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International Opportunities in the Arts: Avenues for Daring
March 7-9, 2025
presented by TransCultural Exchange
Conference Primary Venues (Friday – Sunday)
The Foundry, 101 Rogers Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Other Venues
In Cambridge
MIT’s Art, Culture and Technology Program, 20 Ames Street
Portfolio Reviews take place March 7-9 in the Foundry’s Jewelry Studio.
For more information on these, please see Portfolio Reviews.
Note: Online Registration for items with limited participation ends February 21, 2024. After that, registrations are only available onsite.
FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
March 7 – 9, 2025; 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Registration and Check-in
Location: The Foundry’s Community Hall
DAY 1, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2025
PANEL SESSIONS:
FRIDAY, MORNING SESSION, 10:00 AM – 11: 45 AM
DOING IT FOR YOURSELF, CREATING A BIENNALE, FESTIVAL, RESIDENCY, NEWSPAPER AND MORE. YOU CAN DO IT.
LOCATION: Steam
Moderator: TBA
I-Chen Kuo, Founder STUPIN Artist Studio Residency Platform
Susanne Mueller-Baji, Artist, Art Critic, Curator, and Creator, FeuerbachGO
Shabani Ramadhani, Musician, Bass Player, Songwriter, Festival Organizer and Founder, Marahaba Music Expo
Malvina Sammarone, Visual Artist, and Independent Researcher
PRESERVING HISTORY, ENSURING THE TRUTH
LOCATION: Red Room
Moderator and Presenter: Rosie Gordon-Wallace, Founder, Senior Curator, Diaspora Vibe Gallery and Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator
Yemi Alalade, Invention Educator, Artist, Consultant at Lemelson-MIT, and Founder, ANIKE
Pauline Burmann, Board Member, Thami Mnyele Foundation
Dr. Alix Pierre, Scholar in Residence; Professor, African Diaspora Studies; Director, Cultural Orientation, Spelman College
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS | WORKSHOPS
FRIDAY, MORNING SESSION, 10:15 AM – 11: 15 AM
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: DARE TO CARE
LOCATION: The Point
Moderator: Courtney Bethel, Admissions Director, MacDowell
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: BRIDGING REALITIES: UNVEILING CULTURAL MEMORIES
LOCATION: Fiber Arts
Moderator: Farrukh Addnan, Visual Artist
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: APPROACHING CHANGE
LOCATION: Dance Studio
Moderator: Tina Lorenz, Head, ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe’s Artistic Research department, the Hertzlab
WORKSHOP: PAPER BOATS PROJECT, A TRAVELING FLOTILLA
LOCATION: Design Lab
Participation Limited to 20. Available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Sign up here.
Mary Sherwood Brock, Painter and Printmaker
FRIDAY, EARLY AFTERNOON SESSION, 1:15 PM – 3:00 PM
PANEL SESSIONS:
PECHA KUCHA SESSION
LOCATION: Steam
Rapid fire, three-minute pitches by residency programs. See left-hand navigation for more details.
DON’T GO BACK TO NORMAL
LOCATION: Red Room
Moderator: Caitlin Strokosch, President & CEO of the National Performance Network/Visual Artists Network
Jay Critchely, Founder and Director, Provincetown Community Compact
Kristopher McDowell, Founder, KMP Artists; Founding Partner, Rhizome Consulting
Other speakers TBA
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS | WORKSHOPS
FRIDAY, EARLY AFTERNOON SESSION, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
FROM UNCONSCIOUS TO CONSCIOUS: THE SPELL WORK OF CREATING ART
LOCATION: The Point
Moderator: Lux Heljardóttir, Runemaster and Vǫlva (Old Norse term for “seeress”)
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: FRATERNAL VISUALS
Antoine Abi Aad, Associate Professor at Zayed University, Dubai, Educator and Researcher
LOCATION: Dance Studio
WORKSHOP: BRIDGE THE GAP: WHEN CONTEMPORARY ART COLLIDES WITH CHINESE TRADITIONAL CULTURE
LOCATION: Fiber Arts
Haizhu (Pearl) Yang, Director of NY20+ Art Promotion Institution
WORKSHOP: FACING THE GENERATIONAL CLIFF – BECOMING RELEVANT WITH YOUNGER GENERATIONS
LOCATION: Design Lab
A.J. Steinberg, CFRE of Queen Bee Fundraising
WORKSHOP: INTERNAL CLIMATE WORKSHOP
LOCATION: Food Lab
Participation Limited to 8. Available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Sign up here.
(note this workshop will be repeated on Saturday at 10:00 -11:00. Sign up here.)
Kuei-Pi Li, Multidisciplinary Artist and Researcher
FRIDAY, MID-AFTERNOON SESSION, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: DISPLACEMENT AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COLLABORATION
LOCATION: Design Lab
Moderator: Toña Vegas, Artist and artist-in-residence, Bakehouse Art Complex
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: SOLUTIONS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CUL-DE-SACS FROM THE INDIGENOUS P’URHEPECHA PEOPLE OF WESTERN MEXICO
LOCATION: Fiber Arts
The rold
WORKSHOP: BEST PRACTICES FOR COLLABORATING INTERNATIONALLY
LOCATION: Design Lab
Jelle Burggraff, Head of DutchCulture’s Mobility & Advice team (which includes TransArtists, the Mobility Info Point, and Creative Europe Desk NL) and a Panel Member of the European Commission for the Expert Panel for the European Capitals of Culture 2020-2033
WORKSHOP: WHY IS IT STILL SO DIFFICULT TO PRESENT CERTAIN ISSUES IN THE ART WORLD?
LOCATION: Dance Studio
Marie Deparis-Yafil, International Curator and Critic
FRIDAY, LATE AFTERNOON SESSION, 3:15 PM– 5:00 PM
PANEL SESSIONS:
ARTISTS REIMAGINING HEALTH AND HEALTH SYSTEMS
LOCATION: Steam
Moderator: Nisha Sajnani, Co-founder and Co-director, Jameel Arts & Health Lab; Associate Professor New York University (NYU); Founder, Arts & Health @ NYU
Yazmany Arboleda, Artist and Founder, People’s Creative Institute
Dr. Raquel Chapin-Stephenson, Professor, Lesley University
Dr. Tasha Golden, Director of Research at the International Arts + Mind Lab, Johns Hopkins University; Singer-Songwriter and Poet; Founder, Project Uncaged
Stephen Stapleton, Social Entrepreneur; Co-founder, Jameel Arts & Health Lab; Founder, Edge of Arabia and Crossway Foundation
ENTANGLED LIFE: CULTURE TOWARDS CLIMATE SOLUTIONS
LOCATION: Red Room
Moderator: Martina Tanga, Curator
Eben Bayer, Founder, EcoVative
Eli Brown, Artist
Grace Grothaus, Computational Media Artist
Yuko Oda, Artist
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS | WORKSHOPS
FRIDAY, LATE AFTERNOON SESSION, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: CREATING OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS MEXICAN | US BORDERS
LOCATION: The Point
Moderator: Cristina Vázquez, Founder and Director of Contenidos Artisticos Inc.
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: WHAT ARTISTS ARE DOING IN THE ARCTIC
LOCATION: Fiber Arts
Moderator: Ada Pilar Cruz, Museum Educator at MoMA with MFA in sculpture and printmaking
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: CHANGING PLACES | CREATING EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITIES
LOCATION: Design Studio
Moderator: Meliha Teparic, Artist, Professor and Curator, International University of Sarajevo’s Gallery
WORKSHOP: HOW DOES FISCAL SPONSORSHIP WORK AND HOW CAN YOU USE IT TO BUILD OPPORTUNITIES?
LOCATION: Dance Studio
Alicia Ehni, Artist and Program Officer, New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
WORKSHOP: TRACING PALETTES ON THE DINING TABLE
LOCATION: Food Lab
Participation Limited to 8. Available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Sign up here.
(Note this workshop is repeated on Saturday from 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM. Sign up here.)
Sharo Liang, Artist and Researcher
DAY 2, SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 2025
SATURDAY, MORNING SESSION, 10:00 AM – 11: 45 AM
PANEL SESSIONS:
STRATEGIES FOR GLOBAL EXCHANGE IN TIMES OF POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL STRIFE
LOCATION: Steam
Moderator: Susan Katz, International Cultural Exchange Specialist
Anna Chistoserdova, Co-founder of Podzemka and Ў gallery of contemporary art (Minsk, Belarus) and Ambasada Kultury (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Kendal Henry, Artist, Curator, Assistant Commissioner of Public Art, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
Eva Khachatryan, Curator and Vice-President of AICA Armenia (International Association of Art Critics, Armenia)
Tatiana Kochubinska, Curator, Writer, Researcher, Lecturer
REGIONAL NETWORKS OF RESIDENCIES
Moderator: TBA
Pablo Caligaris, Director, La Ira de Dios, Buenos Aires
Evelyn Grzinich, Chairwoman of LOORE, Estonia
Kaseem Istanbouli, Founder, Istanbouli Theater; Founder, ACAN, Lebanon
CLIMATE CHANGE | CLIMATE ACTION
LOCATION: TBA, MIT
Moderator: Gediminas Urbonas, Artist; Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Art, Culture and Technology (ACT) Program; Co-founder, Urbonas Studio
Laura Garbštienė, Founder of Verpėjos
Yipei Lee, Independent Researcher, Founder, and Curator, SUAVEART
William Maier, Vice President of Social Impact and Transatlantic Relations at Cultural Vistas
Liudmyla Nychai, Artist, Curator, and Project Coordinator, NGO Congress of Cultural Activists
Helmi Vent, Director of the Lab Inter Arts and Professor, Mozarteum University Salzburg
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS | WORKSHOPS
SATURDAY, EARLY MORNING SESSION 10:00 AM – 11: 00 AM
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: SELF-CARE AND AVOIDING BURN-OUT (WORKING TITLE)
LOCATION: The Point
Moderator: Bojana Panevska, TransArtists
WORKSHOP: “HI HAIR” TACTILE ART WORKSHOP
LOCATION: Fiber Arts
Leilei Xia, Multimedia Artist
WORKSHOP: DARE TO GET INKY
LOCATION: Design Lab
Participation Limited to 20, 90 minutes. Available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Sign up here.
Amanda Barrow, Visual Artist and Fulbright Specialist
This workshop is, in part, sponsored by Speedball Art Products.
WORKSHOP: ARCHAEOLOGY 101
LOCATION: Dance Studio
Joshua Goode, Artist
WORKSHOP: INTERNAL CLIMATE WORKSHOP
LOCATION: Food Lab
Participation Limited to 8. Available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Sign up here.
(Note this workshop is a repeat of the same on Friday.)
Kuei-Pi Li, Multidisciplinary Artist and Researcher
WORKSHOP: BOSTON’S BIRDS: A TRANSNATURAL EXCHANGE SOUNDWALK
LOCATION: TBA
Vytautas Bucionis, Composer and Ornithologist; Florian Grond, Immersive Sound Recordist
SATURDAY, LATE MORNING SESSION 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
WORKSHOP: BEYOND TRADITIONAL EXPECTATIONS – CRAFTING EVENTS THAT REFLECT OUR SPACES AND MISSIONS
LOCATION: The Point
A.J. Steinberg, CFRE of Queen Bee Fundraising
ROUNDTABLE: TBA
LOCATION: Fiber Arts
More information forthcoming.
WORKSHOP: BEYOND THE VISUAL
LOCATION: Dance Studio
Moderator: Audrey-Anne Bouchard, Lighting Designer and Founder, Au-delà du visuel
WORKSHOP: ATTENDING A RESIDENCY IN A TIME OF TRANSFORMATION: WE ARE HERE FOR YOU.
LOCATION: Fiber Arts
Elham Khattab, Founder of Out Of The Circle, Egypt
ROUNDTABLE: BANANA BREAD DIPLOMACY
LOCATION: Design Studio
Moderator: Kathleen Bitetti, Artist, Curator/Arts Administrator, Public Policy /Advocacy Expert
SATURDAY, EARLY AFTERNOON SESSION, 1:15 PM – 3:00 PM
PANEL SESSIONS:
SHAPING DEMOCRACY & PUBLIC ART
LOCATION: Steam
Moderator: Sarah Tanguy, Independent Curator and Arts Writer, former Curator, Art in Embassies, U.S. Department of State
Jon Isherwood, Artist, former professor at Bennington College
Amy Merrill, founding member Her Story Is Collective
Susan Sgorbati, Director, Center for the Advancement of Public Action, Bennington College
PROGRAMS FOR EXPLORING SOUND
LOCATION: Red Room
Moderator: Neil Leonard, Composer, Saxophonist, Transdisciplinary Artist; Professor, Berklee College of Music; Founding Artistic Director, Berklee Interdisciplinary Arts Institute
Sara Bouzgarrou, Member, Mouhit Space
Emiko Kato, Director, KAB Library and Residency
Hasan Hujairi, Music Director, Sharjah Art Foundation
Lea Jakob, Leuphana Concert Lab
Laura Perrone, Co-founder, studioconcreto
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS | WORKSHOPS
SATURDAY, EARLY AFTERNOON SESSION 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: 2ND GENERATION PERSPECTIVES ON ARTISTHOOD
LOCATION: The Point
Moderator: Kai Latvalehto, Director of 2nd Generation Cultural Embassy, Finland
WORKSHOP: WEAVING FIBERS AND SOCIAL PROCESSES
LOCATION: Fiber Arts
Nora Dominga Carrasco Apaza, Visual Artist – Sculptor
WORKSHOP: EXPLORING THE NEUROPHYSIOLOGY BEHIND CREATIVITY
LOCATION: Design Lab
Melissa Park, Associate Professor in the School of Physical & Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University
WORKSHOP: LET ARTISTS LEAD, A CONVERSATION OF RADICAL IMAGINATION
LOCATION: Dance Studio
Amanda Shea, two-time Boston Music Award-winning Spoken Word Artist, Performer, Educator, Artivist, Publicist, Host, and Curator
WORKSHOP: TRACING PALETTES ON THE DINING TABLE
LOCATION: Food Lab
Participation Limited to 8. Available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Sign up here.
(Note this workshop is a repeat of Friday workshop’s from 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.)
Sharo Liang, Artist and Researcher
SATURDAY, MID-AFTERNOON SESSION, 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: ARTISTS ARE THE NEW INSTITUTIONS
LOCATION: The Point
Moderator: Franklin Einspruch, Multimedia Visual Artist, Dissident Museum
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: EXPLORING GLOBAL ARTISTIC CONNECTIONS
LOCATION: Fiber Arts
Moderator: Janet Goldner, Interdisciplinary Artist
ROUNDTABLE: FOOD, ART. SCIENCE: INTERSECTIONS
LOCATION: Food Lab
Moderator: Braden Kuo, Director for the Center for Neurointestinal Health at the GI Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Sign up here.
WORKSHOP: 3D PRINTING & CASTING WORKSHOP
LOCATION: Design Studio
Crispin B. Weinberg, President, Biomedical Modeling Inc. (BMI)
SATURDAY, LATE AFTERNOON SESSION, 3:15 PM– 5:00 PM
PANEL SESSIONS:
ARTISTIC RESILIENCE (WORKING TITLE)
Organized by PEN America’s Artists at Risk Connection
LOCATION: Steam
More information forthcoming.
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS | WORKSHOPS
SATURDAY, LATE AFTERNOON SESSION, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: THE ROLE OF ART/BODY ORNAMENTATION IN HEALING
LOCATION: The Point
Moderator: Larisa Waya, Artist; Chaplain, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Field Education Supervisor, Harvard Divinity School; Founder, Founder Clergy Couture
WORKSHOP: CATCHING AN EDITOR’S EYE: THE ART OF ATTRACTING WRITTEN COVERAGE OF YOUR WORK AND EXHIBITIONS
LOCATION: Fiber Arts
Moderator: Rita Fucillo, Publisher, Art New England
WORKSHOP: WANT TO GO ON A RESIDENCY. SIGN UP HERE. STUPIN ARTIST STUDIO RESIDENCY PLATFORM
LOCATION: Design Studio
I-Chen Kuo, Artist and Founder, Stupin Residency Platform
WORKSHOP: TRANSARTISTS: HOW TO FIND THE RIGHT RESIDENCY FOR YOU
LOCATION: Dance Studio
Bojana Panevska, Senior Advisor, TransArtists, The Netherlands
DAY 3, SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2025
SUNDAY, MORNING SESSION, 10:00 AM – 11: 45 AM
PANEL SESSIONS:
CRITICAL RESPONSES TO CRITICAL TIMES
LOCATION: Steam
Moderator: TBA
Tony Evanko, artist, architect, founder, and director of the Casa Tres Patios Foundation
Yulia Fisch, interdependent curator, cultural worker and co-founder of the collective “Beyond the post-soviet”
Dr. Koustav Nag, Assistant Professor, K R Mangalam University
Michael Sheridan, Filmmaker and Educator, Founding Director, Community Supported Film and SheridanWorks
Qudrat Wasefi, Composer and Trumpeter, Founder of Afghanistan Freeharmonic Orchestra
NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR ARTISTS
Location: Red Room
Moderator: Eric Gunther, Artist/Designer; Co-founder and Director, SOSO
Luc Courchesne, Artist; Founding member, Society for Art and Technology (SAT); and Member, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
Jingjing Lin, Multimedia Conceptual Artist
Arthur Makaryan, Artistic Director of Arte Makar Productions; La Sorbonne Panthéon Paris 1 ACTE Institute Affiliate
Nomeda Urbanos, Artist; Co-founder, Urbonas Studio; Researcher, Art, Culture, and Technology (ACT) program, MIT
LGBTQ+, BIPOC & FEMINIST INTERVENTIONS INSIDE/OUTSIDE OF INSTITUTIONS
LOCATION: Dance Studio
Moderator: Dr. Jocelyn E. Marshall, Curator; Faculty, Dept. of Visual & Media Arts and Writing, Literature & Publishing, Emerson College
Erin Genia, Member, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, Multidisciplinary Artist, Educator and Community Organizer
Kathrine Guinness, Lecturer, University of Queensland; Theorist, Historian and Author
Conor Moynihan, Acting Department Head and Associate Curator, Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, RISD Museum
Homa Sarabi, Artist, Educator, Programmer
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS | WORKSHOPS
EARLY MORNING SESSION, 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: EXTENDING EXCHANGE
Moderator: Farrah Karapetian, Artist and Public Thinker
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: HELPING THOSE WITH SENSORY CHALLENGES
LOCATION: Fiber Arts
Moderator: Andrée-Anne Blacutt, Artist and researcher (processes of sensory perception), University of Laval
WORKSHOP: FORECAST CONDENSED: THE WORLD AND THE WALNUT
NOTE: This workshop runs from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
LOCATION: Yellow Multi Room
Participation is Limited to SIX participants. Available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Sign up here.
Freo Majer, Artistic Director of Forecast
SUNDAY, LATE MORNING SESSION, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
ROUNDTABLE: CREATING ART ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF CONSUMERISM FROM A CUBAN PERSPECTIVE
Location: The Point
Moderator: Janette Brossard Duharte, Cuban Artist and President of UNEAC
WORKSHOP: BREAKING DOWN DIGITAL FABRICATION’S PROCESSES
LOCATION: Fiber Arts
Purnima Mitra, Technical Art Director in Techvity Lab
WORKSHOP: TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL RESIDENCY APPLICATIONS
LOCATION: Design Lab
Lori-Ann Touchette, Co-founder of C.R.E.T.A.
SUNDAY, AFTERNOON SESSION, 1:15 PM – 3: 00 PM
PANEL SESSIONS:
SOLIDARITY IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD (WORKING TITLE)
LOCATION: Steam
Moderator: Mary Sherman, Director, TransCultural Exchange
Panel Organizer: Bojana Panevska, Program Manager, TransArtists
Chiara Arceci, Swatch Art Peace Hotel
Liudmyla Nychai, Artist, Curator, and Project Coordinator, NGO Congress of Cultural Activists
Heather O’Donnell, Founding Director of TGR The Green Room
Johan Pousette, Director, IASPIS
CASES FOR CULTURE
LOCATION: Red Room
Moderator: Doris Sommer, Ira and Jewell Williams Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and of African and African American Studies, Harvard University; Founder, Cultural Agents
Chiara Caiazzo, PhD candidate, Contemporary Philosophy, Pompeu Fabra University; Fellow, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University
Ian Koebner, Strategic Advisor, Health and Wellness at Carnegie Hall
Giuliano Picchi, Cultural Entrepreneur in Residence, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Founder, UNITA – United Talents for the Future
Nisha Sajnani, Co-founder and Co-director, Jameel Arts & Health Lab; Associate Professor
SUNDAY, AFTERNOON SESSION 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: ART AND HEALING, VISIBLE MENDING
LOCATION: The Point
Moderator: Faustin Adeniran, Artist and Participant, Visible Mending Exhibition
WORKSHOP: GRANT WRITING RE-WORKSHOP
LOCATION: Fiber Arts
Moderator: Andrea Kleine, Program Officer, New York Foundation for the Arts
WORKSHOP: TBA
LOCATION: Dance Studio
More information forthcoming.