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Reclaiming the Cultural Commons
The concept of collectively-owned spaces and resources is critical to our work in cultural production and exhibition/distribution. In this panel, we look at public media, street art, intellectual property, internet access and online spaces, and discuss a framework for reclaiming our cultural commons.
Presenters:
Alexa Bradley, Grassroots Policy Project
Louis Massiah, Scribe Video Center
Traci Morris, Native Public Media
Moderated by: Brad Lichtenstein, 371 Productions
68:27 minutes (8 MB)
Circling the Wagons: Recession Busting Through Collaboration
It is in times of economic hardship that we remember the value of partnerships and collaboration for sharing resources, achieving our program goals, and advocating for common needs. This panel presents case studies of strategic collaborations that make the whole of the partnership greater than the sum of its parts, and encourages a frank group conversation about the joys - and horrors - of partnership.
Presenters:
Kevin Cunningham, 3Legged Dog
Ingrid Hu Dahl, Youth Media Reporter
Erin Polgreen, Media Consortium
Jesikah Maria Ross, Art of Regional Change
83:55 minutes (8 MB)
The People Formerly Known As the Audience
Social media and other democratic technologies have shifted our thinking about the relationships between producers, consumers, and distributors of media and art. Join us for some leading-edge thinking and examples of participatory projects-- and discuss what the future of art and media looks like when it's built in collaboration with the public.
89:22 minutes (8 MB)
Economic, Cultural, and Community Recovery: Arts are the Engine
The frame of arts as economic engine has great utility for communicating about our field's worth to policymakers, funders, community partners, and constituents. Join a lively discussion of key points in the conversation about the role of arts in economic, cultural and community development.
Presenters:
Tom Borrup, author and consultant
Meri Jenkins, Massachusetts Cultural Council
Susan Rodgerson, Artists for Humanity
Moderated by: Jack Walsh, NAMAC
83:27 minutes (8 MB)
Exhibition and Distribution in Technological Public Spaces
Online galleries, social media platforms, virtual worlds, video games, podcasts, webcasts...public viewings for art and media are no longer necessarily an in-person proposition. Can these online exhibition and screening spaces replicate the community aspect of real-world spaces? Hear about some interesting models and lend your voice to the discussion.
Presenters:
Melissa Carrillo, Smithsonian Latino Center
Ed Halter, Rhizome
Suzanne Seggerman, Games for Change
Nonso Christian Ugbode, National Black Programming Consortium
67:18 minutes (8 MB)
Fundraising with Pride and Power: Putting Away the Tin Cup
Based on decades of experience, Kay Sprinkel Grace is increasingly convinced that the secret to successful fundraising is putting away the tin cup. This workshop will provide participants with the tools for sending messages, making asks and conducting cultivation and stewardship based on the premise that people give to you because you meet needs, not because you have needs. Kay will challenge your thinking and practices, and give you inspiration and stories that will ensure that your future fundraising is done from a position of pride and power. In today's volatile economy, this shift
74:47 minutes (8 MB)
Cultivating Audiences and Generating Revenue in the Digital Age
What are the best practices for attracting large audiences for film, video, visual arts, music, and other arts online? What are the models for earning a financial return? What characterizes the new business models for art and media? In this interactive workshop, we'll look at some of the strategies and case studies from the presenter's new book - and also swap tactics and ideas among the session's participants.
Presenter: Scott Kirsner, author
79:04 minutes (8 MB)
Policy Update: Media and Arts in the Obama Era
Has change come? What does the new political environment in Washington mean for policies that affect media and the arts? Panelists will discuss the newest developments on key issues such as arts funding, arts education, broadband access, net neutrality, and copyright; and assess our community's chances of wins on our issues.
Presenters:
Harold Feld, Public Knowledge
Amy Fitterer, Opera America & DanceUSA
Beth McConnell, Media and Democracy Coalition
Moderated by: Helen DeMichiel, NAMAC
80:03 minutes (8 MB)
A Healthy Digital Ecology: Creating a Community Vision for Federal Internet Funding
The federal government is spending billions on media education and Internet expansion as part of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act. In this workshop, we'll share our experiences and hopes for the Internet, case-study multiple strategies for Recovery Act funding in both rural and urban settings, and incubate new strategies for media and arts leaders.
84:20 minutes (8 MB)
The Art of Change
One of the hot topics in deconstructing the juggernaut of Obama's election campaign was the critical role of arts in presenting the candidates image and generating an emotionally engaged base of supporters. What have we learned about cultural organizing that we can apply to social change efforts on a myriad of critical issues? What are the different ways that artists approach cultural tools? In this session, we'll share strategies for connecting purposeful art to strategic campaigns.
92:25 minutes (8 MB)
