Preliminary Schedule Announcement: Leading Creatively, the NAMAC National Conference, Sept. 6-8, Minneapolis

[Please note: All listed schedule details and times are confirmed; Some participant and program details are still pending.]

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6

Afternoon at the Hyatt Regency

• Conference Registration

5:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.

Reception @ the Walker Art Center:

• Includes complete museum and gallery access
• Exclusive/hosted food and beverages
• Walker-curated film and video screenings

ONGOING DAILY PROGRAMS, Sept. 7-8

• NAMAC Media/Arts Expo
• NAMAC Membership Screening Room: Curator, Aimee Le Duc, Gallery Manager, San Francisco Arts Commission
• Technology Workshops + Show & Tell

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7

9:00-10:30 a.m.

Breakfast Plenary: Artists As Leaders

• Moderator: John Killacky, Executive Director, The Flynn Center for Performing Arts (Burlington, VT)
• Jennifer Dorner, Director, Independent Media Arts Alliance (Quebec)
• Angela Tucker, Filmmaker/Producer
• Marcus Young, Artist in Residence, City of St. Paul

10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

The New Networks

• Jan Schaffer, J-Lab.org (Washington, D.C.)
• Philip Nadasdy, Columbia College (Chicago)
• Betty Yu, Media Action Grassroots Network (New York City)
• Kevin Davis, Investigative News Network (Los Angeles)
• Jo Ellen Kaiser, The Media Consortium (San Francisco)

Mobile Media: Defining Places, Engaging Communities

• Anula Shetty, Termite TV (Philadelphia)
• Mindy Faber, Mi Parque/Columbia College (Chicago)
• John Fenn, University of Oregon
• John Bergmayer, Public Knowledge (Washington, D.C.)

Supporting Independent Production

• Moderator: Frances Phillips, Senior Arts Program Officer, the Walter & Elise Haas Sr. Fund (San Francisco)
• Jax Deluca, Executive Director, Squeaky Wheel: Buffalo Media Resources (Buffalo)
• Tim Horsburgh, Kartemquin/PBS Needs Indies (Chicago)
• Nonso Christian Ugbode, Director of Digital Media, National Black Programming Consortium (New York City)
• Laura Zabel, Executive Director, Springboard for the Arts (Minneapolis)

12:15-2:00 p.m.

NAMAC Media Arts Exposition + Open Lunch

2:00-3:30 p.m.

Journalism’s New Directions

• Moderator: Joe Torres, Senior External Affairs Director, Free Press (Washington, D.C.)
• Bunmi Oloruntoba, Editor, 3bute.com
• Barry Johnson, Editor, Oregon Arts Watch (Portland)
• Jan Schaffer, J-Lab.org (Washington, D.C.)
• TBA

Creating Equity, Representing Community

• Moderator: Eric Martin, Interactive Media Specialist, Native American Public Telecommunications (Lincoln, Nebraska)
• Vanessa Graber, Community Radio Director, Prometheus Radio Project (Philadelphia)
• K.C. Price, Executive Director, Frameline.org/San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival (San Francisco)
• Missy Whiteman, Independent Indigenous Film & Video (Minneapolis)

Pennies from Heaven: Crowdfunding and Community-Supported Media/Arts

• Moderator: Nathaniel James, Adventures in New Giving (Seattle)
• Stephanie Pereira, Kickstarter.com (New York City)
• Andy Sturdevant, Artist Resources Director, Springboard for the Arts CSA
• TBA

Being Strategic About Transmedia: Making a Big Impact with Limited Resources

• Moderator: Shaady Salehi, Executive Director, Active Voice
• Ana Serrano, Producer, “Prison Dancer: The Musical”; Director, Canadian Film Center Digital Media Lab
• Michele Stephenson, Director/Producer, “American Promise”

Workshop: Creating Leaderful Organizations and Networks

• Facilitator: Paula Manley, Paula Manley Consulting
• Jennifer Olivia, Director of Technology and Operations, Bay Area Video Coalition (San Francisco)
• Nonso Christian Ugbode, Director of Digital Media, National Black Programming Consortium (New York City)

4:00-6:00 p.m.

Media/Arts Tours of Minneapolis/St. Paul

• Intermedia Arts, Juxtaposition, Minnesota Television Network, In Progress, Kulture Klub Collaborative, others TBA

6:00: DINNER ON YOUR OWN

7:00 and beyond

Franklin Art Works: Reception & artist opening, Jonathan Bruce Williams

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

9:00-10:30 a.m.

Breakfast Plenary: Creative Placemaking

• Deborah Cullinan, Executive Director, Intersection for the Arts (San Francisco)
• Gulgun Kayim, Director of Arts & Creative Economy, City of Minneapolis
• Ann Markusen, Director, Arts Economy Initiative, University of Minnesota
• Noel Raymond, Artistic Director, Pillsbury House Theatre (Chicago)

10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

Public Art: Engaging Communities, Claiming Space

• Moderator: Jack Becker, Forecast Public Art (Minneapolis)
• Steve Deitz, Northern Lights/Northern Spark (Minneapolis)
• Broken Crow: John Grider and Mike Fitzsimmons (Minneapolis)

Digital Frontiers: Copyright, Censorship, the Commons, Privacy

• TBA

Open Space Documentaries

• Moderator: Patricia R. Zimmerman, Professor of Cinema, Photography and Media Arts, Ithaca College  (Ithaca)
• Helen De Michiel, Thirty Leaves Productions (Berkeley, CA)
• jesikah maria ross, Director, Art of Regional Change, U.C. Davis Center for Regional Change (Davis, CA)
• Laura Kissel, Director, Film and Media Studies, University of South Carolina

Workshop: A Brief History of the Alternative Spaces Movement, 1995-Present

• Tim Peterson, Director, Franklin Art Works (Minneapolis)

Arts On Air I: How Community Radio is Amplifying the Arts

• Produced by the Prometheus Radio Project
• Panelists TBA

12:15-2:15

Plenary Luncheon: NAMAC Awards Presentation + George Stoney Celebration

2:15-3:45 p.m.

Youth Media Networks: How We're Connected

• Moderator: Kasandra VerBrugghen, Executive Director, Spyhop (Salt Lake City)
• Laura Deutch, Philadelphia Youth Media Collaborative
• Andrea Ellis, Learning Labs Project Coordinator, Kansas City Public Library (Missouri)
• Nicola Pine, Twin Cities Youth Media Network
• Danielle Martin, Intel Computer Clubhouse

Distribution: Brave New Digital Worlds

• Moderator: Marc Smolowitz, “The Power of Two,” “Still Around: 30 Years of AIDS,” “The Weather Underground,” “Trembling Before G-d”
• Kristen Fitzpatrick, Women Made Movies
• John Bergmayer, Public Knowledge (Washington, D.C.)
• TBA

Prodding the Sleeping Giants: Media, Arts & Citizen’s Movements

• Panelists TBA

Grantmaker Speed Dating

• Participants TBA

Arts on Air II: How to Start a Community Radio Station

• Produced by the Prometheus Radio Project
• Panelists TBA

4:00-5:30 p.m.

Final panel lineup TBA

6:00: DINNER ON YOUR OWN

7:00 and beyond

The Soap Factory: Art opening & reception, Andy DuCett’s immersive, site-wide installation, “Why We Do This"