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Thank you to our conference partners and sponsors © Day Eight, 2020 Conference graphic design by BarisGraphics Conference program book cover by Carly Thaw THE CONFERENCE SCHEDULE Monday Sept 21 • 1:00-2:00 (Register) Opening panel discussion on the conference topic with Kayla Randall (City Paper), Robert Bettmann (Fellowship program director), Sharmilla Ganesan (BFM 89.9, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Lenny Campello (DC Art News) • 2:15-3:45 (Register) Arts journalism workshop with Hrag Vartanian (Hyperallergic Editor in Chief) • 4:00-5:00 (Register) Supporting Artistic Diversity on Campus, a discussion with student editors moderated by Lydia Calitri (NPR) with student editors from Howard, American University, and the University of Maryland: Donovan Thomas, Kelly McDonnell, and Jason Fontelieu Tuesday Sept 22 • 1:00-2:15 (Register) Reviewing Craft panel moderated by Jennifer Mitchell (Renwick Quarterly) with panelists Marilyn Zapf (Center for Craft), Elaine Olafson Henry, and Caroline Kipp (Textile Museum) • 2:30-3:30 (Register) Reviewing Religious Art panel discussion moderated by Michael Kerry Williams with panelists Sammie Logan (Cape Henry Collegiate) and Ashley Zahorian (CMAX.TV) • 3:45-5:15 (Register) Arts Journalism workshop with Anying Guo (Washington Post Arts) Wednesday Sept 23 • 1:00-2:15 (Register) Seeing Ourselves: The State of Black Independent Publications panel discussion moderated by Angela N Carroll, Melissa Hunter Davis (Sugarcane), Mike Nicholls (UMBER), and Savannah Wood (con’t. next page) -1- • 2:30-3:30 (Register) Seeing International Art panel discussion moderated by Robert Bettmann with panelists Boriana Benev Ode (Embassy of Chile), Simon Dove (CEC ArtsLink), and Kyoko Yoshida (U.S./Japan Cultural Trade Network.) • 3:45-5:15 (Register) Arts Journalism Workshop with Soraya McDonald (Undefeated, 2020 Pulitzer finalist) Thursday Sept 24 • 1:00-2:30 (Register) Arts Journalism Workshop with Carolina Miranda (LA Times culture critic) • 2:45-3:45 (Register) Reviewing Poetry and Literature panel discussion moderated by Sean Murphy (1455) with Steven Levya (University of Baltimore), Bethanne Patrick (Washington Post), and Holly Smith (Washington Independent Review of Books) • 4:00-5:00 (Register) Reviewing Lesbian and Queer Art Panel Discussion moderated by Eboné Bell (Tagg Magazine) with Asha Santee and Christina Cauterucci (Slate) Friday Sept 25 • 1:00-3:00 (Register) Keynote Session featuring presentation of an award for service to printmaker Lou Stovall and speeches by Maura Judkis (Washington Post), Michael Bolden (Stanford), Carolina Miranda (LA Times), Soraya McDonald (Undefeated), Paul Schmelzer (Walker), and Eboné Bell (Tagg Magazine) hosted by Mark Lieberman. Join the conference group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/810410346165569/ -2- About Crossing Borders: an Arts Journalism Conference The conference is produced within Day Eight’s arts journalism fellowship program by a subcommittee of Day Eight’s journalism committee, the conference subcommittee, co-chaired in 2020 by Mark Lieberman. Thank you to conference subcommittee members for their guidance and assistance: Eboné Bell, Phil Davis, Thea Joselow, Chris Kain, Sean Murphy, Patrick Cavanaugh, Julian Oquendo, Ilena Peng, Nancy Nesvet, Robert Bettmann, Jennifer Mitchell, Angela Carroll, and Mark Lieberman. This is the third annual conference, and your feedback is critical to our program design. During each session attendees are provided a feedback form and we appreciate your time filling out those forms. Thank you to conference data and evaluation coordinator Julian Oquendo, conference panels coordinator Ilena Peng, and conference coordinator Tyler French. About the Arts Journalism Fellowship The DC Arts Writing Fellowship was created to support early career arts writers. Day Eight recently received a multi-year funder commitment to expand the project, which works in partnership with local news outlets Tagg Magazine, DC Theatre Scene, and The DC Line. Applications are open now for winter 2020 Fellows. To learn more and apply visit dayeight.org/arts-writing-fellowship. The Fellowship program is directed by Robert Bettmann. About Day Eight Day Eight’s mission is to empower individuals and communities to participate in the arts through the production, publication, and promotion of creative projects. Our vision is to be part of the healing (con’t. next page) -3- of the world through the arts. Day Eight’s programming includes an online magazine, poetry events, live arts programming, book publishing, education programs for children and youth, and activities to support arts journalism. In addition to the arts journalism fellowship, sample Day Eight projects in 2020 include: The DC Poet Project is a poetry reading series and open-to-all poetry competition that supports DC area poets. The project functions through partnerships with the DC Public Library, Anacostia Coordinating Council, and Brink Media. In its fourth year, the spring 2020 DC Poet Project was produced through support from the Wells Fargo Community Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. December, 2020, Day Eight will publish Things to Unlearn, by Mecca Verdell, 2020 winner of the DC Poet Project, featuring cover at by Zoe Charlton. November, 2020, Day Eight will publish Just One Swallow, a new book of poetry by Laura McCarty, edited by Anne Becker. Just One Swallow was selected for publication by Sean Murphy (1455 Literary Arts) from a competition for past finalists of the DC Poet Project. Maryland Poet Laureate Grace Cavalieri described Just One Swallow, “A credit to the narrative tradition, and has no superior. Her debut book is astonishing reading.” E. Ethelbert Miller described the book, “A vessel for the silence one struggles to give voice to.” Join us Thursday January 7th for a book launch reading for Just One Swallow. All of Day Eight’s projects are made possible by the support of volunteers serving in Poetry, Journalism, and Art History program committees. To join a program committee, visit www.DayEight. org/participate. -4- Monday, September 21 Opening Panel Discussion: Crossing Borders 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Opening plenary considering the conference topic, “crossing borders,” moderated by Robert Bettmann with discussants Kayla Randall, Sharmilla Ganesan, and Lenny Campello. Speaker Bios: Robert Bettmann is the Director of the DC Arts Journalism Fellowship for Day Eight. He contributes criticism and features for local and national publications. Sharmilla Ganesan is a presenter/producer with BFM 89.9 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where she hosts Front Row, the radio station’s arts show. She also co-hosts By the Book, Popcorn Culture, and The Daily Digest (current affairs). She was a features journalist with The Star newspaper for over a decade, where she wrote extensively on the arts, books, and film. Her articles have been published in The Atlantic, South China Morning Post, NewNaratif, and ArtsEquator. She was an Asia Journalism Fellow with the National University of Singapore in 2017, and a Fulbright/Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow with the University of Maryland in 2015/2016. Kayla Randall is the arts editor at Washington City Paper, where she’s written about everything—including maternal health, the repatriation of Indigenous human remains, the art of ballet, the local coyote population, cheetah conservation programs, spacesuit preserving, and photos that capture childbirth. She’s a south Louisiana native obsessed with good stories, whether they’re articles, radio broadcasts, books,