Friday JUNE 24
MORNING

Travel to Headlands Center for the Arts

Buses leave promptly at 9AM

Welcome

Historical Models Then & Now

Presented by: Lia Gangitano, Matthew Higgs +
Peter J. Russo

‘Historical Models Then and Now’ is a discussion of the past, present, and future of alternative spaces. This session will take as its starting point three presentations by representatives of venues that are equally inspired, informed, or the inheritor of a particular model, and the modes of artistic production they engendered. A discussion with attendees will follow. Lia Gangitano is director of Participant, Inc. Matthew Higgs is an artist and writer as well as the director and chief curator of the New York City nonprofit art space White Columns. Peter J. Russo is editorial and program director for Triple Canopy.

Modalities of Change

Presented by: Deborah Cullinan, Sean Dockray +
Tom Lawson

Case Study: Intersection for the Arts
Case Study:  East of Borneo

Working with Communities:
Process & Outcomes

Presented by: Edgar Arceneaux + Shana Berger

How do we work with communities? What are strategies to engage individuals and audiences, create meaning, and develop content and outcomes? We will provide working examples of community based models at the Watts House Project in Los Angeles and the Coleman Center for the Arts in York, Alabama. The session will consider how performance can be used to influence the way we relate to each other and ourselves. Bring your own ideas and questions for an open group discussion about practical and conceptual issues of working in a socially engaged process and expect to sing a song or two along the way.

Case Study: Coleman Center for the Arts

Agility Now

Presented by: Lauri Firstenberg, Sylvie Fortin +
Nat May

In thinking through and beyond the recent economic downturn, we will introduce the session by presenting the varied strategies that have allowed three very different organizations to turn the economic crisis into something of an advantage. How did these organizations expand and contract? How did they renegotiate the relationship between institution and programs? How have these decisions shaped the institutions? How do we define value: the value of our programs, staff, collaborators? How do you define scalability? How do we manage expectations—actual and/or perceived? What are the roles of the Executive Director and the Board?

Lunch

Boxed lunch at the Headlands