Hi PAN Listserv,

As you begin to set your calendars for 2019, here are the dates and location for the upcoming Annual Convention and Public Art Preconference. Hope to see you there!

ANNUAL CONVENTION IN THE TWIN CITIES June 14-16, 2019

The Convention in 2019 will work to mirror the generosity and tenacity of the Twin Cities with sessions that raise up the best our field has to offer and challenge us all to reach towards that great work in everything we do. Keyed to the concept of “Genuine Community,” the Convention, with the guidance and support of the local hosts, including Springboard for the Arts, the Minneapolis Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy, and the Minneapolis Foundation, will work in the inclusive way that culture pervades the people and land here to craft a special, personal, and culturally specific experience.

Sessions will include focus areas on intercultural leadership and public/private collaborations, as well as core content on public art, arts education, advocacy, communicating value, research, core local arts skills, and more. In addition, special off-site excursions called ArtVentures will bring the attendees into close contact with some of the best work happening on the ground in both Minneapolis and St. Paul for shared experiences and common learning.

PRECONFERENCES 2019 June 13-14, 2019

PUBLIC ART AND CIVIC DESIGN – situated in Minneapolis
The relevance of public art is deeply interconnected with the concerns and needs of the communities in which they exist, and this preconference will dig at that intersection. Drawing inspiration from the deep interconnectivity of the Twin Cities arts community as well as ongoing work related to effective artists/municipal partnerships, we will particularly focus on national and local objectives involving planning, transportation, and private development sectors to create public art focused community development projects.

EQUITY AND INTERCULTURAL LEADERSHIP – situated in St. Paul
In a unique partnership particularly connected to the great cultural diversity of the Twin Cities region, Americans for the Arts will join the leading organizations of the Intercultural Leadership Institute (NALAC, Alternate ROOTS, First Peoples’ Fund, and Pa’i Foundation) as well as their first class of fellows to develop this preconference, which brings forward an intercultural lens of leadership.

Patricia Walsh

Public Art and Civic Design Program Manager

Americans for the Arts

1000 Vermont Ave NW 6^th Floor

Washington, DC 20005-4940

202.371.2830 x2024