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community – one of only three Japantownsremaining in the US. Tour stops include theJapantown Mural Project – a previouslyundeveloped maintenance yard transformedby the commissioned work of over 50 artists –and a visit to the Ken Matsumoto gallery.Led by PJ and Roy Hirabayashi, founders ofSan Jose Taiko and recipients of the NationalHeritage Fellowship for Traditional and FolkArts, a lifetime honor from the NationalEndowment for the Arts. Tour bus will leave from MACLA and returnto the Sainte Claire HotelSoFA ARTS TOURSpend your afternoon touring three of SanJose’s leading arts organizations in the Southof First Arts (SoFA) district of San Jose. Jointhe artists and staff of MACLA/Movimientode Arte y Cultura Latino Americana, San JoseInstitute of Contemporary Art (ICA) and SanJose Museum of Quilts & Textiles (SJMQT)and hear about their collaborative effort tocreate a vibrant arts district and activatenewly renovated ArtPlace funded GOREpark through public programs and artistengagement.The tour will showcase the artist spacesand public facilities of each site, and a brieftour of special exhibits. At MACLA catch DeEsperanza y De Locura/Of Hope and Madness,a compelling exhibition that includes kitesand butterflies made of paper money byErika Harrsch and hear about MACLA’scommissioning program that connectsperformance artists with space and newaudiences. In the ICA take a cell phone tourof their auction collection. And at SJMQTbe inspired by new work of artist LindaToeniskoetter and a giant Tortilla Quilt byartist Yolanda Guerra.Walking tour will leave from MACLAFRIDAY, OCTOBER 25All sessions within 0.3 miles of Sainte ClaireHotel and San Jose Marriott9:00 am - 9:45 amMicro-SessionsSOCIAL PRACTICE IN RESIDENCE:DISPATCHES FROM NEW SMYRNA BEACHHow can residency programs best servesocial practice artists? Hear from RenMorrison, director of the Atlantic Centerfor the Arts’ new Community Artists inResidence program, on designing andinitiating an art-as-social practice/communityengaged art residency. Current CommunityArtist in Residence, Lexa Walsh, shares herexperiences participating in artist residenciesaround the world as a social practice artist.With Ren Morrison, Community Educationand Outreach Manager, Atlantic Center forthe Arts; and Lexa Walsh, Community Artist inResidence, Atlantic Center for the Arts.Location: ZERO1IN THE COLLECTION: MUSICIANS INRESIDENCE AT THE NATIONAL MUSICCENTREThe National Music Centre in Calgary,Alberta, Canada, houses a growing collectionof unique and iconic musical instrumentsand sound equipment – from Elton John’ssongwriting piano, to harpsichords datingfrom 1679, early synthesizers, the RollingStones’ legendary mobile recording studio,and many more unique and rare artifacts.As a catalyst for discovery, innovation,and renewal through music, the NationalMusic Centre is also home to a new Artistin Residence program – devoted to givingartists time and space to create new work andconnecting them with the Centre’s renownedcollection of living instruments, recordingequipment, and technical expertise. NMC’sAiR program has attracted diverse artistsfrom across Canada and around the world,including Brian Eno, Kid Koala, Money Mark,Kinnie Starr, Timber Timbre, and Gotye,and has set a foundation for cross-culturalcollaborations. Join this discussion on servingmusicians and artists from around the worldthrough a new model of residency program.With Candace Elder, Senior ProgramsManager, National Music Centre.Location: MACLA Black BoxCONNECTING COMMUNITIES: THESHEBOYGAN PROJECTExplore the relationship of artists-inresidenceto a city and how all partnerscan collaborate together to have lastingimpact, enhance constituencies’ lives andunderstanding of the arts, and furtherartists’ careers and work. Learn howthe John Michael Kohler Arts Center hascollaborated with the Wooster Collectiveand City of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, to bringworld renowned street artists to the city todevelop community-based public works. Thissnapshot of the Arts Center’s communityresidency will include a brief history ofthe program and lessons learned - fromapproaching other organizations to serve ascommunity partners, to identifying needswithin a city, to finding creative collaborativesolutions. With Andrea Avery, CommunityArts Coordinator, John Michael Kohler ArtsCenter.Location: MACLA GalleryCREATIVE ACCESS: INTEGRATINGARTISTS WITH DISABILITIESLearn about one inspiring and effectivemodel for integrating artists with disabilitiesinto a creative community. Chalk Hill ArtistResidency will share the story of theirStudio Program, where artists from localnonprofits develop a reciprocal creativerelationship with artist-in-residence, focusingon sharing rather than teaching to create anatmosphere of peer-to-peer exchange thatleads to impromptu collaborations and newwork. Hear from Chalk Hill and one of theirpartners, Becoming Independent, about howthe Studio Program establishes personalconnections, fosters creative interplay, andwelcomes possibilities. With Alice Warnecke,Program Director, Chalk Hill Artist Residency;Margo Warnecke Merck, Board Member,Chalk Hill Artist Residency; and Lisa Folsom-Ernst, Fund Development Director, BecomingIndependent.Location: Quilt Museum10:00 am - 11:30 amBreakout SessionsCREATIVE CONVERSATION: ART FROMTHE OUTPOSTSCraig Watson, Director of the CaliforniaArts Council, and two California artists hosta creative conversation on making art inremote towns and rural communities. Ata time when more of the population livesin cities than ever before, artists sharetheir decisions to build a creative practiceaway from urban centers – and hubs likeLos Angeles and San Francisco – and whatit means to be an artist working from theoutposts. With Craig Watson, Director,California Arts Council; Anne Beck, artist,Co-Founder, Lost Coast Culture Machine; andSheila O’Hara, artist.Location: Quilt MuseumIT TAKES TWO: CREATIVE PARTNERSHIPSFOR RESIDENCY PROGRAMSJoin residency leaders for a discussion oncultivating nontraditional partnerships.In 2012, McColl Center for Visual Artlaunched a major project with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Housing Partnership to createan art-and-ecology campus and bring 8environmental artists from around the worldto Charlotte, North Carolina, each year.The project resulted in a $400,000 grantfrom ArtPlace America and vastly expandedMcColl’s residency program. ZERO1, anarts and technology think tank based in SanJose, connects their Artist Fellows to leadingtech companies, cultural institutions, andacademic research centers to address currentinnovation challenges. An open formatdiscussion on looking beyond the usualsuspects when developing organizationalpartnerships, and balancing the needs ofartists, partner organizations, and one’s ownprograms. With Suzanne Fetscher, President/1112

CEO, McColl Center for Visual Art; and JoelSlayton, Executive Director, ZERO1.Location: ZERO1OPEN EXCHANGE: ROUNDTABLEDISCUSSIONSPropose your own roundtable or sign up fora discussion! (Sign-up sheet at registrationtable.) With three packed days we can’talways fit all the conversations we wantwithin the regular conference schedule.OPEN EXCHANGE is a time to connect withother attendees around shared areas ofinterest through proposed-topic roundtablediscussions. Topics can be submitted at anytime during or leading up to the conferenceand will be announced Friday morning. Preapprovedtopics listed below.(1) The Artist in 2040: Progressive CommunityEngagementBuilding off the Alliance of ArtistsCommunities’ 2012 Urban ResidencyPreconference in Kansas City, this roundtablefocuses on what defines and will defineprogressive community engagement forartist communities. What do we see as therole of the individual artist in the future?What is the opportunity for the artist to claimand be recognized as a valuable contributorto the dialogue about and the solutions forsocial, political, environmental, and ethicalissues? Are there art forms and disciplinesthat lend themselves more readily to actingin this space of engagement than others?Finally, what does this mean for the kinds ofsupport and opportunities that artists willneed in the future and how can residenciesmeet these needs? With Clayton Campbell,artist and consultant; Archana Horsting,Director, Kala Art Institute; and Lisa Hoffman,Director of Environmental Art & CommunityEngagement, McColl Center for Visual Art.(2) Residency AbroadA discussion hosted by the Residency AbroadAffinity Group – a network of US-basedorganizations running residencies abroad.This first conversation will explore thechallenges and opportunities of this model,including how programs might collaborateto gain increased funding and how to betterreach artists in developing nations.Location: MACLA Black Box + Gallery12:00 pm - 1:00 pmKEYNOTE :: GUILLERMO GÓMEZ-PEÑAWith introduction by Craig Watson, ExecutiveDirector, California Arts CouncilLocation: San Jose Stage1:00 pm - 2:00 pm LUNCHLocation: Café Stritch2:15 pm - 4:30 pmTours + Workshops + AdventuresSpace is limited for tours; please seeregistration desk to change or add tourselections.MONTALVO ARTS CENTERExplore the Sally and Don Lucas ArtistsResidency Program at the Montalvo ArtsCenter! Located in the foothills of the SantaCruz Mountains, Montalvo encompasses175 stunning acres of forest, orchards, andmanicured gardens, a Mediterranean-inspiredvilla built in 1912, and one of the oldest artistresidency programs in the US. You will visitartists from a variety of disciplines in theirstudios. Culinary Fellow Andrea Blum willtalk about her latest projects and invite youto sample delicious artisan pizza straightfrom the oven. Kelly Sicat, Director of theLucas Artist Residency and Donna Conwell,Montalvo’s Associate Curator, will leadparticipants on tours of art works on thegrounds as well as the current exhibition inthe Project Space Gallery. Tour bus will leave from MACLA and returnto the Sainte Claire Hotel Light food will be served during the tourTLINGIT WEAVING WITH TERI ROFKARJoin Alaska Native artist Teri Rofkar at theSan Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles toexperience the ancient art of Tlingit weaving,a form of traditional native weaving thatpredates the pyramids of Egypt by over6,000 years. Tlingit baskets and robes are areflection of the rugged coastline of glaciersand towering mountain peaks that skirtSoutheast Alaska. Using all your senses,explore the very tops of the mountains andthe deepest forest floors during an afternoonopen artist studio and demonstration.0.2 miles from Café StritchZERO1 GARAGE + ARTIST FELLOWSHIPZERO1 is an art and technology think tankin downtown San Jose that works with someof the world’s most creative minds from thefields of art, science, design, architecture, andtechnology to produce the internationallyrenowned ZERO1 Biennial, Artist Fellowshipprogram, and hundreds of exhibitions andevents throughout the year.Come explore ZERO1’s industrial, 10,000square-foot studio, exhibition and officespace known as the ZERO1 Garage. Viewthe fall exhibition Patent Pending, a groupshow that uses patents as a starting pointto investigate the relationship betweenartists, ownership, and invention. Learnabout ZERO1’s unique Artist Fellowshipprogram that connects artists with leadingtech companies, cultural institutions, andacademic research centers to address currentinnovation challenges.0.1 miles from Café Stritch5:30 - 7:30 pmCLOSING RECEPTIONAnno Domini Gallery Beer/wine and hors d’ouevresWrap up the conference and begin yourevening with a closing party at Anno DominiGallery. This former downtown cinema nowserves as a 4,100 sq. ft. arts mecca celebratingstreet art and counterculture. Free forattendees!0.1 miles from the Sainte Claire Hotel1314

keynotesconference speakers + presentersFALLEN FRUITWhat began as creating maps of public fruittrees in Los Angeles has grown into a seriesof photographic portraits, experimentaldocumentary videos, public art installations,and curatorial projects across the globe.Using fruit as a lens to see the world, FallenFruit explores themes of urban space,neighborhood and place, and new formsof citizenship. The collective’s works havebrought the attention of local communitiesand the global art community alike.David Burns is a new media artist working inSouthern California, whose work has shown atThe Getty Center, The Tate Modern/Tank.tv,The Armenian Museum of Experimental Art,Seoul Museum of Art, The Athens Biennale,The Ghetto Biennale, Ars Electronica, LosAngeles County Museum of Art, Yerba BuenaCenter for the Arts, and elsewhere.Austin Young is a portrait photographerand video artist based in Los Angeles since1985. He has created an encyclopedicdocumentation of sub- and trans-culture inNew York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco,and his work has expanded to includeperformative collaborations with the public.He is co-founder of the art collectives FallenFruit and Tranimal. Young’s work has beenfeatured in Vogue, Rolling Stone, Flaunt, andInterview Magazine, and shown at LACMA,Matadero Madrid, Ars Electronica, WOWStorefront Gallery, Berkeley Art Museum, theHammer Museum, and Stephen Cohen.GUILLERMO GÓMEZ-PEÑAGuillermo Gómez-Peña is a performanceartist, writer, activist, radical pedagogue,director of San Francisco-based performancetroupe La Pocha Nostra, and one of the“most provocative and dynamic artists on thecontemporary art scene.”Gómez-Peña was the first Chicano artist to beawarded the MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship,is the recipient of a Bessie and an AmericanBook Award, and on the UTNE Reader’s15“List of 100 Visionaries.” Gómez-Peña isa regular contributor for newspapers andmagazines in the US, Mexico, and Europe anda contributing editor to The Drama Review(NYU-MIT). His work pushes boundariesand mixes genres, exploring cross-culturalissues, immigration, the politics of language,“extreme culture,” and new technologiesin the era of globalization and has beenpresented at over 700 venues across theglobe, including the Tate Modern and WhitneyBiennial.In 2012, Gómez-Peña received the FreeCulture Award from AS220, which includedthe commission of a mural collaborationbetween Gómez-Peña and Providence artistJoan Wyand entitled “The New Barbarians: ToThe Lords Of Censorship.”TERI ROFKARTeri Rofkar is an internationally renownedfiber artist from the Sitka Tribe of Alaska. Forover 25 years Teri has been weaving exquisitebaskets and textiles from cedar, sprucetree roots, ferns, and mountain goat woolwhich she collects in the woods and alongthe shoreline of her Northwest coast home.“I was introduced to Tlingit weaving by myGrandmother, when I was a child. She livedin Pelican, AK, where I spent many summersfishing and playing in Lisianski Inlet. The funof traditional gathering as a child continuesto fuel my investigations of climate, geology,and chemistry today as an adult. I harvest andweave in Tlingit methods passed down forthousands of years, following the steps of myAncestors.”Rofkar has served as an Artist in Residenceat the Alaska Native Heritage Center inAnchorage and at the Southeast Alaska IndianCultural Center in Sitka. She has received anumber of celebrated awards including theBuffet Award for Indigenous Leadership,a Creative Capital project award, the NEANational Heritage Fellowship Award, theUnited States Artist Fellowship, and theRasmuson Distinguished Artist Award.Andrea Avery | Community Arts Coordinator,John Michael Kohler Arts Center (Sheboygan,WI)Jamie Badoud | Executive Director, TheHambidge Center for Creative Arts & Sciences(Rabun Gap, GA)Jim Baker | Executive Director, Pilchuck GlassSchool (Stanwood, WA)Anne Beck | Artist and Co-Founder, Lost CoastCulture Machine (Fort Bragg, CA)Sita Bhaumik | Artist and Research Fellow,Institute for Art and Olfaction (Los Angeles,CA)M.J. Bogatin | Co-President of the Board,California Lawyers for the Arts (Oakland, CA)Ann Brady | Director - RauschenbergResidency, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation(Captiva, FL)Clayton Campbell | Artist and consultant (LosAngeles, CA)Donna Conwell | Associate Curator, MontalvoArts Center (Saratoga, CA)Jennifer Wright Cook | Executive Director, TheField (New York, NY)Dianne Debicella | Senior Program Manager -Fiscal Sponsorship, Fractured Atlas (New York,NY)Lauren DiCioccio | Artist (San Francisco, CA +Brooklyn, NY)Mario Garcia Durham | President/CEO,Association of Performing Arts Presenters(Washington, DC)Linda Earle | Executive Director, New York ArtsProgram (New York, NY)Jennifer Easton | Project Manager - Public ArtProgram, City of San Jose (San Jose, CA)Candace Elder | Senior Programs Manager,National Music Centre (Calgary, AB)Suzanne Fetscher | President/CEO, McCollCenter for Visual Art (Charlotte, NC)Andy Fife | Independent consultant, coach,teacher, writer (Puget Sound Region, WA)Lisa Folsom-Ernst | Fund DevelopmentDirector, Becoming Independent (Santa Rosa,CA)Linda Gass | Environmental artist, CubberleyResidency (Palo Alto, CA)Michal Gavish | Multi-media artist, CubberleyResidency (Palo Alto, CA)Barbara Goldstein | Consultant and formerPublic Art Director, City of San Jose Office ofCultural Affairs (San Jose, CA)Tony Grant | Director, Sustainable ArtsFoundation (San Francisco, CA)Suzanne Hackett-Morgan | Artist andExecutive Director, Goldwell Open Air Museum& Artist Residency (Ryolite, NV)Anjee Helstrup-Alvarez | Executive Director,MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura LatinoAmericana (San Jose, CA)Keith Hennessy | Dancer/Choreographer andDirector, Circo Zero (San Francisco, CA)PJ Hirabayashi | Artistic Director Emeritus, SanJose Taiko (San Jose, CA)Roy Hirabayashi | Founder, San Jose Taiko(San Jose, CA)Lisa Hoffman | Director of Environmental Artand Community Engagement, McColl Centerfor Visual Art (Charlotte, NC)Archana Horsting | Director, Kala Art Institute(Berkeley, CA)Regin Igloria | Director of Residencies andFellowships, The Ragdale Foundation (LakeForest, IL)Franco Imperial | Artistic Director, San JoseTaiko (San Jose, CA)Brian Karl | Program Director, HeadlandsCenter for the Arts (Sausalito, CA)Margot H. Knight | Executive Director,Djerassi Resident Artist Program (Woodside,CA) 16

Wayne Lawson | Director Emeritus, Ohio ArtsCouncil; Chair, Alliance of Artists Communities(Columbus, OH)David Macy | Resident Director, TheMacDowell Colony (Peterborough, NH)sharon maidenberg | Executive Director,Headlands Center for the Arts (Sausalito, CA)Connie Martinez | CEO, Silicon Valley Creates(San Jose, CA)John McGuirk | Program Director - PerformingArts Program, The William and Flora HewlettFoundationKristofer Mills | Program Manager, DjerassiResident Artist Program (Woodside, CA)Cora Mirikitani | President/CEO, Center forCultural Innovation (Los Angeles, CA)Ren Morrison | Community Education +Outreach Manager, Atlantic Center for the Arts(New Smyrna Beach, FL)Sarah Jo Neubauer | Training Coordinator,Foundation Center (San Francisco, CA)Sheila O’Hara | Artist (Lower Lake, CA)Dennis O’Leary | Artist; former ExecutiveDirector, Djerassi Resident Artists Program(Monterey, CA)Michael Orlove | Artist Communities,Presenting + Multidisciplinary Works Director;International Activities Coordinator; NationalEndowment for the Arts (Washington, DC)Craig T. Peterson | Consultant and producer(Philadelphia, PA)Monika Proffitt | Executive Director, StarryNight Retreat (Truth or Consequences, NM)Mónica Ramírez-Montagut | AssociateDirector and Senior Curator, MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura LatinoAmericana (San Jose, CA)Molly Rideout | Co-Director, Grin CityCollective (Grinnell, IA)Bruce Rodgers | Executive Director, HermitageArtists Retreat (Englewood, FL)Sam Rodriguez | Artist (San Jose, CA)17Jay Salinas | Co-Founder, Wormfarm Institute(Reedsburg, WI)Joshua Wolf Shenk | Writer (Los Angeles, CA)Kelly Sicat | Director, Lucas Artists ResidencyProgram at Montalvo Arts Center (Saratoga,CA)Joel Slayton | Executive Director, ZERO1 (SanJose, CA)Jayson Smart | Program Officer, RasmusonFoundation (Anchorage, AK)Regina Smith | Senior Program Officer - Arts &Culture, The Kresge Foundation (Troy, MI)Daniela Steinsapir | Multimedia artist andArtist Fellow, ZERO1 (San Jose, CA)Caitlin Strokosch | Executive Director, Allianceof Artists Communities (Providence, RI)David Livingston Styers | Senior GovernanceConsultant, Board Source (San Rafael, CA)David Szlasa | Video artist, producer, educator(Oakland, CA)Susan Page Tillett | Executive Director, TheMesa Refuge (Point Reyes Station, CA)Wisa Uemura | Executive Director, San JoseTaiko (San Jose, CA)Lexa Walsh | Artist (Oakland, CA)Alice Warnecke | Program Director, Chalk HillArtist Residency (Healdsburg, CA)Margo Warnecke Merck | Advisor andBoard Member, Chalk Hill Artist Residency(Healdsburg, CA)Craig Watson | Director, California Arts Council(Sacramento, CA)Nancy White | Artist, Cubberley Residency(Palo Alto, CA)Pamela Winfrey | Senior Artist and Curator,Exploratorium (San Francisco, CA)Lori Wood | Founder, Fes Medina (Salinas, CA+ Fes, Morocco)Sarah Workneh | Co-Director, SkowheganSchool of Painting & Sculpture (Skowhegan,ME)alliance of artists communitiesBOARD OF TRUSTEESWayne Lawson ChairOhio Arts Council (DirectorEmeritus)Jason Kalajainen Vice-ChairUnion League of ChicagoStephanie Olmsted SecretaryPaul Hogan TreasurerRuth DavisRuth Davis AssociatesLinda EarleNew York Arts ProgramDavid FraherArts MidwestMario Garcia DurhamAssociation of Performing ArtsPresentersCynthia GehrigThe Jerome FoundationEsther Grisham Grimm3ArtsDavid MacyThe MacDowell ColonyLinda Marston-ReidDutchess County Arts CouncilHunter O’HanianLeslie Lohman Museum of Gay andLesbian ArtBruce RodgersHermitage Artists RetreatLava ThomasArtistHONORARY BOARDTed BergerNew York Foundation for the Arts(Executive Director Emeritus)J. Richard BraughUBS FinancialMary CarswellThe MacDowell Colony (ExecutiveDirector Emeritus)Mel ChinArtistJhumpa LahiriAuthorLiz LermanChoreographerNEW YORK FOUNDATIONFOR THE ARTSA National Resource for Artists & Arts ProfessionalsJobs in the arts, opportunities and services for artists,awards, grants, residencies, fellowships, open calls,emergency assistance, and more.NYFA.ORG/SOURCENYFA.ORG/CLASSIFIEDSRoger MandleQatar Museums AuthorityClay RockefellerArtist and real estate/communitydeveloperLowery Stokes SimsMuseum of Arts + DesignMary T. WolfeSTAFFCaitlin StrokoschExecutive DirectorFlannery PattonMember Services + CommunicationsManagerAlix RefshaugeResearch + Special Project AssociateStephanie StorchOffice + Business ManagerLilli WeiszConference CoordinatorNYFANew York Foundation for the Arts18