Arts Partnership Conference 2023 Schedule

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Friday, October 27

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8:15 AM

Registration Opens and Breakfast

 

9:00 AM            

Welcome 

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9:45 AM            

Keynote: Vanessa Ford, Trust Transfer Project 

 

10:45 AM -11:45 AM          

Morning Workshop Session Block

1. New Cultural Collaborations Weaving Beautiful Outcomes with Sherry Gould

2. Art Journal as Portal for Justice Conversations with Alana Garrigues

3. Slow Looking: There is No Wrong Answer with the Currier Museum of Art

4. One Book One School: Interdisciplinary Arts Integration Through Literacy with Sandwich Central School

 

11:45 AM -12:45 PM           Lunch

 

12:45 PM -1:45 PM            

Your Choice: Artist Led Experience/Farm Tour/Individual Time

1. Jacqueline Laufman – Community Social Dance

2. Sanborn Mills Farm Tour

 

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM    Plenary Session                    

Creative Guts Podcast Interview with Yasamin Safarzadeh and Sarah Jones, Waypoint Mural Project

 

 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM              

Afternoon Workshop Session Block

1. Wisdom in Our Community with Susan Rosano

2. Zine-making: Sharing our Stories with WREN

3. The Art of Community Gathering: Growing Food, Health and Cross Cultural Community with Sycamore Garden

4. From Community to Classroom: The Transformative Power of Arts in Action with Racial Unity Team

 

4:30-5:30PM         Plenary Session     

Performance of Dreaming Again, New Hampshire Theatre Project

                                   

Closing Remarks

 

5:30-6:30PM               Closing Reception

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Saturday, October 28

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Community Weaving with Artist in Residence, Sarah Haskell throughout the day

Community Weaving: Celebrating our Common Threads

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8:15 AM               

Registration Opens and Breakfast

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9:00 AM                   

Welcome 

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9:45 AM            

Keynote: Heather Ikemire, Lifetime Arts

 

10:45 AM -11:45 AM          

Morning Workshop Session Block

1. How to pick: making impacts AND satisfying your creative needs with Jessica Gelter

2. Photography as a Tool for Social Change with Becky Field

3. Alnobak: Wearing Our Heritage with Vera Sheehan

4. Collaborate and Listen: Creating a Collaborative Community Art Piece with Jason DeYoung, Queerlective)

 

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM          

Lunch

 

12:45 PM -1:45PM            

Your Choice: Artist Led Experience/Farm Tour/Individual Time

1. The Expressive Movement​

2. Sanborn Mills Farm Tour

 

2:00 PM -3:00 PM       Plenary Session       

A Different Kind of Conference – Weaving Arts + Conversation with Beth Tener, Najee Brown, and participants from the SeaCHANGE CONFERENCE

 

3:15 PM -4:15 PM              

Afternoon Workshop Session Block

1. Changing Brains through Arts and Adventure with Arts in Reach

2. The Creative Economy – Hidden in Plain Sight with New England Foundation for the Arts

3. A Park for the Arts with Saint Gaudens

4. Death Wings Workshop: Hands-on art making to transform the cultural conversation about death and end-of-life with Laura Cleminson and Bess Weldon of Death Wings

 

4:30 PM -5:15 PM       Plenary Session        

Performance by Swathi Jaisankar

 

5:30-6:30PM               Closing Reception