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Wednesday, May 31, 2006
3:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.	Public Art Network (PAN) Council Meeting The annual PAN Council meeting is open to all members of Americans for the Arts.
7:00 p.m.–9:30 p.m.	Public Art Neighborhood Tours and Dine Around Informal guided neighborhood tours will culminate at local restaurants. $20 advance registration is required (does not include meal). Space is limited, so register early!  This event supports the Friday preconference closing receptions.
Thursday, June 1, 2006
8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.	Registration, Bookstore, Technology Center, and Table-Top Exhibits Open
8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m.	Welcome Session for First-Time Attendees
8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m.	Breakfast Roundtables Breakfast Roundtable Session Topics and Hosts Breakfast Roundtable Sessions are an intimate, hosted opportunity that allows for in-depth dialogue and learning around specific issues in public art. Each table topic is hosted by an expert with experience in the topic area. Peers also bring challenging questions and issues into these conversations. Participants self-select their topic area onsite based on interest and availability. Each topic will be repeated on both Thursday and Friday. Table hosts may address new or continuing information on the second day.
9:15 a.m.–9:25 a.m.	Opening Remarks
9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m.	Keynote Speaker: Elizabeth Diller, Diller, Scofido + Renfro Diller, Scofidio + Renfro (DC+R) is an interdisciplinary studio that fuses architecture, the visual arts, and the performing arts. The work of DS+R takes the form of architectural commissions, temporary and permanent site-specific installations, multimedia theater, electronic media, and print. Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio founded D+S in 1979. Charles Renfro, a collaborator in the studio since 1997, was promoted to partner in 2004. Diller and Scofidio are recipients of the Macarthur Foundation Fellowship (1999–2004), the first awarded in the field of architecture. Other distinctions include an Obie for Creative Achievement in Off-Broadway Theater for Jet Lag, a James Beard Foundation Award for Best New Restaurant Design for the Brasserie, and a Progressive Architecture Design Award for the Blur Building. They have also received the MacDermott Award for Creative Achievement from M.I.T, the Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design, the Brunner Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and fellowships from the Graham Foundation and the Chicago Institute for Architecture and Urbanism. Diller and Scofidio have designed three books on their work: Back to the Front: Tourisms of War, published by the FRAC Basse-Normandie; Flesh: Architectural Probes, published by Princeton Architectural Press; and Blur: The Making of Nothing, published by Abrams. Diller was born in Lodz, Poland, in 1954. She attended The Cooper Union School of Art and received a Bachelor of architecture in 1979 from the Cooper Union School of Architecture. Diller is a professor of architecture at Princeton University. Respondents will facilitate further dialogue with Elizabeth Diller and the audience.
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions Participants will select one of six concurrent sessions in the morning and afternoon.  Materials presented in each session will be available as a free resource as part of a conference archive on the Americans for the Arts website. Track 1 – Process Session #1: Touchdowns & Turnovers: Public Art as Political Football Session #2: Meet Me at the Corner of Public and Private Track 2 - Product Session #1: New Materials-Photo/Video Session #2: Changing Landscapes: Unrealized Proposals Track 3 - Preservation Session #1: Conservation Review: A Critical Preventative Measure Session #2: Conservation of Outsider Built Environments and Public Art
12:30 p.m.–1:15 p.m.	Lunch Presentation on public art in Milwaukee and Wisconsin
1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions Track 1 – Process Session #1: Creating Artist Residencies with Communities: Ideas, Media, and Methods Session #2: Demystifying Public Art Practice Track 2 - Product Session #1: Outside the System: Noncommissioned Public Art Session #2: Public Art vs. Public Works Track 3 - Preservation Session #1: Collections Management and Conservation Planning Session #2: Preserving New Media in Public Art Commissions
3:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.	Milwaukee Public Art Tours
6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m.	Joint Preconference Opening Reception Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Get in the swing of things at a joint preconference reception at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD), one of the nation’s leading visual arts colleges. Sip some wine, nosh on appetizers, check out MIAD’s galleries, then explore the Historic Third Ward and RiverWalk. This turn-of-the-century warehouse and manufacturing district houses Milwaukee’s best-kept secrets: the highest concentration of art galleries in the city; treasure-filled antique shops; lively restaurants and night spots; unique specialty stores; and creative studios for architects, advertising agencies, graphic designers, and artists. The Historic Third Ward is also home to the Milwaukee Public Market, the Eisner American Museum of Advertising and Design, and the Broadway Theater complex.
7:00 p.m.	Animated Conversations: Public Art and “Controversy” The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design and the Public Art Network host a presentation by Erika Doss, author of Spirit Poles and Flying Pigs: Public Art and Cultural Democracy in American Communities that addresses the role of public art in communities and strategies for addressing the diverse opinions that public art often engenders. Public art can play a key role in community development and civic identity. Yet the outbreaks of controversy that sometimes accompany public art projects often persuade community leaders, elected officials, funding agencies, and artists themselves that public art is simply "too hot to handle." This presentation explores ways to respond to such controversies that promote ongoing dialogue about cultural expression and civic vitality.
Friday, June 2, 2006
8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.	Registration, Bookstore, Technology Center, and Table-Top Exhibits Open
8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m.	Breakfast Roundtables
9:15 a.m.–10:30 a.m.	Presentation of the 2006 Year in Review
10:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m.	Presentation of Public Art Network Award
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.	Bus to Sheboygan for Field Trip: A Day in Sheboygan/Kohler
5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.	Bus departures to Milwaukee Art Museum Reception and Hotel
7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m.	Public Art Conference Closing Reception First Friday Event at the Milwaukee Art Museum