Participate 2001

Compel + Provoke: Public Art 2001 Marriott Marquis Hotel New York, NY July 26-27, 2001 Stay on top of national trends and opportunities in public art by attending this year's preconference organized by the Public Art Network. You'll exchange ideas, share new approaches and engage in critical dialogue in dynamic panels and study sessions geared towards established and emerging programs. You'll also get steeped in the vibrancy of New York City when you explore new neighborhoods, experience public art and meet artists in their studios. Keynote Speaker: Internationally renowned artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles has been active as an artist since the late 1960s. Currently the artist in residence at New York City's Department of Sanitation, she is known worldwide for her unique approach to public art, inspiring collaborations, and activism.
Thursday 7/26
8:00	Registration
9:00	Welcoming Remarks by Jennifer McGregor, Public Art Network Facilitator and Preconference Co-Chair, and Charlotte Cohen, New York Department of Cultural Affairs and Preconference Co-Chair.
9:15	Public Art Year in Review Organized by Jack Becker, Editor, Public Art Review, and Harriet Seine, art historian and author of Critical Issues in Public Art: Content, Context, Controversy.
10:45	Small Group Study Sessions I Attendees will learn new approaches & share information with colleagues on topics of interest that include: Developing New Artists Led by Rochelle Branch, City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs Division, Pasadena, CA and Debbie McNulty, Civic Art and Design, Houston, TX. Deaccessioning Led by Kerry Kennedy, Broward County Cultural Affairs Division, Public Art and Design Program, Fort Lauderdale, FL Preparing for the Big One: Smaller Programs Tackle Larger Projects Led by Sherri Olsen, Bernallio County 1% for Public Art Program, Albuquerque, NM Public / Private Partnerships Led by Susan Davis, Redevelopment Authority of Philadelphia, Percent for Art Program, Philadelphia, PA, and Robin Franklin Nigh, Public Art Program, City of Tampa, FL Project Evaluation Led by Cathie Behrend, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Percent for Art Program, New York, NY ADA Accessibility + Public Art Led by Tonia Macneil, San Francisco Art Commission, CA and Carla Sanders, New Mexico Art in Public Places, Santa Fe, NM Public Art Master Plans Led by Jean Greer, Public Art Fund, Arts and Science Council, Charlotte, NC and Gretchen Freeman, Freeman Whitehurst Group, Phoenix, AZ Temporary Public Art Projects Led by Kristin Calhoun, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR and Carole Anne Meehan, Vita Brevis Project, ICA, Boston, MA Design Teams and Integration Led by Mark Spitzer, AIA, Arai / Jackson Architects and Planners, Seattle, WA and Richard Brecknock, Brecknock Consulting, Adelaide, Australia Conservation Led by Chris Manke, Public Art Program, Wisconsin Art Board, Madison, WI and Hafthor Yngvason, Cambridge Arts Council, Cambridge, MA Educational Programming
11:40	Small Group Study Sessions II, Repeated Group Sessions
12:30	Lunch
2:00	Public Art Tours Join your NYC colleagues and explore public art throughout the city. Tours include: Rockefeller Center with Professor Sandy Lang, New York University African American Burial Ground / Federal Building with Lorraine Hauke, General Services Administration and Dr. Sherrill D. Wilson, African American Burial Ground Harlem with art historian Dorothy Desir, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Lower East Side with Susan Fleminger, Abrons Art Center Lehman College/Bronx Hall of Fame with art historian Sally Webster NYC Schools with Michele Cohen, Public Art for Public Schools Queens Temporary with curator Valerie Smith, Queens Museum of Art Long Island City with Alyson Baker, Socrates Sculpture Park, and Amy Hau, Isamu Noguchi Museum MTA Highlights with Kendal Henry, MTA, Arts for Transit Program New Jersey Transit with Tom Moran, New Jersey State Council on the Arts Battery Park City and Manhattan Waterfront Roosevelt Island
6:30	Evening Reception at the International Center of Photography
Friday 7/27
8:00	Breakfast Informal Roundtable Discussions
9:00	Keynote Speaker, Artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles
10:00	Panel Session New Technology and Public Space Organized by Carol Stakenas, Creative Time, Inc., New York, NY Turning Up the Volume: Increased Visibility of Public Art Moderated by Glenn Harper, Sculpture Magazine, Washington, DC
11:00	Panel Session An Examination of Community-based Public Art Projects and Processes Moderated by Julyen Norman, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Baltimore, MD The Distribution of Power in the Public Art Process Moderated by Tom Finkelpearl, PS 1 Museum
1:00	Lunch
2:00	Artist/Design Studio Visits Tours of artists studios will be led by curators, artists, and public art administrators in Williamsburg, Greenpoint, the Lower East Side, DUMBO, Chelsea, Long Island City, SoHo, and the studios at PS 1 Contemporary Art Museum.
6:00	Closing Reception at The Anchorage, hosted by Creative Time.
Sponsored in part by the City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs Founded in 1974, International Center of Photography exhibitions are seen around the world, reaching an audience of close to 1 million viewers annually. The exhibition shown during the reception is Migrations: Humanity in Transition by the internationally renowned photographer Sebasti�o Salgado. Creative Time has been presenting art where you least expect it in New York City since 1972. The Anchorage series is held in a canvernous space within one of the anchors of the Brooklyn Bridge. Massless Medium will feature work using sound, light and moving image, blurring boundaries between body and environment, solid and immaterial, immersion and isolation, disorientation and the sublime.