conference sponsors october 22 - 25, 2013 :: san jose, california 2013 - 25, october 22 lava thomas paul hogan stephanie olmsted in-kind support Anno Domini Gallery San Jose Museum of Art Djerassi San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles MACLA ALLIANCE OF ARTISTS COMMUNITIES Montalvo Arts Center San Jose Stage Palo Alto Art Center San Jose Taiko San Jose Institute of Silicon Valley Creates 2013 annual conference Contemporary Art ZERO1 conference schedule at a glance THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22 9 - 9:45 am Keynote :: Fallen Fruit ...........................................................San Jose Stage 10:30 am - 5 pm Djerassi Site Visit + Artists’ Feast ..................................................... Djerassi 10 - 10:45 am micro-sessions 1+1 = Infinity ......................................................................................ZERO1 6 - 8 pm Opening Night Reception ...................................................................ZERO1 The Hatchery Project: Creating Partnerships to Support Performing Artists ....................................................Quilt Museum WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23 To C3 or not C3? That is the Question ................................... MACLA Gallery 9 - 10:15 am Welcome Address .................................................................. San Jose Stage To Fail and Fail Big: The Importance of Failure for Creative Success ..........................................................MACLA Black Box Keynote :: Teri Rofkar ............................................................ San Jose Stage 11 am - 12:30 pm breakout sessions 10:30 am - 5 pm Board Track (see insert for schedule and agenda) .................................ZERO1 The Art of Dancing: Life as an Artist and an Administrator ....Quilt Museum 10:30 am - 12 pm breakout sessions Balancing Act: Retreating + Engaging at Artist Residencies .............ZERO1 Cultivating Ecological Themes: What Can Residencies Do?....MACLA Gallery Beyond Time + Space: Connecting Artists to Resources ....MACLA Black Box International Exchange: To Understand Each Other 12:30 - 2 pm Lunch ......................................................................................... Café Stritch is to Respect Each Other ..........................................................Quilt Museum Creative Conversation: Arts in Silicon Valley .....................MACLA Black Box 2:15 - 5 pm Tours + Workshops + Adventures 12 - 1 pm Lunch .......................................................................................... Café Stritch FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25 1:30 - 3 pm breakout sessions A Seat at the Table: Artists + Food + Community ..............MACLA Black Box 9 - 9:45 am micro-sessions Social Practice in Residence: Dispatches Stranded on that Fruitful Island: Cultivating from New Smyrna Beach ...................................................................ZERO1 Community Beyond Diversity ...............................................MACLA Gallery In the Collection: Musicians in Residence at Residency Commissions: Inspiring New Work The National Music Centre ...............................................MACLA Black Box with Time, Space, and Money .................................................Quilt Museum Connecting Communities: The Sheboygan Project .............. MACLA Gallery 3:30 - 5 pm breakout sessions Creative Access: Integrating Artists with Disabilities .............Quilt Museum Trends in Philanthropy ......................................................MACLA Black Box When a Leader Leaves: Succession Planning ..........................Quilt Museum 10 - 11:30 am breakout sessions Creative Conversation: Art from the Outposts .......................Quilt Museum Fighting Entropy: Facilities Maintenance and Planning ........MACLA Gallery It Takes Two: Creative Partnerships for Residency Programs ............ZERO1 7 - 10 pm A Night at the Museum Party ...................................San Jose Museum of Art OPEN EXCHANGE (see program descriptions) ..................................MACLA Keynote :: Guillermo Gómez-Peña.........................................San Jose Stage registration + refreshments 12 - 1 pm Visit the MACLA Lounge throughout the conference for registration materials, coffee/tea, 1 - 2 pm Lunch ......................................................................................... Café Stritch tour information, and more! 8:30 am - 5 pm Wednesday, October 23 2:15 - 4:30 pm Tours + Workshops + Adventures 8:30 am - 1 pm Thursday, October 24 8:30 am - 1 pm Friday, October 25 5:30 - 7:30 pm Closing Reception .........................................................Anno Domini Gallery Dear Colleagues + Friends, Thank you for joining us for the Alliance of Artists Communities’ 23rd Annual Conference! We are excited to welcome you to San Jose, a growing nexus of dynamic arts organizations, rich cultural table of contents local planning group centers, and the world’s premier technology industry. This year’s conference includes 75 speakers from across the country – at least one-third of whom are 1 Schedule at a Glance City of San Jose practicing artists. Djerassi Resident Artists Program What the Alliance board and staff have come to love 4 Welcome from the Director MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y about Silicon Valley’s arts community over the last Cultura Latino Americana year are the same things that define the region as 5 Sessions + Events a hub of innovation – an entrepreneurial spirit that Montalvo Arts Center combines D.I.Y. with technology, an interdisciplinary approach that brings the arts and other fields together, an identity that eschews 15 Keynote Biographies Palo Alto Art Center provincialism in favor of globalism, and an openness that defies traditional hierarchies. San Jose Institute of 16 Speaker + Presenter List Contemporary Art Our planning committee members (listed at left) have all contributed enormously to this conference, and we are proud to showcase this vibrant community to arts-and-culture San Jose Jazz leaders from around the world. I offer special thanks to Rich Braugh,Anjee Helstrup-Alvarez, 18 Board + Staff San Jose Museum of Art Kelly Sicat, Nancy Glaze, Roy Hirabayashi, Judith Kleinberg, John McGuirk, and Cathy Kimball, who were early cheerleaders of our plans to bring the conference to San Jose. San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles For generous underwriting, thank you to 3Arts, the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, the John S. & James L. Knight Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Rasmuson San Jose Stage Foundation, and Silicon Valley Creates for their sponsorship; to our state arts council San Jose Taiko partners at Alabama Arts, Ohio Arts Council, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, and South Carolina Arts Commission, for providing scholarships to attendees; and to Alliance Silicon Valley Creates trustees Lava Thomas, Paul Hogan, Stephanie Olmsted, and Esther Grimm for their ZERO1 generous support. Please also join me in thanking the Alliance’s phenomenal staff – Lilli Weisz, this year’s COVER IMAGE conference coordinator; Flannery Patton, who curated all conference sessions; Alix Linda Gass, “Fields of Salt” Refshauge, who organized volunteers and sponsorship; and Stephanie Storch, who handled (2007) countless conference details. You are all an extraordinary team! And thanks as always to the Alliance’s Board of Trustees – led by Chair extraordinaire Wayne Lawson – who are equal parts wise, thoughtful, supportive, and funny. Most of all, thanks to you for joining us! We are proud to facilitate this vibrant gathering of artists, innovators, cultural leaders, public officials, funders, advocates, and others who 255 South Main Street believe in advancing today’s artists. Providence, RI 02903-2910 Tel: (401) 351-4320 Fax: (401) 351-4507 Email: [email protected] Caitlin Strokosch www.artistcommunities.org Executive Director 3 4 conference sessions + events TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22 KEYNOTE ADDRESS :: TERI ROFKAR program that aligns with your mission and A SEAT AT THE TABLE: ARTISTS + FOOD + opens doors. This panel will explore how COMMUNITY 10:30 am - 5:00 pm With introduction by Jayson Smart, Program Officer, Rasmuson Foundation to identify countries and organizations DJERASSI SITE VISIT + ARTISTS’ FEAST From Marinetti’s Manifesto for Futurist Location: San Jose Stage to partner with, attract artists that are a Cooking (1930) to Michael Rakowitz’s Enemy Djerassi Resident Artists Program good match, and work through common Kitchen (2004), artists have long employed Lunch will be provided on-site. 10:30 am - 5:00 pm stumbling blocks. With Mario Garcia Durham, food in their work and creative process. This Djerassi is 35 miles from San Jose. Buses will President/CEO, Association of Performing Board Track (see insert for schedule and panel brings together artists, chefs, curators, leave from the Sainte Claire Hotel. NOTE: There Arts Presenters; Wayne Lawson (moderator), agenda) and residency directors to discuss the role is a $50 fee for this tour. Director Emeritus, Ohio Arts Council, and Location: ZERO1 of food in contemporary art-making. Taking Chair, Alliance of Artists Communities; place in the context of the greater Bay Area, Explore Djerassi Resident Artists Program – Dennis O’Leary, Artist, and former Executive from the sweeping ocean views to the nearly a region known for its pioneering innovations 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Director, Djerassi Resident Artists Program; in locally sourced and organic cuisine and 600 acres of mountains and redwood forests, and Lori Wood, Founder,