Grantmakers in the Arts Conference will be presenting an off-site panel organized by Barbara Schaffer Bacon and Pam Korza, co-directors, Animating Democracy, Americans for the Arts and Alyson Pou, professional development program director, Creative Capital. The panel, titled, “Community Engagement: Artists and Funders Working Together to Meet the Challenges” is open only to conference attendees and is being hosted at Miami Beach Urban Studios in mid-October.

The panel is open only to conference attendees.

Community Engagement: Artists and Funders Working Together to Meet the Challenges

Tuesday, October 16, 2:00pm – 5:00pm

Organized by Barbara Schaffer Bacon, co-director, Animating Democracy, Americans for the Arts; Pam Korza, co-director, Animating Democracy, Americans for the Arts; Alyson Pou, professional development program director, Creative Capital.

Presented by Maria Bauman, director of education and community engagement, Urban Bush Women; Xavier Cortada, artist-in-residence, Florida International University College of Architecture + The Arts | Office of Engaged Creativity; Carlton Turner, director, Alternate ROOTS.

Space is limited at offsite sessions, so a ticket is re­quired. Tickets will be avail­able at the reg­is­tration desk beginning at 7:00 am on Tuesday mor­ning. If the tickets for a session are all gone, you will know that it is full and can make another choice.

Buses for offsite sessions will depart from the main entrance of the hotel at 2:00 pm on Tuesday.

As more and more artists are linking their creative work to community, civic, and social goals, arts funders are playing a significant role in supporting their efforts. While artists may begin a project with a vision for social change, complex circumstances and challenges can compromise the end result. What practical tools and skills do artists need to help insure that the full intention of their work is realized? In this session artists and funders will give a snapshot of key challenges socially engaged artists face and training models and specific professional development tools that have been used to successfully navigate complex projects, as well as mistakes made and lessons learned.

More at http://conference.giarts.org/sessions/tue13.html 

Cortada

One of three panelists, Cortada will speak about his participatory art practice (which is based at Florida International University College of Architecture + The Arts | Office of Engaged Creativity, where he serves as artist-in-residence). Cortada will also discuss his FLOR500 project. FLOR500 is an art | nature | history project that Cortada developed to engage communities in commemorating the 500th anniversary of Ponce de Leon’s landing on Florida’s shores. Learn more at www.flor500.com