Public Art Conference Archive—2002

Fresh Perspectives: Public Art
June 6–7, 2002, Nashville, Tennessee

Schedule

The field of public art is growing by leaps and bounds, bringing new voices and approaches into the mix. Learn about innovative strategies that are being applied to perfect and strengthen current practices. Join your colleagues for two days of intensive information sharing and bring new ideas back to your community. Hear key speakers, participate in dialogues and study sessions, hear about innovative public art projects at the Year In Review, tour Nashville’s public art, and network with new friends and colleagues.

The Public Art Network planned a preconference that will appealed to long-time and new public art practitioners. Key speakers, dialogue sessions, and study sessions will be focus on topics related to two vital themes:

• Essential Program Partnerships: Pre-conference sessions that focus on this theme examine the relationships that are essential to a successful public art program, and discuss the ways public art fits into the larger context of urban planning and community design. Building alliances within local government, gaining public recognition and support, creating partnerships with the private sector, and positioning public art to be a catalyst for community development and civic design solutions will be discussed.
  
• Project Team Building: The Essential Mix: Pre-conference sessions that focus on team building explore the relationships and roles of artists, public art professionals, and design and construction professionals in the creation of public art projects. Examples and methods for creative team building, successful project management, and project evaluation will be presented.

Thursday, June 6

9:00 am–9:15 am, Opening Remarks
by Pre-conference Co-Chairs Betty Chen, New York, New York, and Sandra Duncan, Nashville, Tennessee

9:30 am–10:15 am, Key Session: Essential Program Partnerships

• Key Speaker: Tad Savinar, Artist, Portland, Oregon

10:30 am–11:45 am, Key Session Dialogues and Concurrent Sessions
Participate in a dialogue with the key speakers and invited respondents on the topics of Essential Program Partnerships and Project Team Building.

• Essential Program Partnerships Dialogue
  Tad Savinar, Artist, Portland, Oregon
  Dian Magie, Center for Craft, Creativity and Design, Hendersonville, North Carolina
  Cynthia Nikitin, Project for Public Spaces, New York, New York
  
  
• Project Team Building: The Essential Mix Dialogue
  Patrea St. John, RLA, Broward County Cultural Affairs, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  Mark Spitzer, AIA, Mark Spitzer Designs, Seattle, Washington

12 pm–1 pm, Lunch
During Lunch, Gretchen Freeman, PAN Council Chair, and Renee Piechocki, PAN Facilitator, will give an update on the activities of the Public Art Network.

1:15 pm–3:00 pm, Year In Review 2002
This popular preconference session highlights innovative and exciting public art projects completed in the past year. The Year In Review 2002 is presented by:

• Benito Huerta, Artist, Founding Board Member of ArtLies, Curator of the University of Texas at Arlington Gallery, Arlington, Texas.
• Nancy Princenthal, Writer, New York, New York.

3:15 pm–5:30 pm, Tour of Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art

6 pm–8 pm, Joint Preconference Reception at the Frist Center for Visual Arts

Friday, June 7

8:30 am–10:00 am, Breakfast Roundtable Discussions
Meet colleagues in an informal setting to discuss timely and essential issues in the field of public art.

10:15 am–12:15 pm, Study Sessions and Concurrent Sessions
Six study sessions will examine topics related to Essential Program Partnerships and Project Team Building, including:

1. Artist Initiated Projects

• Alyson Pou, Creative Capital, New York, New York
• Chris Doyle, Artist, New York, New York

2. Working With Communities

• David J. Brown, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston Salem, North Carolina
• Lisa Richmond, Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle, Washington

3. Developing Opportunities for Artists

• Kerry Kennedy, Broward County Cultural Affairs, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Eloise Damrosch, Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland, Oregon

4. Understanding Construction Process + Practice

• Patrea St. John, RLA, Broward County Cultural Affairs, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Kyle Anderson, Wooldridge Construction, Memphis, TN

5. Evaluation: Measuring Success

• Randi Korn, Randi Korn & Associates, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia

6. Public Art Master Plans

• Marc Pally, Los Angeles, California
• Nancy Deaner, Cultural Affairs Manager, City of Las Vegas, Nevada

12:30 pm–2 pm, Networking Lunch

2:30 pm–5:30 pm, Walking Tour of Downtown Nashville

6 pm–8 pm, Closing Reception for the Public Art Preconference