Conference on International Opportunities in the Arts
presented by TransCultural Exchange
April 27-29, 2007

Sessions: Schedule/Presenters

Conference Panel Venues

Northeastern University (NEU), 360 Huntington Ave, Boston, Educational Co-Host
Massachusetts College of Art (MA), 621 Huntington Ave., Boston
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Satellite Venue (Sunday, April 29, 2007)*

Mentoring Sessions, MA: 5th Floor Tower Building Classroom

One-on-one, 20-minute sessions with the international guests (critics, program directors, curators, etc.) will take place throughout the conference. During these sessions, the international guests will be available to look at attendees’ slides and portfolios. These sessions are available only to early registrants of the full conference.

Friday, April 27, 2007

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Open House at 38 Newbury Street

Hosted by the Galleries at 38 Newbury Street: Acme Fine Art, Alpha Gallery, Robert Klein Gallery, Pepper Gallery and Richardson-Clarke Gallery

1:00 - 5:00

NEU: Curry Center, West Addition

REGISTRATION PICK-UP (Map of Northeastern)

5:00 - 7:00 pm
Opening Session and Networking Event (Map of Northeastern)

Saturday, April 28, 2007

9:00 – 11:00 MORNING SESSIONS

International Residencies and Symposia (typically 1-2 weeks), Session A: MA: Tower Auditorium

Moderator: Stuart Kestenbaum, Executive Director, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

Blue Space Contemporary Art Center, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
As the premiere exhibition space in Ho Chi Minh City, the Blue Space Contemporary Art Center also organizes international exhibitions (both in Vietnam and abroad), exchanges and workshops.
Presenter: C. David Thomas

Evergreen Symposium in Hovinkartano, Sotjala Hauho, Finland
A short-term, summer international residency program in a former manor house, which also serves as an exhibition space and cultural center.
Presenter: Pirjo Heino, Curator of the Hovinkartano Cultural Centre

An overview of Residency Programs in England
Presenter: Adelina Jedrzejczak, Curatorial Fellow, The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University

International Residencies - Professional Artists - Session A: NEU: Snell 108

Moderator: Raphaela Platow, Curator, The Rose Art Museum

Taipei Artist Village, Taiwan
A residency center in the heart of Taiwan, which provides artists with individual apartments and studios, travel assistance, stipends and the opportunity to participate in public exhibitions/presentations, studio tours, and the donation of artwork to TAV.
Presenter: Yaohua Su, Director, The Taipei Artist Village

Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori, Japan
An Artist-in-Residence program that includes exhibits and exchange programs with the aim of supporting artists while they create artworks as well as educating the local citizens about art.
Presenter: Yuki Kondo, Curator at the Aomori Contemporary Art Center

Quartier Éphémère, Montreal, Canada
A residency program that uses abandoned buildings for artistic purposes and site-specific installations.
Presenter: Caroline Andrieux, Founder, Quartier Éphémère

International Residencies – Emerging Artists - NEU: Snell 168

Moderator: Michael Rush, Director of the Rose Art Museum

Saksala ArtRadius, Haukivouri, Finland
A residency where young, international artists can stay for several months to work, meet, discuss, establish contacts in the art world while discovering their own artistic vision.
Presenter: Marja de Jong, Founder and Director, Saksala ArtRadius

Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany
This program is inherent in the name ‘Akademie Schloss Solitude,’ as it combines the idea of an academy for scientific and artistic exchange with that of a retreat, which Schloss Solitude has always been.
Presenter: Jean-Baptiste Joly, Founding Director, Artistic Director and Chairman of the Board of the Foundation Akademie Schloss Solitude.

K2, Izmir, Turkey
A non-profit organization with 20 artists studios, a documentation center and gallery that aims to create an open platform, especially geared towards young artists.
Presenter: Aysegul Kurtel, Founder and Director of K2

Not Your Average Residency, MA: Kennedy 406

Moderator: Bill Arning, Curator, MIT List Visual Arts Center

Berwick Institute, Boston
The Berwick is interested in supporting concept-driven work that eludes conventional modes of market distribution.
Presenter: Rosie Branson Gill, Curator, the Berwick Artist-in-Residency Program

Freelance curator, Femke Lutgerink
Art historian and independent curator from The Netherlands, Femke started FEMME art projects, which takes a concept as a point of departure for dialogue with not only artists, but also with writers, political scientists, philosophers and others.

Studio XX, Montreal, Canada
Studio XX is a center for feminist artists who are engaged in technological art. Founded in Montreal in 1996, it aims at putting forward the voices and creative actions of women in the cyberspace.
Presenter: Marie-Christian Mathieu, Director of Studio XX

Saturday April 28, 2007

10:00 am - 10:00 pm

Visual Music Marathon

12-hour screening of visual music as part of the Boston Cyberarts Festival
Egan Research Center, Northeastern University

www.music.neu.edu/vmm
http://bostoncyberarts.org/

Saturday April 28, 2007

11:00 – 1:00

Tours of Massachusetts College of Art

Saturday April 28, 2007

11:00

Tour of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

Saturday April 28, 2007

11:30 – 1:00

Navigating Cultural Differences – Workshop – Boston Center for the Arts’ Mills Gallery

Coffee Break: Single tickets available for $20 (including coffee and light snacks, followed by a tour of the current exhibition by curator and conference speaker Femke Lutgerink.) Admission free with full conference registration.

Introduced by: Robin Melavalin, Director of Global Education Opportunities, Colleges of the Fenway

Presenter: Jacquie Baertschi, Director Etiquette Professionnelle, New York, “Customs are not Global”

Saturday April 28, 2007

1:00 – 3:00 AFTERNOON SESSIONS

International Residencies, Session B: NEU: Snell 108

Moderator: Hunter O'Hanian, Director, Fine Arts Work Center

Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst New South Wales, Australia
The Hill End Artist in Residence Program aims to provide an opportunity for creative development in all areas of the visual arts in the unique environment of Hill End.
Presenter: Richard Perram, Director, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery

Iaspis (International Artist Studio Program in Sweden), Stockholm, Sweden
Swedish Exchange program whose main purpose is to facilitate creative dialogues between visual artists in Sweden and the international contemporary art scene. Iaspis encompasses an international studio program in Sweden, a support structure for exhibitions and residences abroad for Swedish based artists, as well as a program of seminars, exhibitions and publications.
Presenter: Bettina Pehrsson,Residencies Associated with Schools, NEU Director of Iaspis

Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
The Museum’s Artists’ Residency Programme emphasizes the working process rather than the finished product and enables artists to explore new ideas and ways of working in the context of the developing identity of the Museum and its various programmes.
Presenter: Janice Hough, Coordinator of of Artists' Residency Programme

Residencies Associated with Schools, NEU: Snell 168

Moderator: Johanna Branson, VP Academic Affairs, Massachusetts College of Art

Residency/Exhibition Possibilities Associated with Universities in Turkey
A presentation on the approximately twenty-five university art departments, which offer residency and exhibition possibilities in Turkey.
Presenter: Dr. Ilgim Veryeri-Alaca, Visiting Lecturer, Dept of Art and Art History, Modlin Center for the Arts, University of Richmond. Dr. Veryeri-Alaca’s presentation is sponsored by the Turkish Cultural Foundation.

University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville, South Africa
The program provides studios for artists during the residency for which the residents are expected to interact with the students, culminating in an exhibition at the university.
Presenter: Juliet Armstrong, Professor University of KwaZulu-Natal

Kanoria Centre for Arts, Mumbai, India
The Kanoria Centre for Arts residency program is for emerging artists, who work in the fields of painting, sculpture and printmaking. The residency includes studio facilities and a stipend (only to Indian nationals) as well as a foreign artist residency program for which the Centre provides studio facilities for a nominal rent, allowing artists to work at the Centre for periods of three months or less.
Presenter: Puja Shah, Coordinator, Kanoria Centre for Arts

The Burren College of Art, Co. Clare, Ireland
The purpose of the residency is to provide time, space and the environment for an uninterrupted period of creative work. It has proven to be particularly suited to emerging and established artists, as well as faculty on sabbatical wishing to investigate new areas of inquiry, explore new techniques or develop a body of work for exhibition, entrance or application for grants and positions. Resident artists can use College facilities, which include library, photo studios, sculpture workshop, and also engage with College activities and visiting artist lectures.
Presenter: Mary Hawkes-Greene, President and Co-founder, Burren College of Art

Presenter: Dr. Ilgim Veryeri-Alaca, Visiting Lecturer, Dept of Art and Art History, Modlin Center for the Arts, University of Richmond

Finding the Best Fit: Researching and Applying for Residencies, MA: Tower Auditorium

Workshop on how to research and prepare your application to residency programs.
Presenters: Deborah Obalil, Director of the Alliance of Artists Communities and Maria Tuerlings, Director of Trans Artists.

International Residencies and Symposia (typically 1-2 weeks), Session B: MA: Kennedy 406

Moderator: Jennifer Hall, Director, Do While Studio

Dorothea Fleiss East-West Artist Symposia, Carei, Romania
A 10-day residency program and symposia in rural Romanian, culminating in an exhibition.
Presenter: Dorothea Fleiss, Director, Dorothea Fleiss East-West Artist Symposia

Debrecen International Colony of Artists, Debrecen, Hungary
Apart from participants invited from Debrecen and Budapest, the artists’ colony hosts other artists from France, the Netherlands, Israel, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and the United States.
Presenter: Szabolcs Süli-Zakar, Director, Debrecen International Colony of Artists

The Art of Fire, Cuban American Cultural Exchange Program
The Art of Fire is an ongoing international cultural exchange project that has offered exhibitions, residencies, workshops and community outreach in Cuba, Canada and the United States.
Presenter: Catherine Merrill, Co-organizer, The Art of Fire

Vrij Glas Foundation, Zaandam, Netherlands
Vrij Glas offers Artists-in-Residency and Researcher-in-Residency programs for artists, designers, architects and master students. Professionals from all fields are eligible to apply.
Presenter: Durk Valkema, Founding Member and Board of Director, Vrij Glas Foundation.

Mr. Valkema's presentation is made possible through the support of the Mondriaan Foundation, Netherlands.

A New Collaborative Atmosphere, NEU: Behrakis 10

Moderator: Ann McDonald, Assistant Professor, Department of Visual Arts, Northeastern University

Irene Krarup, Cultural Attache, Royal Danish Consulate General
A new initiative with the Danish government to support collaborative efforts between Danish and US artists.
(Fellow panelists to be announced)

Saturday, April 28, 2007

4:00 – 6:00 EVENING SESSIONS

Studying Abroad, NEU: Behrakis 10

Moderator: Doris Sommer, Harvard University, Director of Cultural Agents

DAAD, German-American Exchange Program
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is a publicly-funded independent organization of higher educational institutions in Germany. DAAD provides information as well as financial support to over 50,000 highly-qualified students and faculty per year for international research and study.
Presenter: Brid Schenkl

CIES/Fulbright Program, USA
For almost 60 years, the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) has assisted the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the United States Department of State in administering the Fulbright Scholar Program, the U.S. government's flagship academic exchange effort and an important part of its public diplomacy.
Presenter: David Adams, Senior Program Manager, Asia/Middle East

US Colleges and Universities with Short-Term Study Abroad Programs
American academic institutions are using short-term study aboard courses to bring more global awareness and opportunities to their campuses. Artists from outside these institutions may take advantage of and participate in these programs.
Presenter: Janna Longacre, Professor, Massachusetts College of Art

Organizations with a Global Mission (Grant Giving/Work Programs), MA: Tower Auditorium

Moderator: M. Isabel Meirelles, Assistant Professor, Department of Visual Arts, Northeastern University

CEC ArtsLink
CEC ArtsLink is an international arts service organization whose programs encourage and support exchange among visual and performing artists and cultural managers in the US and in Central Europe, Russia and Central Asia.
Presenter: Fritzie Brown, Senior Program Director

An Overview of France’s International Programs for Artists
Presenter: Brigitte Bouvier, Cultural Attaché, Consulate of France

U.S. State Department’s ART in Embassies Program
Established by the United States Department of State in 1964, the ART In Embassies Program is a global museum that exhibits original works of art by U.S. citizens in the public rooms of approximately 180 American diplomatic residences worldwide.
Presenter: Elizabeth Ash, Program Manager, ART in Embassies Program, U.S. Department of State

Trust for Mutual Understanding, New York
The Trust for Mutual Understanding is a private American grant-making organization dedicated to promoting improved communication, closer cooperation, and greater respect between the people of the United States, Russia, and Eastern and Central Europe by supporting cultural and environmental exchanges between the United States and those regions.
Presenter: Wendy Newton, Senior Program Associate, Trust for Mutual Understanding

International Residencies – small scale retreats: for 1-2 artists at a time, NEU: Snell 108

Moderator: Caroline Anderson, Webmaster/Assistant Director, TransCultural Exchange

Apothiki Foundation, Athens/Paros-Cyclades, Greece
Apothiki aims at introducing artists and organizations to the ‘island atmosphere’ of Paros – a unique and creative environment that has inspired artists for more than 5000 years.
Presenter: Dirk Drijbooms, Director Apothiki Foundation

Gozo Contemporary, Gozo, Malta
A new, contemporary art space where artists have the opportunity of working and producing art during their stay on the island of Gozo, the sister island of Malta.
Presenter: Norbert Attard, Director Gozo Contemporary

The Curfew Tower, Belfast, Ireland
A prominent folly in the middle of the village of Cushendall in the Glens of Antrim in Northern Ireland, set up in 1995 as a residency program for artists working in all disciplines.
Presenter: Marcus Patton

International Residencies – Working with Science and/or Technology, Session A: NEU Snell 168

Moderator and Presenter: Anja Chávez, Curator of Contemporary Art/Curator of Exhibitions, Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College

CAMAC, Marnay-sur-Seine, France
A creative, multi-disciplinary center offering international residency programs for artists, scientists and technologists working with new media.
Presenter: Jean-Yves Coffre, Director of CAMAC

Bridge Guard, art/science residence center, Štúrovo, Slovakia
Supports artists, scientists and those from other professions who want to work on projects during a 3 to 6 month sojourn in the ‘Bridge Guard’ residence.
Presenter: Karol Frühauf, Director of Bridge Guard

John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboyan, WI
Arts/Industry makes industrial technologies and facilities available to artists through long-term residencies, short-term workshops, tours, and other programming so that they may further their artistic explorations.
Presenter: Beth Lipman, Arts/Industry Coordinator

April 28, 2007

4:00 – 5:00 pm

Special Program, followed by a reception in the Massachusetts College of Art’s Galleries.

Siemens Art Program, MA: Trustee Room, 11th Floor, Tower Building

Single Tickets available for $20. Admission free with full conference registration.

Introduced by: Mary Sherman, Director of TransCultural Exchange

The Siemens Arts Program was established in 1987 with the goal of developing a cultural program specifically for Siemens AG. From its beginning with in-house cultural activities, Siemens Arts Program evolved during the early 1990s into a diverse international program fostering contemporary art and culture. This talk will discuss the Program’s various activities and the ways in which the Program complements the charged fields between culture, business and science.
Presenter: Dr. Annika Schoemann, Siemens Arts Program, Director of Press and Public Relations

Saturday, April 28, 2007

7:00 – 11:00 pm

Gala Dinner with Panelists and Moderators, MA: Pozen Room

Sponsored by Res Artis
$75/person. Please email TransCultural Exchange at gala@transcutluralexchange.org to request a ticket.

Sunday, April 29, 2007

9:00 – 11:00 MORNING SESSIONS

International Residencies – Multi-Disciplinary, NEU: Behrakis 10

Moderator: Carole Anne Meehan, Curator, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

MoKS - Center for Arts and Social Practice, Palva Maaxond, Estonia
Residency periods can be arranged from 1 to 6 months. People working in all disciplines of art, e.g. visual, performing and media arts, music, criticism, research etc are encouraged to apply.
Presenter: Evelyn Müürsepp, Visual Artists Coordinator, MoKS

Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Yamaguchi-prefecture, Japan
Supports artists involved in a wide range of artistic fields such as music, art, dance and theater by providing a space for their creation and presentation.
Presenter: Machiko Harada, Curator Akiyoshidai International Art Village

The Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada
The Banff Centre is a globally respected arts, cultural, and educational institution and conference facility.
Presenter: Sarah Iley, Vice-President of Programs

Creativity, Culture, Education and the Workforce, NEU: Shillman 105

This panel discusses both the tools that artists need to succeed in the global market and the economic impact of residency programs on their careers.
Moderator and Presenter: Ann Galligan, Professor, Department of Cooperative Education and Visual Arts, Northeastern.

Other Presenters: Robin Chandler, Northeastern University Professor, Former Chair of the African American Studies and Women’s Studies Program, Artist and Sociologist.
Erik Bright, Artist and Founder of Monnahasset Mills Artist Complex and Director for the Partnership for Creative Industrial Space.
Brenda Ulrich, Assistant Director, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts.

International Residencies – Working With Science and/or Technology: Session B: NEU: Shillman 135

Moderator: Anthony De Ritis, Northeastern University, Director of Digital Media and Multimedia Studies Program

The Daniel Langlois Foundation, Montreal, Canada
The Foundation's purpose is to further artistic and scientific knowledge by fostering the meeting of art and science in the field of technologies.
Presenter: Catalina Briceno, Program Officer

Le Laboratoire, France, new program to open fall of 2007
Presenter: Xaviere Masson, Manager of International Laboratoire Programs

The Daniel Langlois Foundation, Montreal, Canada
The Foundation's purpose is to further artistic and scientific knowledge by fostering the meeting of art and science in the field of technologies.
Presenter: Catalina Briceno, Program Officer

Location 1, New York
Presenter: Natalie Angles, Director, International Residency Program

International Residencies - Professional Artists - Session C: NEU: Snell 108

Moderator: Cynthia Baron, Northeastern University, Associate Director of Digital Media and Multimedia Studies

An Overview of China’s Residency Programs
Presenter: Biljana Ciric, Independent Curator based in Shanghai

Sacatar, Itaparica, Brazil
The largest residency program in South America.
Presenter: Taylor Van Horne, Director, Instituto Sacatar

Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey
Initiated in January 2003, this residency program is open to contemporary visual artists, critics and curators of contemporary art for periods of three to six months.
Presenter: Oyku Ozsoy, Programme Coordinator

Art Fairs, NEU: Snell 168

Moderator: Lisa Tung, Interim Director of Massachusetts College of Art’s Galleries

Art Miami Basel and London’s Scope Art Fair
Presenters: Presenter: Randi Hopkins, Co-owner of Allston Skirt Gallery

Art Fairs from a Curator's Perspective
Presenter: Pieranna Cavalchini, Curator of Contemporary Art and Director of the Artists in Residence Program at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

MUTEK, Montreal, Canada
MUTEK is a festival for ‘digital visual/sound/musical reaction.’
Presenter: Alain Mongeau, Director of MUTEK

Sunday, April 29, 2007

11:30 – 12:30

Tour of MIT’S Art & Architecture Program

Meet at MIT’S List Visual Art Center, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge

Sunday, April 29, 2007

1:00 – 3:00 AFTERNOON SESSIONS

* Biennales and Documenta, venue: MIT, Kresge Auditorium

Limited seating; free and open to the public

Introduced by: Philip Khoury, Associate Provost, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Moderator: Francine Miller, Art Critic, Artforum; Head of Northeast Chapter of the National Branch of the International Art Critics Association; TransCultural Exchange Board Member

Linda Norden, American Commissioner, 2005 Venice Biennale
Ute Meta Bauer, Co-Curator, Documenta 11; Artistic Director of the 3rd Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art (2004).
Yung Ho Chang, Venice Biennale Participant (Architecture)
Talal Moualla, Coordinator of the International Symposium in association with the Sharjah Biennial (Visual Poetics, 1997) and organizational member of the Sixth Sharjah International Art Biennial, 2003, United Arab Emirates

Art and Social and Economic Transformation, NEU: Snell 168

Moderator: Sophie Parker, Organizational Development Consultant and TransCultural Exchange Board Member

Visual Interventions to Counter Loss in Hand Papermaking Projects in South Africa.
Presenter: Pamela Allara, Professor Emerita of Brandeis University, curator of “Coexistence: Contemporary Cultural Production in South Africa.”

UNESCO's 'artists in development' programme 'Capacity Building within Cultural Enterprise'
Presenter: Jackie Guille, UNESCO

ArtCorps, Latin America
ArtCorps strengthens international development initiatives by sending volunteer professional artists to help Central American organizations educate communities about social and environmental issues more effectively through community art.
Presenter: Suzanne Jenkins, Artist Recruiter

Transforming Farming Communities in Egypt
Addressing the soaring unemployment rate and the growing concern of agricultural refuse in Egypt, the artist Abou El Naga is reviving the ancient tradition of paper-making to bring new economic opportunities to unemployed youths as well as to capitalize on the growing market for handmade-paper products abroad.
Presenter: Mohamed Abou El Naga, artist, curator and activist

TransCultural Exchange would like to thank the Boston Mayor’s Office of Arts, Tourism & Special Events, Délégation du Québec à Boston, French Consulate (Boston) Fred Johnson, Richard Lappin and Julia Rabkin, LEF Foundation, Massachusetts College of Art, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, McDougal Littell, a division of Houghton Mifflin Company, Amy Merrill, Northeastern University, Res Artis, and the Turkish Cultural Foundation for their support of the Conference.