Crafting a Vision for Art, Equity and Civic Engagement

September 20, 2006

Convening the community arts field in higher education

November 2, 3, 4 2006

California College of Art’s Center for Art and Public Life in partnership with Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD) and Massachusetts College of Art is hosting the symposium, Crafting a Vision for Art, Equity and Civic Engagement: Convening the Community Arts Field in Higher Education to highlight artists’, scholars’ and students’ experiences by exchanging the best practices in the field.

Artists, Speakers, Presentations, Performances, Installations

Active participation of artists, administrators, scholars, program directors and audience will be central to the conference via performance, visual and literary presentations. View the events and installations schedule. Read the complete list of events and installation descriptions from the artists and presenters.

Keynote Speakers

• Claudine Brown, Program Officer for the Nathan Cummings Foundation, link
• Dr. Amalia Mesa-Bains, artist and MacArthur Fellow, link
• Dr. Marta Moreno Vega, founder Caribbean Cultural Center N.Y. and Amigos del Museo del
  Barrio, Inc., link

Topics

• What are best practices that incorporate art and civic engagement?
• Does the democratization of art practices address diversity?
• Is there integration of diversity in identity and representation politics on college campuses?
• How is higher education addressing the issues of changing demographics?
• What are processes for community collaboration and inter-disciplinarity as means for social change?
• 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?

Attending the Conference

Please join us for the conference held on the CCA campuses in the San Francisco Bay Area. Please click here for more information on registration and accommodations.

Quick Links

• Events and Installations Schedule
• Events and Installations Descriptions
• Registration, Virtual Campus Tour, Accommodations
• About the organizations

Crafting a Vision for Art, Equity and Civic Engagement is funded by the Nathan Cummings Foundation and AICAD.

For more information please call 510.594.3757

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