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  Conferences

"Sustaining Our Artists, Arts Organizations and Cultural Institutions of Color During the 'Recession'," Town Hall Meeting by Cultural Equity Group, New York City, N.Y., May 9, 2008.

"7th Annual LocoMotion Youth Film Festival," by Spyhop Productions, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 9, 2008.

"Reinventing Harbour Cities - Urban Planning and Art in Public Spa," conference by Center for Icelandic Art, Reykjavík, Iceland, May 10, 2008.

"Pangea Day," film festival, broadcast worldwide, May 10, 2008.

"Documenting in the Digital Age Part I: Publishing Your Video Documentary on the Web," workshop with Carol Thomson, by Center for Documentary Studies, Duke U., Durham, N.C., May 10, 2008.

"Haw River Festival," art/river conservation festival, Bynum, N.C., May 10, 2008.

"Community Dance in the 21st century: challenges and opportunities?," by Foundation for Community Dance and De Montfort University, Leicester, England, May 10, 2008.

"The Tipping Point," movement-theater workshop series and public forum/discussion by Jodi Netzer, Philadelphia, Pa., weekly, May 11-June 8, 2008.

"Public Art and the Planning Process Workshop," by ixia, Newcastle, England, May 12, 2008.

"Intervene! Interrupt! Rethinking Art as Social Practice," three-day conference by U.C. Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Calif., May 15-17, 2008.

"From Rust Belt to Artist Belt," conference by Community Partnership for Arts and Culture, Cleveland, Ohio, May 14, 2008.

"Yes Child, No Child, Whose Child, Every Child," 2nd Annual Teaching Artist Institute by Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership, California College of the Arts' Center for Arts and Public Life and Alameda County Arts Commission, Oakland, Calif., May 16-17, 2008.

"International Day for Sharing Life Stories," by Center for Digital Storytelling and Museum of the Person International Network, worldwide, May 16, 2008.

"Pulling a 180: Stories about Change, Transformation and New Beginnings," by Center for Digital Storytelling, Speakeasy D.C., and the Served Project in celebration of International Day for Sharing Life Stories, Washington, D.C., May 16, 2008.

"Protest March Up the Grand Concourse for a Living Wage," by the All-Waitress Marching Band, New York City, N.Y., May 17, 2008.

"Artists Working (with)in Community," panel with Roberto Ferreyra, Monsterrat Alisina, Gallery Colibri; by Cuentros Foundation, Chicago, Ill., May 17, 2008.

"Art Therapy Affinities," breakfast seminar with Helene Burt by Jumblies Theatre, Toronto, Ont., Canada, May 20, 2008.

"What is Change? What is Substantial Change? And How?," 14th Annual International Pedagogy & Theatre of the Oppressed Conference, Omaha, Nebr., May 22-May 25, 2008. Pre- and post-conference workshops with Augusto and Julian Boal.

"Making the Case for Arts Education," Massachusetts Arts Education Partnership Institute, Cambridge, Mass., May 29, 2008.

"Towards a 21st Century Public Education -- A Forum on Building Student Imagination, Creativity and Life Skills Through the Arts and New Technologies," by Grantmakers in the Arts and Grantmakers for Education, Cambridge, Mass., May 30-31, 2008.

"Transforming Lives Through the Creative Arts," BuildaBridge Institute, Bryn Mawr, Pa., June 3-8, 2008.

"Fes Festival of World Sacred Music," Fes, Morocco, June 3-15, 2008.

"Shaping Our Voice and Vision," 2nd National Asian American Theater Conference, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn., June 5-8, 2008.

"Public Art Evaluation Toolkit Seminar," by ixia, London, England, June 5, 2008.

"Media Arts Leadership Insitute 2008," by National Alliance of Media Arts & Culture (NAMAC), Silver Falls State Park, Ore., June 8-12, 2008.

"Oral History, Advocacy and the Law," annual Summer Institute on Oral History, by Columbia University Oral History Research Office, New York City, N.Y., June 8-22, 2008.

"Beyond the Academy: Engaging Public Life," meeting of public scholars, by George Washington University, Arlington, Va., June 10-11, 2008.

"National Performing Arts Convention," cross-disciplinary convention, Denver, Colo., June 10-14, 2008.

"TLC Summer Institute," education/citizenship institute (includes arts) by Transformative Learning Centre, Toronto, Ont., Canada, June 13-July 1, 2008.

"Aesthetics as Resistance: The Act of Community Building," 4th annual Community as Intellectual Space Symposium by Community Informatics Initiative at U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Puerto Rican Cultural Center, Chicago, Ill., June 13-15, 2008.

"Aesthetics as Resistance: The Act of Community Building," 4th Annual Community as Intellectual Space Symposium by Juan Antonio Corretjer Puerto Rican Cultural Center, Chicago, Ill., June 13-15, 2008.

"Expressive Arts and Social Change," first session of new degree program by European Graduate School, Saas Fee, Switzerland, June 14-July 6, 2008.

"Beyond Broadcast 2008: Mapping Public Media," by Center for Social Media, Washington, D.C., June 17, 2008.

"Masks: Law and Theatre Conference," by University of British Columbia Faculty of Law, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, June 17-19-, 2008.

"A Writer, Composer and a Community," breakfast seminar with Liz Rucker and Eric Schwindt by Jumblies Theatre, Toronto, Ont., Canada, June 17, 2008.

"Territories Reimagined: International Perspectives," psychogeography conference (includes arts), Manchester, England, June 19-22, 2008.

"Art & Healing Study Trip To France," by Hektoen Institute of Medicine and Rehabilitation Institute Nursing Academy, Paris, Versailles, Chartres, Auvers-sur-Oise and Taize, France, June 20-29, 2008.

"American Evolution: Arts in the New Civic Life," Americans for the Arts Annual Convention, Philadelphia, Pa, June 20-22, 2008.

"The Age of Migration," 54th Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, Hamilton, N.Y., June 21-27, 2008.

"Fete de la Musique," World Music Day, worldwide, June 21, 2008.

"Waging Peace - Designing Justice," 10th annual summer T.O. Facilitator training intensive by Mandala Center for Change, Port Townsend, Wa., June 23-28, 2008.

"Arts Education: Taking Stock of the Future," by Arts Education Partnership, Washington, D.C., June 24, 2008.

"Kissing or Kicking," workshop by Mandorla Creative, Devon, England, June 27-29, 2008.

"Introduction to Theatre of the Oppressed," by Gas & Electric Arts, Philadelphia, Pa., June 27-29, 2008.

"Vision into Action: Combining Playback Theatre and Theatre of the Oppressed for Social Justice Work," by Mandala Center for Change and Center for Playback Theatre, Purchase, N.Y., July 1-5. 2008.

"Public Art Evaluation Toolkit Seminar," by ixia, Birmingham, England, July 1, 2008.

"Teen Institute: Move It: Mean It, A Digital Dance Intensive," by Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, Takoma Park, Md., July 5-11, 2008.

"Theatre Methods 08: Between Tradition and Contemporaneity," conference by International Unity Global Theatre Experience, Malpils, Latvia, July 7-13, 2008.

"Cornerstone Summer Institute," by Cornerstone Theater, Piru, Calif., July 10-August 10, 2008.

"All Abilities Movement Intensive," by Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, Takoma Park, Md., July 13-17, 2008

"Building Performers," summer camp with Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, by National Building Museum, Washington, D.C., July 14-25, 2008.

"Arts Intersections Symposium," by Griffith Abilities Research Program at Griffith University, Meadowbrook, Queensland, Australia, July 17-18, 2008.

"Crafting Dances Institute," by Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, Takoma Park, Md., July 18-27, 2008.

"The Artist/Teacher Institute International," by Arts Education in Maryland Schools Alliance and Md. State Dept. of Education, Adelphi, Md., July 20-26, 2008.

"The Art of The Joker: T.O. Training for Experienced Practitioners," by Mandala Center for Change and Stage Left Productions, Calgary, Alb., Canada, July 20-24, 2008.

"Devising Civic Theatre: Performance, Social Practice & Dialogue," summer institute by Sojourn Theatre, Portland, Ore., July 27-August 2, 2008.

"Physically Integrated Dance Summer Intensive," by AXIS Dance Company, Oakland, CAlif., August 3-10, 2008.

"Back to the ROOTS: Rememberance, [R]evolution, Reinvisioning," Alternate Roots Annual Meeting, Arden N.C., August 5-10, 2008.

"THEATRE FOR LIVING Training Workshops," by Headlines Theatre, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, August 6-11 (Level One) and August 14-19 (Level Two), 2008.

"Math, the Arts and Multiple Intelligences," an A+ Schools Program "Best Practices" Conference, Greensboro, N.C., August 7-8, 2008.

"NET Gathering," by Network of Ensemble Theaters, New Orleans, La., August 11-15, 2008.

"Developing dance with fragile communities: working at the edge," Conference Four of scotlandances, Aberdeen, Scotland, August (TBA) 2008.

"Culture and Citizenship," by Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change, Manchester, England, September 3-5, 2008.

"Journées de la culture," 13th annual community arts festival by Culture pour Tous, Quebec, Canada, September 26-28, 2008.

"Journées de la culture," provincewide annual arts event by Culture pour tous, Quebec, Canada, September 26-28, 2008.

"Artist-Citizen: Contextual Art Practices," 49th October Salon, Belgrade, Serbia, September 26-November 9, 2008.

"Ladyfest Toronto," Toronto Ont., Canada, September 27-30, 2008.

"Less Remote: The Futures of Space Exploration," an Arts & Humanities Symposium by The Arts Catalyst and others, Glasgow, Scotland, September 30- October 3, 2008.

"Public Art and the Planning Process Workshop," by ixia, Bristol, England, September 30, 2008.

"Performing the World 5," conference, New York City, N.Y., October 2-5, 2008.

"Fourth NCDD Conference," by National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation, Austin, Tex., October 3-5, 2008.

"Arts and the New American City -- You draw the map!," Annual Grantmakers in the Arts conference; members only, Atlanta, Ga., October 12-15, 2008.

"Conference for Community Arts Education," annual conference by National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pa., October 29-November 1, 2008.

"Arts, Culture and the Public Sphere: Expressive and Instrumental Values In Economic and Sociological Perspectives," conference by European Sociological Association, et al., Venice, Italy, November 4-8, 2008.

"Public Art and the Planning Process Workshop," by ixia, London, England, November 6, 2008.

"Public Art Evaluation Toolkit Seminar," by ixia, Newcastle, England, November 6, 2008.

"The Conference for Community Arts Education," by National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pa., November 8-10, 2008.

"Priming the Pump," 2008 National Arts Marketing Project (NAMP) conference by Americans for the Arts, Houston, Tex., November 9-12, 2008.

"The Creative Economy in Smaller Nations," Creative Clusters Conference, Glasgow , Scotland, November 17-20, 2008.

"Culture & International History IV," symposium by Center for North American Studies, Historische Seminar of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main and Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, Frankfurt am Main , Germany, December 19-21, 2008.

"Public Art and the Planning Process Workshop," by ixia, Birmingham, England, January 27, 2008.

"97th CAA Annual Conference," by College Art Association, Los Angeles, Calif., February 25-28, 2009.

"4th World Summit on Arts and Culture," by IFACCA, Johannesburg, South Africa, September 21-25, 2009.

 
 


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