\u2019t the public face of the division but rather one of the many art professionals who work in the community behind the scenes. And not just at UA&M: during her thirty-year career, she has started organizations and grassroots fundraising campaigns and served on and chaired several nonprofit boards. At UA&M, she oversaw a $7.5 million budget that was distributed to grantees throughout the state, though many may only have interacted with her via email (possibly a frantic one, the day a grant or evaluation was due). Alder did send out an email to her list of grantees, thanking them for the opportunity to work together and announcing her career change.<\/h4>\n

At the beginning of this month, Alder took on her new role as the Deputy Director for the Salt Lake City Arts Council. \u201cThere are a whole host of things that excite me about this new role,\u201d she says. \u201cThe Salt Lake City Arts Council is thriving and in a time of growth and impact. Mayor Mendenhall is supportive of creating an artistic and vibrant city, and Felicia Baca is a thoughtful, visionary leader. There are many projects that I am excited to support, including the Wake the Great Salt Lake project, an upcoming temporary art project about preventing the decline of the Great Salt Lake supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies. The varied programming that takes place in the summer, the Finch Lane Gallery space, and the grant support are all important, from the public art that animates Salt Lake City\u2019s landscape to the artistic programming.\u201d<\/h4>\n

As excited as she is for her new role, she says she\u2019ll miss working for the state. \u201cThe team that I am leaving is dedicated, smart, resourceful, and has been my family for the past decade. To say that I will miss them is an understatement. I am proud of the work that we have done together. I will also miss having a focus on the entire state. Some of my favorite work took place in the most rural communities throughout Utah, working with great people throughout the state.\u201d<\/h4>\n

This moment of transition seemed an opportune time to bring Alder into the spotlight for a moment with our On the Spot<\/em> feature:<\/h4>\n