Full Schedule
Sessions: Schedule/Presenters
International Opportunities in the Arts: Create the Future
November 4-6, 2022, Boston, Massachusetts
presented by TransCultural Exchange
Conference Primary Venues (Friday – Sunday)
Map available here.
The Colleges of the Fenway:
Emmanuel College, 400 The Fenway
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 621 Huntington Avenue
MCPHS (Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences) 179 Longwood Avenue
Wentworth Institute of Technology, 550 Huntington Avenue
Other Venues
In Boston
Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston, 25 Harbor Shore Drive
Note: From Nov. 4-6, the ICA offers free admission with your Conference badge.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 280 Fenway
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 465 Huntington Avenue
In Cambridge
MIT’s Art, Culture and Technology Program, 20 Ames Street
MIT’s List Visual Arts Center, 20 Ames Street
Portfolio Reviews on Saturday and Sunday, November 5-6
The Portfolio Reviews will take place in the Massachusetts College of Art and Design’s Huntington Studios, 621 Huntington Avenue
For more information on these, please see Portfolio Reviews.
Note: Online Registration for items with limited participation ends October 23. After that, registrations are only available onsite.
FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY; NOVEMBER 4-6, 2022
9:30 am – 5:00 pm
Registration and Check-in
Location: Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Digital and Media Center Lecture Hall, 621 Huntington Avenue
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4
MORNING SESSIONS
10:00 – 11:45 am
Natural Wonders, Residencies in the Amazon, Mauritius, Taiwan and the South African Desert
Location: Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Tower Auditorium, 621 Huntington Avenue.
Moderator: Alberto Balestrieri, Writer and Documentation Consultant, Canada
Krishna Luchoomun, Artist and Founder of pARTage, Mauritius (Krishna Luchoomun’s presentation is supported in part, by TransCultural Exchange’s Rudi Punzo Memorial Fund.)
Sonya Rademeyer, Artist and Spokesperson, Tankwa Artscape Residency, South Africa (Sonya Rademeyer’s presentation is supported in part, by TransCultural Exchange Travel Grant, made possible by the generosity of Mrs. Marlene Ghormley.)
Diana Riesco Lind, Founder and Director, Centro Selva Arte y Ciencia, Amazon (Peru) (Diana Riesco Lind’s presentation is supported in part, by TransCultural Exchange Travel Grant, made possible by the generosity of Mrs. Marlene Ghormley.)
Shu-Lun Wu, Director, Taitung Dawn Artist Village, Taiwan
Arts Funding at the Intersection: Building Artists’ Power and Advancing Racial Justice
Location: Wentworth Institute of Technology, Watson Auditorium, 550 Huntington Avenue (the back of Watson Hall faces Parker Street)
Panel Organizer and Moderator: Caitlin Strokosch, President & CEO, National Performance Network, Louisiana
Kara Elliott-Ortega, Chief of Arts and Culture, Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture, City of Boston
Cuong P. Hoang, Director of Programs, Mott Philanthropic
Catherine Morris, Director, Arts & Culture, The Boston Foundation
F. Javier Torres-Campos, Director, Thriving Cultures, The Surdna Foundation, New York
Missing Clues, Mining Archives, Ensuring the Truth
Location: Emmanuel College, Library Lecture Hall, 400 The Fenway
Moderator: Cynthia Fowler, Professor, Emmanuel College
Yemi Alalade, Founder of ANIKE, Artist and Consultant and Invention Educator at Lemelson-MIT
Christine D’Onofrio, Associate Professor and Chair, Bachelor of Media Studies program, University of British Columbia
Anne-Karin Furunes, Artist and Professor, Trondheim Academy of Fine Art, Finland
Helene Larsson Pousette, Counsellor for Cultural Affairs, Swedish Embassy in Washington DC and Co- Founder, Stockholm Museum of Women’s History
Roundtable Discussion: New Online Platforms/Marketplace for Artists
Location: Emmanuel College, Fenway Room, 400 The Fenway
Moderator: Karen Fitzgerald, Artist, Massachusetts
Lunch on Your Own
11:45 – 12:30 pm
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS AND WORKSHOPS
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Workshop: The Art of Being Irresistible: Marketing Yourself to Attract Sponsor Dollars
Location: Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Digital and Media Center Lecture Hall, 621 Huntington Avenue
Presenter: A.J. Steinberg, CFRE Founder of Queen Bee Fundraising, California
Roundtable Discussion: Public Art and Landscape Architecture: “Overlapping Fields,” How Artists and Designers Can Work Together
Location: Wentworth Institute of Technology, The Center for Engineering, Innovation and Sciences (CEIS) Lobby, 550 Huntington Avenue
Moderator: Ponnapa Prakkamakul, Visual Artist and Landscape Architect, Massachusetts
Workshop: Fiscal Sponsorship: How to Find It
Location: Wentworth Institute of Technology, Watson Auditorium, 550 Huntington Avenue (the back of Watson Hall faces Parker Street)
Presenter: Alicia Ehni, Artist & Program Officer, New York Foundation for the Arts and Madeleine Cutrona, Artist, Senior Program Officer, New York Foundation for the Arts
Workshop: Applying for Grants – Where to Start, What to Expect, and How to Optimize Your Application
Location: Emmanuel College, Auditorium, 400 The Fenway
Presenter: Dan Blask, Program Officer, Artist Fellowships, Massachusetts Cultural Council
Workshop: Pre-Text Fluxus
Location: Emmanuel College, Wilkens Science Center – WSC 102, 400 The Fenway
Presenter: Doris Sommer, Harvard Professor, Author, Founder and Director, Cultural Agents
Roundtable Discussion: Artists as Intermediators between Scientists and the Public
Location: Emmanuel College, Fenway Room, 400 The Fenway
Moderator: Matthijs De Block, Artist, Belgium
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4
EARLY AFTERNOON SESSIONS
1:45 – 3:30 pm
ALIPH’s Ukrainian Action Plan
Location: The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Auditorium, 465 Huntington Avenue
NOTE: Meet at 1:30 at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Digital and Media Center’s Conference Registration Area, 621 Huntington Avenue, if you want to go as a group.
Mr. Valéry Freland, Executive Director, ALIPH
Dr Sandra Bialystok, Director of Communications and Partnerships, ALIPH
Note: This talk takes place from 2:00 – 3:00 pm. Sign up here.
Taking it to the Streets, Art Practices in the Public Realm
Location: Wentworth Institute of Technology, Watson Auditorium, 550 Huntington Avenue (the back of Watson Hall faces Parker Street)
Moderator: Harold Steward, Executive Director and Cultural Strategist, The Theater Offensive
John Boylan, Writer and Producer, Seattle, Washington
Zen Cohen, Program Director, Open Air Media Festival and Assistant Professor of Art and Film Studies at Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA
Kassem Istanbouli, Director, Tiro Association for the Arts, Lebanon
Otis Kriegel, Founder, Illegal Art, New York
Valuable Perspectives from Outside the Cultural Canon
Location: Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Digital and Media Center Lecture Hall, 621 Huntington Avenue
Moderator: Amanda Phillips, Executive Director, Center for Emerging Visual Artists (CFEVA), Pennsylvania
Dr. Catherine Bernard, Art History Professor, SUNY Old Westbury, NY
Dr. Florian Grond, Artist, Research Associate, Shared Reality Lab, McGill University, Canada
Carmen Moreira, Executive Director and Choreographer of SQx Dance Company, Canada (Carmen Moreira’s presentation is sponsored by the Canada Council for the Arts)
Ying Tan, Senior Program Manager, Collections at the Art Fund, UK
Artists in Labs, Scientists in Studios
Location: Emmanuel College, Library Lecture Hall, 400 The Fenway
Moderator: Stephanie Couch, Executive Director, Lemelson-MIT Program
Rotem Goldenberg, Performance Artist, Massachusetts (Rotem Goldenberg’s presentation is funded, in part, by the Israel Consulate, Boston)
Irene Hediger, Director, swiss-artists-in-lab program, Zurich University, Switzerland
Joel Kowit, Artist, Graphic Designer, Founder of Immunology Workshops and Professor Emeritus, Emmanuel College, MA
Crispin Weinberg, President, Biomedical Modeling Inc. (BMI), Massachusetts
Roundtable Discussion: Queering Futures of Sex Ed Through Art: Resisting Erasure and Creating Change
Location: Emmanuel College, Eisner Administration Building – E155, 400 The Fenway
Moderator: Amelia Thorpe, Executive Director of Queer ConneQT, New Brunswick
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4
LATE AFTERNOON SESSIONS
3:45 – 5:30 pm
An Overview of Programs for Artists in Germany, The Netherlands and China
Location: Emmanuel College, Library Lecture Hall, 400 The Fenway
Moderator: Megumi Naitoh, Artist, Professor, Emmanuel College
Annette Klein, Program Curator, Goethe-Institut Boston
Bojana Panevska, Senior Advisor, TransArtists, The Netherlands
Amanda Zhang, Co-Director, China Residencies
Radical Thinking/Paradigm Shifts, Moving Beyond Outmoded Cultural Practices
Location: Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Digital and Media Center Lecture Hall, 621 Huntington Avenue
Moderator: Janna Longacre, Artists, Professor, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Courtney Bethel, Admissions Director, MacDowell Colony, New Hampshire
Lidy Ettema, Director, Residenties in Utrecht, The Netherlands
Susanna Gyulamiryan, Co-Founder, Curator and Director, Art and Cultural Studies Laboratory, Armenia (Susanna Gyulamiryan’s presentation is supported in part, by TransCultural Exchange Travel Grant, made possible by the generosity of Mrs. Marlene Ghormley.)
Johan Pousette, Director, IASPIS, Sweden
Alex Soulsby, FRSA (Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts); Creative Director, Artist Residency Thailand and the Prem Tinsulanonda International School (Alex Soulsby’s presentation is supported in part, by TransCultural Exchange Travel Grant, made possible by the generosity of Mrs. Marlene Ghormley.)
How to Make (Almost) Anything
Location: Wentworth Institute of Technology, Watson Auditorium, 550 Huntington Avenue (the back of Watson Hall faces Parker Street)
Moderator: Anjali Srinivasan, Artist, Associate Professor, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Andrew Anselmo, Engineer, Co-Shop Electronics and Robotics Lead, Artisan’s Asylum, Massachusetts
Sarah Boisvert, founder, Fab Lab Hub, LLC and Co-founder, The New Collar Network, New Mexico
James Rutter, Technology Director, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Maine
Nasser Yari, Assistant Professor, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Massachusetts
Talk and Screening: Breakfast Over the Bridge – A Film Experiment
Location: Emmanuel College, Eisner Administration Building – E155, 400 The Fenway
Presenters: Mattia Mura, Documentary and Visual Artist and Karol Frühauf, MSc in Electrical Engineering, Co-Founder of INFOGEM AG and Director of Bridge Guard Art / Science Residence Centre,” Štúrovo, Slovaki
Roundtable Discussion: The No Borders Movement: A Case Study of the North America Movement
(With Reference to the No Borders Movements in the Balkans, and the 45 Spanish- and Arab-Speaking Countries)
Location: Wentworth Institute of Technology, The Center for Engineering, Innovation and Sciences (CEIS) Lobby, 550 Huntington Avenue
Moderator: Jan Hanvik, Director, Crossing Bridges, New York City and New York State’s Hudson Valley, and Puentes y Redes A.C. (Bridges & Networks) in Mexico
Workshop: Simple Strategies to Quickly Add LEDS and other Simple Circuitry to Your Artworks
Location: Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Huntington Studios, 621 Huntington Avenue
Presenter: George Bossarte, Engineer, Massachusetts
Limited to 20 participants.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4
5:45 – 6:45 pm
KEYNOTE: Protecting Heritage to Build Peace
Location: Wentworth Institute of Technology, Watson Auditorium, 550 Huntington Avenue (the back of Watson Hall faces Parker Street)
Sandra Bialystok, Director of Communications at the International alliance for the protection of heritage in conflict areas
with Musical Interlude by the Colleges of the Fenway Chorus, Dan P. Ryan, Conductor
OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION
7:00 – 8:30 pm
Location: Wentworth Institute of Technology, Watson Auditorium, 550 Huntington Avenue (the back of Watson Hall faces Parker Street)
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5
9:45 am – 5:00 pm
Late Registration and Check-in
Location: Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Digital and Media Center, 621 Huntington Avenue
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5
MORNING SESSIONS
9:45 – 11:30 am
Pecha Kuchas
Location: Wentworth Institute of Technology, Watson Auditorium, 550 Huntington Avenue (the back of Watson Hall faces Parker Street)
Moderator, Thad Beal, Artist, TransCultural Exchange Trustee
List and order of Presentations available in the Left-Hand Navigation.
A Considered Balance in Cultural Exchange: The Host and the Hosted
Location: Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Tower Auditorium, 621 Huntington Avenue
Moderator: Glenn Williams, General Manager, Boston Neighborhood Network Media
Shaarbek Amankul, Artist, Curator and Founder of B’Art Contemporary, Kyrgyzstan
Pieranna Cavalchini, Curator Contemporary Art, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Roger Colombik, Artist and Professor, Texas State University
Riley Robinson, Director, Artpace San Antonio, Texas
Promoting Cultural Diplomacy Through University Exchanges
Location: Emmanuel College, Library Lecture Hall, 400 The Fenway
Moderator: Mariana Smith, Artist, Associate Professor of Visual Art, Stockton University, New Jersey
Ryann Casey, Independent Curator and Adjunct Professor of Photography, Art History & Critical Theory, Stockton University, New Jersey
Elizabeth Gerdeman, Artist and Lecturer, Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, Germany
Fatima Martinez Gutierrez, Photographer, Journalist, Independent Curator, and Professor at the Universidad Del Rosario, Colombia
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5
TOURS, ROUNDTABLES AND WORKSHOPS
10:00 – 11:00 am
Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston
Location: 25 Harbor Shore Drive
Guided Tour of To Begin Again: Artists and Childhood
Meet at the Conference Registration table at 9:30 to go as a group or meet at the ICA lobby at 10:00 if you go on your own. Limited to 15.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Tour
Location: 280 Fenway
Meet at the Entrance of the Gardner Museum. Participation Limited to 15.
MassArt Museum, MAAM’s Exhibitions Tour
Meet at the entrance of MAAM at 10:00. Limited to 15.
MIT Art and Architecture Tour
Meet at the List Visual Art Center, inside the atrium of 20 Ames Street. Participation Limited.
Roundtable Discussion: Exploring and Expressing the Power of Water in Art Works/
Giving Voice, Body, and Vision to Water
Location: Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Huntington Studios, 625 Huntington Avenue
Moderator: Naoe Suzuki, Artist, Massachusetts
Workshop: Monument Public Address System AR
Location: Meet at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Digital and Media Center’s Conference Registration Area, 621 Huntington Avenue
Presenter: Meredith Drum, Artist and Professor, Virginia Tech
Rain Date: Same location from 1:00 – 2:00 pm on Sunday
Workshop: QTPOC Liberatory Aesthetics at Work
Location: Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Digital and Media Center Lecture Hall, 621 Huntington Avenue
Presenter: Tonasia Jones, Disrupter, Creater (Artist/Director) and Program Director, The Theater Offensive
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS AND WORKSHOPS
11:45 – 12:45 pm
Workshop: General Safety Training for Artists
Location: Emmanuel College, Auditorium, 400 The Fenway
Presenter: Julie Trébault, Director, Artists at Risk Connection (ARC), a project of PEN America and Jake Neuberger, member ARC
Workshop: TransArtists: How to Find the Right Residency for You
Location: Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Tower Auditorium, 621 Huntington Avenue
Presenter: Bojana Panevska, Senior Advisor, TransArtists, The Netherlands
Workshop: How to Ask for Money, Navigating Grant and Fellowship Applications
Location: Emmanuel College, Library Lecture Hall, 400 The Fenway
Presenter: Hannah Schmidt, Research Development Manager, University of Tennessee- Knoxville
Workshop: Techniques to Improve Participation and Experiences of Persons with Diverse Abilities
Location: Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Digital and Media Center Lecture Hall, 621 Huntington Avenue
Presenter: Kyle Keane, Computational Scientist, Disability Advocate and Professor, MIT
Lunch on Your Own
12:45 – 1:45 pm
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5
EARLY AFTERNOON SESSIONS
1:45 – 3:30 pm
MFAs Abroad, The Ultimate Cultural Immersion
Location: Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Tower Auditorium, 621 Huntington Avenue
Moderator: Erica Puccio O’Brien, Director, International Education Center/IEC, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Anne-Karin Furunes, Artist and Professor at Trondheim Academy of Fine Art, Norway
Amy Giese, Artist and Program Director of the MFA in Fine Arts at Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Irène Hediger, Director, artists-in-lab program, Zurich University, Switzerland
Krishna Luchoomun, Artist, Founder of pARTage and Professor, School of the Fine Arts, Mauritius
Reporting from the Field: The Caribbean, India, Ukraine, Lapland and Burundi
Location: Wentworth Institute of Technology, Watson Auditorium, 550 Huntington Avenue (the back of Watson Hall faces Parker Street)
Moderator: Neil Leonard, Composer, Musician and Professor, Berklee College of Music
Purva Damani, Founder and Director of 079 | STORIES, India
Rosie Gordon-Wallace, Founder and Senior Curator, Diaspora Vibe Gallery and Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator, the Caribbean
Hanna Isaksson, Manager, ASC, Artists Support Center, Luleå, Arctic Sweden; and Founder, Swedish Lapland AiR
Liudmyla Nychai, Member, Crypto Art Community of Ukrainian Artists; and Curator, Nazariy Voitovych Art Residence, Ukraine (Liudmyla Nychai presentation is supported in part, by TransCultural Exchange’s Rudi Punzo Memorial Fund)
Shabani Ramadhani, Musician, Bass Player, Songwriter, Festival Organizer and Rounder, Marahaba Music Expo, Burundi
Social Challenges, Artistic Interventions
Location: Emmanuel College, Library Lecture Hall, 400 The Fenway
Moderator: Tiffany Shea York, Assistant Director, Artist Residencies and Special Projects, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Miguel Braceli, Multidisciplinary Artist, Venezuela; Fulbright Scholar, New York (Miguel Braceli’s presentation is supported in part, by TransCultural Exchange’s Betsy Carpenter Memorial Fund)
Khalid Kodi, Artist and Professor: Northeastern University, Massachusetts College of Art and Design and Boston College
Mitch Ryerson, Artist, Member of the Global Design Initiative; Professor, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Doris Sommer, Harvard Professor, Author, Founder and Director, Cultural Agents
Roundtable Discussion: The Importance of an Artist Residency Experience
Location: Wentworth Institute of Technology, The Center for Engineering, Innovation and Sciences (CEIS) Lobby, 550 Huntington Avenue
Moderator: Ada Pilar Cruz, Artist and Museum Educator at MoMA, The Drawing Center, and a Professor of Art History for Mercy College, NY
Workshop: Modes of Listening: Material Structures
Location: Emmanuel College, Wilkens Science Center – WSC 102, 400 The Fenway
Presenter: Marianna Dixon Williams, Artist and Assistant Professor of New Media, Augusta University, GA
Limited to 15 people. Note: This Workshop is 90-minutes. It will end at 3:00.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5
LATE AFTERNOON SESSIONS
3:45 – 5:30 pm
“The Road Less Traveled – Lesser-Known Opportunities for Artists,” Part 1, Funding
Location: Wentworth Institute of Technology, Watson Auditorium, 550 Huntington Avenue (the back of Watson Hall faces Parker Street)
Moderator and Speaker: Jane Ingram Allen, Visual Artist, Independent Curator and Art Writer, California
Geetika Agrawal, Founding Director, Vacation with An Aritst (VAWAA)
Peter Bunten, President, Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation, New York
Jane Ingram Allen, Artist and Speaker for the Fulbright Specialist and Fulbright Scholar Program, California (Jane Ingram Allen’s presentation is supported in part, by TransCultural Exchange’s Betsy Carpenter Memorial Fund)
Linda Lighton, Artist, Founder, Lighton International Artists Exchange Program, Kansas
When Pandemics Strike: Strategies for Keeping Lines Between Others Open
Location: Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Tower Auditorium, 621 Huntington Avenue
Moderator: Alberta Chu, Founding Director, ASKLabs
Mark DeGarmo, Founder, Executive & Artistic Director of Mark DeGarmo Dance, New York
Flurin Fischer, Research Associate, Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland
Chen Chia-Lan, Executive Secretary of Taiwan Art Space Alliance (TASA) (Chen Chia-Lan’s presentation is supported in part, by TransCultural Exchange’s Margaret Shiu Memorial fund)
Dr. Emmanuel Ortega, Assistant Professor, Colonial Latin American Art, University of Illinois at Chicago; and recurrent Lecturer and Board of Directors Member, Arquetopia Foundation, Mexico, Peru and Italy
Dr. Christine Veras, Experimental Animator, Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Technology and Emerging Communication (ATEC), University of Texas Dallas and Founding Director, experimenta.l. lab
Music of the Spheres Remix
Location: Emmanuel College, Library Lecture Hall, 400 The Fenway
Panel Organizer and Moderator: Sarah Tanguy, Independent Curator and Writer
Markus J. Buehler, Composer and McAfee Professor of Engineering, MIT
David Ibbett, Composer, Musical Advocate for Science and Visiting Professor, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Mary Sherman, Artist and Professor, Boston College
Jörg Sϋssenbach, Director, Goethe-Institut Boston
Jana Winderen, Artist, Norway
Roundtable Discussion: Using Contemplative Collectives Foster Adaptive Change in a Time of Adversity and Promote Workforce Development in the Creative Economy
Location: Wentworth Institute of Technology, The Center for Engineering, Innovation and Sciences (CEIS) Lobby, 550 Huntington Avenue
Moderator: Sam Harvey, Professional Development Specialist at Pratt Institute
Talk: Participatory Practices – Participatory Theatre, larps (live action role playing games) and Digital-Physical Games
Location: Emmanuel College, Eisner Administration Building – Room 115, 400 The Fenway
Presenter: Lynn Hughes, Artist and Emeritus Professor in Studio Arts, Concordia University, Canada
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5
SATURDAY KEYNOTE: ARTISTS UNDER ATTACK, ARTISTS AS POLITICAL ACTORS
5:45 – 6:45 pm
Location: Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Tower Auditorium, 621 Huntington Avenue
Panel Organizer and Moderator: Julie Trébault, Director of the Artists at Risk Connection (ARC), a project of PEN America
Tania Bruguera, Cuban Artist and Activist
Liudmyla Nychai, Ukraine Artist, Curator and Community Activist
Omaid Sharifi, Afghan Street Artist
GALA
7:15 – 11:00 pm
Location: Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Pozen Center, 621 Huntington Avenue
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6
9:45 am – noon
Late Registration and Check-in
Location: Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Digital and Media Center Atrium, 621 Huntington Avenue
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6
MORNING SESSIONS
10:00 – 11:45 am
“The Road Less Traveled – Lesser-Known Opportunities for Artists,” Part 2, Residencies and Exhibition Opportunities
Location: Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Tower Auditorium, 621 Huntington Avenue
Panel Organizer, Moderator and Speaker: Jane Ingram Allen, Visual Artist, Independent Curator and Art Writer
Suzanne Ball, Representative, CODAworx
Geraldine Craig, Artist, Writer, Professor and co-Founder of Mother’s Milk Artist Residency, Kansas
Chad Davidson, Board Member, Newnan Art Rez, Newnan, Georgia
Chantal Harris, Director, Monson Arts, Maine
Susan Katz, Program Director, CEC ArtsLink
Augmented/Virtual Reality as a Tool for the Arts
Location: Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Digital and Media Center Lecture Hall, 621 Huntington Avenue
Moderator: Dana Moser, Artist, Professor, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Anna Calise, PhD Candidate, IULM University of Milan, Italy
Luc Courchesne, Artist, Designer, Associate Professor, École de Design Industriel, Université de Montréal; Lecturer, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Alain Thibault, Curator, Composer and Founder of ELEKTRA, the BIAN, International Digital Arts Biennial, Montreal and EVM, Elektra Virtual Museum, Canada
Nomeda and Gediminas Urbonas, Artists, Professor, MIT’s Art, Culture and Technology Program, Lithuania/Massachusetts
Talk and Screening: Look-Listen-Local with Afghans, Haitians and US New immigrants
Location: Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Kennedy 406 Lecture Hall, 625 Huntington Avenue
Presenter: Michael Sheridan, Community Supported Film, Massachusetts
Art from the Writer’s Point of View
Location: Emmanuel College, Library Lecture Hall, 400 The Fenway
Moderator: Claudia Fiks, Development Director, Society of Arts and Crafts; Founder of Arts Administration Association New England (AAANE)
Rita Fucillo, Associate Publisher, Art New England
Bill Marx, Editor-in-Chief, The Arts Fuse, Boston
Susanne Mueller-Baji, Artist and Art Critic, Stuttgart, Germany
Roundtable Discussion: Dealing with Extreme Psychological Conditions, A Shock to the System
Location: Emmanuel College, Eisner Administration Building, E155, 400 The Fenway
Moderator: Jennifer Jean Okumura, Artist
Workshop: How Digital Technologies are Transforming the Art World and Our Lives
Location: Emmanuel College, Wilkens Science Center – WSC 102, 400 The Fenway
Presenter: Purnima Mitra, Artist, Bangladesh
Lunch on Your Own
11:45 am – 1:00 pm
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS AND WORKSHOPS
noon – 2:00 pm
Workshop: Chickpeas, Chili, Chocolate: A Menu for Cultural Diplomacy
Location: MIT’s Art, Culture and Technology Program, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA
Presenters: Azra Akšamija, Associate Professor and Director, MIT Program in Art, Culture, Technology; and Gudrun Wallenböck, Founder and Artistic Director of hinterland galerie, Hinterland Design, and Co-Founder, Sitios, Vienna, Austria
Participation limited to 24. Sold out.
Note: Lunch is Included.
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS AND WORKSHOPS
1:00 – 2:00 pm
Workshop: Facing the Generational Cliff – The Importance of Becoming Relevant with Younger Generations
Location: Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Tower Auditorium, 621 Huntington Avenue
Presenter: A.J. Steinberg, CFRE Founder of Queen Bee Fundraising, California
Trans + Cultural + Exchange: Connecting the World through the Power of Art
Location: Emmanuel College, Auditorium, 400 The Fenway
Moderator and Presenter: Mary Sherman, Executive Director, TransCultural Exchange
Ute Meta Bauer, International Curator; Professor, School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University; and Founding Director of the NTU CCA Singapore
Jan Hanvik, Director, Crossing Bridges, New York City and New York State’s Hudson Valley, and Puentes y Redes A.C. (Bridges & Networks) in Mexico
Iris Hung, Director, Taiwan Art Space Alliance (TASA)
Susan Katz, Program Director, CEC ArtsLink
Bojana Panevska, Senior Advisor, TransArtists, The Netherlands
Caitlin Strokosch, President & CEO, National Performance Network, Louisiana
Tiffany Shea York, Assistant Director, Artist Residencies and Special Projects, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Workshop: DIY Choreographic Solutions for the COVID Era
Location: Emmanuel College, Wilkins Science Center – WSC 102, The Fenway
Presenter: Kaitlyn Bass, Associate Director, SQx Dance Company, Canada (Kaitlyn Bass’ presentation is sponsored by the Canada Council for the Arts)
Workshop: Monument Public Address System AR
Location: Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Digital and Media Center Atrium, 621 Huntington Avenue. This is a rain date for this event.
Presenter: Meredith Drum, Artist and Professor, Virginia Tech
Note: This is the Rain Date Presentation for the Saturday Workshop
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6
AFTERNOON SESSIONS
2:15 – 4:00 pm
Residencies: Providing Artists Direct Access to Understanding Climate Change
Location: Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Tower Auditorium, 621 Huntington Avenue
Moderator: Jane D. Marsching, Arts, Professor and Sustainability Fellow, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Ute Meta Bauer, International Curator; Professor, School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University; and Founding Director of the NTU CCA Singapore (Ute Meta Bauer’s presentation is funded in part by the Goethe Institut, Boston and MIT’s Art, Culture and Technology program)
Janeil Engelstad, Founding Director, Make Art with Purpose; Embedded Artist, Institute of Innovation and Global Engagement, University of Washington
Gordon Knox, Founder, WEAVE: Ecology-based International Learning Spaces
Giovanni Morassutti, Founder and Artistic Director of Art Aia – Creatives / In / Residence, Italy (Giovanni Morassutti presentation is supported in part, by TransCultural Exchange’s Betsy Carpenter and Rudi Punzo Memorial Fund)
Dissident Artists in Exile Share Their Stories
Panel Organized by the Artists at Risk Connection, PEN America
Location: Emmanuel College, Library Lecture Hall, 400 The Fenway
Panel Organizer and Moderator: Julie Trébault, Director of the Artists at Risk Connection (ARC), a project of PEN America
Mai Khoi, Vietnamese Singer and Activist
Ahmed Naje, Egyptian Novelist
NFTs, The New Cultural Currency
Location: Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Digital and Media Center Lecture Hall, 621 Huntington Avenue
Moderator: Catheline van den Branden, artist and former president and executive director of the French Library/French Cultural Center
Bolor Amgalan, Designer; Professor, Northeastern University; Founder, FABERIUM
Sébastien Beaucamps, co-founder & CEO of laCollection and co-founder, NFT Factory
Jingjing Lin, Artist, New York
Liudmyla Nychai, Member, Crypto Art Community of Ukrainian Artists; and Curator, Nazariy Voitovych Art Residence, Ukraine
Paul-Yves Poumay, Artist, Former Financial Analyst, Belgium
Roundtable: From Different Abilities to New Art Forms
Location: Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Kennedy 406, 400 The Fenway
Moderator: Audrey-Anne Bouchard, Interdisciplinary Stage Artist, Canada
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6
CLOSING KEYNOTE: SIMONE LEIGH REPRESENTING AMERICA AT THE VENICE BIENNALE
4:15 – 5:30 pm
Location: Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Tower Auditorium, 621 Huntington Avenue
Moderator: Murray Whyte, Boston Globe Art Critic and Columnist
Jill Medvedow, Ellen Matilda Poss Director, ICA Boston
Eva Respini, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Barbara Lee Chief Curator, ICA Boston