National Alliance for Media Art & Culture Conference 2009: CommonWealth

National Alliance for Media Art & Culture Conference 2009: CommonWealth
August 26-29, 2009 - Boston, MA
http://www.namac.org/conference

For media and visual arts leaders, practitioners, researchers,
technologists, advocates, scholars, students, funders, and policymakers.

Come to share your experiences and pool your knowledge as we convene across
networks within the arts, media and culture fields, to cross-pollinate ideas
and chart an innovative path forward.

Join us for 3 incredible days of:

Plenary Sessions
€ Our New World Order: A State of the Field Address in Four Parts
€ CommonWealth: Collaboration and Connectedness
€ Art in Times Like These: Why We Do What We Do

Discussions on New Developments & Big Ideas
€ Policy Update: Media and Arts in the Obama Era
€ Creative Communities and Cultural Recovery: Arts as Economic Development
€ The People Formerly Known As The Audience
€ Reclaiming the Cultural Commons
€ New Voices Rising: Technology, Art, and Media Crossing Critical Divides

Best Practice Presentations
€ Getting Creative With New Distribution Models
€ Arts for Social and Community Change
€ Working Across Generations: Leadership Transitions in Our Organizations
€ The Joys and Horrors of Partnership and Collaboration
€ Getting Grants in Tough Times: Grantmakers¹ Resource Review

Skill-building Workshops
€ Fundraising with Pride and Power
€ Twitters & Flickrs & Facebooks Oh My!: Social Media Bootcamp for the
Overworked and Underwhelmed
€ Advocacy for Impact: Getting What We Need from Our Government
€ Monetizing Your Media and Art in the Digital Age

A Media Arts Town Hall Meeting, where we gather for a deliberative dialogue
to clarify our community¹s priorities for policy and advocacy.

Meet & Greets with Funders, where you can converse directly with grant
makers

"Open Space" discussions, both structured and unstructured, on the hot
topics that you are eager to discuss with your peers

Tours of Boston¹s most exciting media and arts organizations and landmarks
by bus, foot, bike and even by boat!

€ Youth media & arts tour
€ Walking tours of public art in downtown Boston and on MIT¹s campus
€ Bike tour of artist live/work spaces and studio visits
€ Tour WGBH, the preeminent public TV station, and its new ³green² facility
€ African American Heritage Trail tour
€ Boat tour of Boston Harbor

Fun parties, including an outdoor, waterfront film reception hosted by Women
in Film and Video and the Massachusetts Film Office

Contact: Sara Jane Keskula
Conference Coordinator
415.431.1391 ext. 305
sarajane@namac.org