Schedule

Unless otherwise noted, all events are held in:
A.E.England Building
424 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Civic Space Park
Across the street from ASU Phoenix Downtown Campus

Thursday, October 27 Welcome
Time	Content & Guest Speakers
7pm	Welcome! Elizabeth Johnson, Coordinator for Public Practice, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, ASU Michael Underhill, Executive Dean & Professor, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, ASU
7:15 – 8:30	Kickin’ it in 5 Introduction by Gregory Sale, Artist and Assistant Professor of Intermedia Public Practice, ASUBrings together cultural producers to discuss how their work engages pressing issues affecting our world. These artists, poets, dancers, and architects from Tucson and Phoenix employ an array of practices and methodologies that provide a glimpse into this evolving field of socially engaged art. Jason Aragón and Mary Charlotte Thurtle (Pan Left Productions), Sentencing Mitigation Videos and Community Media Education Project Kenny Barrett and Braden Kay (Growhouse), Valley of the Sunflower Grisha Coleman, echo::system Kimi Eisele (New ARTiculations Dance Theatre), FLOW Matthew Garcia and April Bojorquez, DesertArtLAB Project Maggie Leininger, Commune-ique and This Much I Know To Be True Mary Lucking, Here We Are, Indian School Station Bill Mackey (worker inc.), Worker Transit Authority Ann Morton, 13 Fridays and other outreach projects with the homeless Logan Phillips, Verbo*bala Spoken Video Matthew and Maria Salenger (colab, llc), Moving Memories, the Arizona 9/11 Memorial and more Josh Schachter, Finding Voice Project Tessa Windt, Parcel Post: Creative exchanges between older adults in North Carolina
8:30 – 9:30	Socialization and Connecting Circuit Networking Music by: DJ Melotronix Refreshments provided by Fair Trade Cafe

Friday, October 28 Sharing of Practice
9:00 – 9:30a	Light breakfast provided by Fair Trade Cafe
9:30 – 9:45a	Welcome Moment in Action: Tomas Stanton Poetry Introduction by Simon Dove, Director of the School of Dance, ASU Steven Seleznow, President & CEO, AZ Community Foundation
9:45 – 10:30	Rick Lowe, founder of Project Row Houses – Keynote With Q & A
10:30–10:45	Brief Break
10:45– 11:30	Environments Moderated by: Greg Esser, Associate Director of the Desert Initiative, ASU Art Museum Game On | Navajo Nation: Philip Horton, Faculty Associate, School of Architecture, ASU BioScience High School: Shoshana Kroeger, Braden Kay, Kenny Barrett Matt Moore, Farmer & Artist
11:30– 12:30	Health & Wellbeing Moderated by: James Shraiky, Assistant Professor, School of Design & Assistant Professor, Director of Healthcare Design Initiatives Healthcare Design Initiatives: Matt Krise and Sheila Wakelam iCreate, with Ebony Tucker and Leslie Stellwagen, ASU resident artists Westward Ho, with Pegge Vissicaro, Director of the Office for Global Dance Research and Creative Partnerships, and Kay Jarrell, Clinical Associate Professor with the College of Nursing and Health Innovation
12:30– 1:30p	Lunch on your own & connecting circuit
1:30 – 1:40	Introduction to Social Justice & the Museum Gordon Knox, Director, ASU Art Museum
1:40 – 2:30	Social Justice #1 – It’s not just black & white: the afterlife of projects Moderated by: Gregory Sale, Artist and Assistant Professor of Intermedia and Public Practice, ASU School of Art, ASUParticipants: Frantz Beasley, former convict and President/CEO, AZ Common Ground Barbara Broderick, Chief Probation Officer, Maricopa County Adam Henning, Principal, Adobe Mountain and Black Canyon high schools, Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections Michael Koveikis, former inmate, ALPHA Program graduate, and general contractor Jane Lindsay, artist, MFA Candidate, ASU School of Art Amy Rex, Manager, Maricopa County Criminal Justice Projects, Maricopa County Manager’s Office Arthur J. Sabatini, PhD, Associate Professor, Performance Studies, Humanities, Arts and Culture, ASU College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences MaryEllen Sheppard, Deputy Chief, Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office John D. Spiak, Director & Chief Curator, Grand Central Art Center, California State University, Fullerton
2:30 – 3	Social Justice #2 – Securing a Free State Lekha Waitoller, Interim Curator Jennifer Nelson, Social Studies Artist, Securing a free state: The Second Amendment Project
3 – 3:30p	Connecting Circuit Light refreshments provided by Fair Trade Cafe
3:30 – 4:30	Youth Engagement Moderated by Stephani Woodson, Associate Professor, School of Theatre and Film, ASU, with: At Home in the Desert, w/ Boys & Girls Club of Metropolitan Phoenix and South Mountain- Susan Griffin, South Mountain High School Mary Fitzgerald, Associate Professor, School of Dance, ASU Elizabeth Johnson, Coordinator for Public Practice, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, ASU Tomas Stanton, Boys & Girls Club of Metropolitan Phoenix Saza Dimmick, Epik Dance Rick Mook, Assistant Professor, Music, ASU Melissa Britt, Clinical Professor School of Dance, ASU Joseph Perez Sentrock and Project RISE Melanie Rios Glaser – The Wooden Floor
4:15 – 4:30	Break
4:45 – 5:30	Closure Panel, Q & ARick Lowe, Founder, Project Row Houses hosts with: Linda Essig, Professor, School of Theatre & Film Daniel Schugurensky, Professor, School of Public Affairs and School of Social Transformation Simon Dove, Director, School of Dance Tamika Lamb, Savvy Pen Jim McPherson, Board President, Arizona Preservation Foundation; Steering Committee Member, Downtown Voices Coalition; participant of the 98th Arizona Town Hall, “Capitalizing on Arizona’s Arts & Culture,“ … and people who sign up during the day
7 – 9p	Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA) People’s Biennial This October, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art debuts a gallery space that has been transformed into a flex-use community spot called the SMoCA Lounge. This newly remodeled space will serve as a place for educational activities by day and a swank, unique gathering spot by night.  The public will have the opportunity to experience the unveiled SMoCA Lounge in full swing during the Museum’s annual Fall Opening Celebration on Friday, October 28, 2011 from 7-9 p.m. The opening is free and open to all featuring a cash bar, cocktails and conversation in the Lounge.

Saturday, October 29 Problems & Possibilities
9 – 9:30a	Light breakfast provided by Fair Trade Cafe
10 – 10:15a	Brief re-welcome Stephani Woodson, Associate Director, Associate Professor, School of Theatre & Film, ASU Elizabeth Johnson, Coordinator of Public Practice, Herberger Institute of Arts & Design, ASU Moment in Action: Boys & Girls Club of Metropolitan Phoenix
10:15 – 11	Working Publics: A Dialogue Shannon Jackson, Richard & Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor, University of California at Berkeley Neal Lester, Dean of HumanitiesShannon Jackson, author of Social Works: Performing Art, Supporting Publics in dialogue with ASU’s Dean of Humanities Neal Lester discussing art, humanities and what “public” means in public practice.
11 – 12p	Strategy Session #1: Core values, questions and concerns
12 – 12:30	Moment in Action: Black Theater TroupeIntroduction by Chandra Crudup, Lecturer & Ph.D student in ASU’s School of Social Work, Reading By Kwane Vedrene, Musical Selection by The CompanySince it’s founding in 1970, the Black Theatre Troupe has existed to be called to action. They present a “Freedom Suite” highlighting their upcoming February 2012 production of “Coming of the Hurricane” by Keith Glover.
12:30 – 2p	Lunch on your own & connecting circuit
2 – 4p	Strategy session #2: Action steps, projects, and partnerships