CCA Events
Crafting a Vision for Art, Equity, and Civic Engagement
Community arts symposium
November 2–4, 2006
San Francisco and Oakland campuses
"Crafting a Vision for Art, Equity, and Civic Engagement: Convening the Community Arts Field in Higher Education" will bring together artists, students, scholars, and community activists to experience and exchange best practices in the field of community arts.
The symposium is organized by the CCA Center for Art and Public Life, the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design, and Massachusetts College of Art.
Keynote speakers and guest artists for the symposium include:
- Claudine Brown, program officer for the Nathan Cummings Foundation
- Dr. Amalia Mesa-Baines, artist and MacArthur Fellow
- Dr. Marta Moreno Vega, founder Caribbean Cultural Center N.Y. and El Museo del Barrio.
Featured events will include installations, performances, visual and literary presentations. Participants will be asked to address such questions as:
- What are best practices for incorporating art and civic engagement?
- Does the democratization of art practices address diversity? How is higher education addressing the issues of changing demographics?
- What are methods for achieving diversity in art colleges through community participation?
- How does one develop reciprocal approaches to curricular and community building through the arts?
Registration online and by mail is now open. The cost of the symposium is $50–$200.
Event schedules and artists' statements are also available.
For more information contact:
Deidre Visser
Conference Coordinator
dbvisser@yahoo.com
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