E T U T I Welcome to Berea T RK INS RK O Y F Y A small town with a big story! H Each year the Brushy Fork Annual Institute brings PHOTO: BRUS PHOTO: together a group of dedicated regional leaders from across Appalachia to share ideas and resources to Agenda address community needs and challenges. We invite you to join us this September here on the campus of Berea College. While here, you'll participate in regional networking, hands-on training, and spend some time Tuesday, September 22 getting to know our campus and community. 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Registration 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Early Bird Sessions Berea is home to a thriving population of weavers, 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Dinner on the Lawn instrument makers, furniture artisans, jewelry designers, glass workers, potters, painters, sculptors, Wednesday, September 23 and musicians. 7:30 a.m. Breakfast The story of Berea's artisan community is interwoven 8:00 a.m. Registration Opens with historic Berea College, the first interracial 9:00 a.m. Opening Plenary and Address and coeducational college in the South. Berea has a 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Concurrent Track Sessions long-standing tradition of diversity, social justice, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Picnic Lunch environmental responsibility, and community service. 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Concurrent Track Sessions Both college and town are committed to the practice 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Dinner at Historic Boone Tavern of sustainability and conservation. 7:00 p.m. Fun Night Festivities Come early and join locals at the Berea Farmer's Market, held every Tuesday from 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. on the lawn Thursday, September 24 of the new Berea College Farm Store. As patrons and 7:30 a.m. Breakfast farmers will tell you, the food here is hundreds of miles 8:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Concurrent Track Sessions fresher! At the market you will find natural, locally 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Keynote Presentation grown produce and handmade products. 12:30 p.m. Lunch 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Concurrent Track Sessions Between sessions or once your day is done, take a stroll 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Dinner along College Square or in Old Town Berea, a historic district home to numerous artist studios and galleries. This is a great way to view artists at work and get an Friday, September 25 2 insider's view of how the creative process becomes 7:30 a.m. Breakfast visible. Look for the "Studio Artists at Berea: Artists at 8:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Concurrent Track Sessions Work" signs as you wander through town. 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch and Closing Session 1:30 p.m. Annual Institute Adjourns Whatever your age and interests, Berea offers an authentic mix of culture and history with enough character and charisma for everyone. 2015 AI › BEREA, KY › SEPTEMBER 22-25, 2015 AI › BEREA, KY 2015 When September 8 Registration Deadline September 11 Cancellation Deadline (without penalty) September 18 Cancellation Deadline ($50 fee) September 18 Substitution and Refund Request Deadline Scholarship Opportunities We occasionally secure limited funding for participant scholarships URISM TO to the Annual Institute through collaboration with partner agencies. For updates on scholarship opportunities visit www.berea.edu/ F BEREA BEREA F O Y Y brushy-fork-annual-institute/scholarships/ T PHOTO: CI PHOTO: Registration is easy! Look over the workshop offerings within Where this brochure, or visit us online at 1. www.brushyfork.org. Explore the course descriptions in this On the campus brochure and find full course descriptions of Berea College 2. and presenter profiles online. 101 Chestnut Street Decide on your first and second choice Berea, KY 40403 workshop tracks. Each participant follows Phone: 3. one track throughout the Annual Institute 859-985-3858 and tracks are filled on a first-come basis. www.berea.edu Visit www.2015AI.eventbrite.com to register online, or fax us a hard-copy Lodging Options 4. registration form, which can be found at the back of this brochure. www.berea.com/ lodging/ It's that easy! 3 Dining Options www.berea.com/ dining/ Questions or concerns? We're here to help. Call us at (859) 985-3858 or e-mail us at Shopping Options [email protected]. www.berea.com/ shopping/ 2015 AI › BEREA, KY › SEPTEMBER 22-25, 2015 AI › BEREA, KY 2015 1 STORY BRIDGE: STORY, PERFORMANCE, RELATIONSHIP, CONVERSATION, ACTION Dr. Richard Geer & Dr. Qinghong Wei • Track Capacity 40 Through more than 20 years of collaborating with towns, neighborhoods, youth groups, religious organizations, schools, universities, and others, we've found that what begins with the simple act of sharing stories can produce performances so powerful that they become synonymous with a group's very definition. Such performance often mark the end of one thing and the beginning of the next. This process has brought towns back to life, revived economies, re-purposed aging organizations, and uplifted, refreshed, and revitalized groups of every kind. The secret of the work is simple. It taps into two "lost" human technologies: the reality-forging power of story and the re-patterning power of performance. This track explores the process of building deep, strong relationship through the currency of story and the medium of community performance. The process is driven by the values of diversity, inclusion, reverence, tolerance, personal empowerment, empathy, and acceptance. Together, we will explore a new (and ancient!) geography for theater at the intersection of local story, ordinary life, and virtuosic artistry. Through this process, we will seek to bring shared values to the surface; commit to work within those values throughout the process; give everyone a voice—and a safe, nurturing place to tell their stories; honor those stories; perform those stories with reverence and professionalism; create a new web of relationships upon which to build community; and empower every participant. 2 DIGITAL STORYTELLING FOR IMPACT Mimi Pickering • Track Capacity 12 This track will focus on developing communications strategies and digital storytelling skills in order to share experiences more broadly, expand awareness of the work of community and regional organizations, and to help bring about change in public attitudes and policy. Storytelling is a powerful tool for personal development. Storytelling can also inspire action and change and influence thought leaders and decision makers. In the digital era, the shape and delivery of stories has shifted dramatically. While there have never been more ways to reach audiences, it has also never been more difficult to really reach them. This track is designed to bring greater and more effective communications capacity to the work of organizational 4 leaders, staff, community volunteers, and individuals by increasing knowledge and competency with strategic communications planning, low-cost digital technologies, and social media opportunities. This session is for anyone interested in better communicating about their community of the work they/their organization does. It is especially recommended for organization staff with external communications responsibilities and/or the desire to increase communications capacity. 2015 AI › BEREA, KY › SEPTEMBER 22-25, 2015 AI › BEREA, KY 2015 3 AIR:SHIFT WORKSHOP • Beth Flowers & Tim Glotzbach • Track Capacity 36 Creativity is the engine behind every pursuit that has changed the world. What if people from all walks of the community came together to focus on what is possible? What if they used their imagination and creativity to pursue artistic passions, improve the way businesses work, create jobs, solve social problems, and make community connections? The AIR:Shift workshop is an approach by the Arts Incubator of the Rockies that merges the creative arts with business innovation to raise the value of creativity in addressing community issues. In this workshop, participants will work to articulate a vision in which communities are places that offer career paths for creatives and that incorporate creativity into developing businesses and solving community issues. We will accomplish this work through a business plan approach that will provide a process for visioning, planning, and implementing a project concept on time and on budget. This track is appropriate for anyone who is passionate about the emergence of vibrant and enterprising communities, whether you identify yourself as creative or you are seeking to develop your creativity. Participants will leave with a better understanding of their own creativity and with a process for moving creative thoughts and visions to successful implementation, whether through developing a business or undertaking a community-based project. 5 2015 AI › BEREA, KY › SEPTEMBER 22-25, 2015 AI › BEREA, KY 2015 4 LOCAL FOODS AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT Grow Appalachia Staff • Track Capacity 30 This track will examine the production, processing, and sales of local foods as drivers of both community and economic development. Although focusing on the central Appalachian region, particularly coalfield counties, much of the material covered will have application in a broad range of settings. Historical and cultural context will be covered as well as the promising growth of individual and organizational efforts to create food security and financial opportunity through the effective cultivation and management of the Appalachian local foods movement. This track would be of use to anyone who has a genuine interest in Appalachian food security and economic growth. This session will be facilitated by members of the staff of Grow Appalachia and invited guest speakers. 5 BECOMING A KENTUCKY TRAIL TOWN Elaine Wilson & Seth Wheat • Track Capacity 25 In every region of Kentucky, significant natural resources are intertwined with quaint, picturesque communities rich with opportunity for tourism development.