Annual Conference
The Creative People's Conference - 2019
Arts Connection, the Arts Council of San Bernardino County, is pleased to announce that our sixth annual conference will be held on Saturday, October 5that San Bernardino Valley College in the heart of the City of San Bernardino. Our Creative People’s Conferenceis an invitation to explore how the arts reconnect us through our shared humanity, cultivate a space for healing, and provide an opportunity for generative dialogue across geographic and perceived distances.
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Date: October 5, 2019
Time: 9 am - 4 pm
Closing reception for “Self and Place: ReFinding San Bernardino County”
4-6pm at the Gresham Gallery
Creative People’s Conference
8:30-9:00 am Check-in and Registration (Business Management conference B-100) See Map below.
9:00-9:20 am Welcome, Orientation for the Day - Kathryn Ervin and Jennifer Kane, Arts Connection
9:25-10:00 am Opening Movement – Dancer-led Audience Engagement –
Maura Townsend – San Bernardino Valley College instructor and Founder of Project 21
Dance
10:00-10:15am Welcome by San Bernardino Valley College President - Dr. Diana Rodriguez
10:20-11:00 am Acknowledgement of Land, Self and Place - Creative writing experience with Juan Delgado
11:15-noon Morning Workshops:
1. Art, Media and Driving Social Movements
2. Painting Healthier Communities - intersection projects for safer schools
3. Activating Youth Voices through Poetry and Hip Hop
Lunch
12:15-1:00pm Network, share lunch inside or outside and enjoy music provided by San Bernardino Valley
College students
Free Screen-printing of original conference design by Ana Cervantes. Bring your own t-shirt,
bag, tote or other item to screen this beautiful art onto and take home with you!!
Thank you to Duan Kellum of Skool Boiz printing !!
1:00 pm Meet back at Business Management conference center – B-100 Building
1:10-1:30pm San Bernardino community film project screening - Nathalie Graham and Keya Vance
1:40-3:00pm Afternoon workshops:
1. Arts Education in Schools
2. Artist-run Spaces and Creative Entrepreneurship
3. The How-to's of Writing and Filming a Short Sketch - meet the IE Media Academy staff, students and explore the facilities.
3:00-3:15pm Groups all meet back in main conference area (transition time)
3:15-3:45pm Share-out: words, images, and performances
3:45-4:00pm Thank you and closing notes
4:00-5:00pm Performances in the courtyard in front of the Clara and Allen Gresham gallery.
San Bernardino Valley College Student Group
Glass-blowing demo (4-5pm)
Until 6pm Closing Reception with snacks and wine. Note that the closing reception for this event is free and open to the public.
Workshop Descriptions:
Artist-run spaces and Creative Entrepreneurship
Our current creative community is one of entrepreneurs and problem-solvers. We are up to the challenges and opportunities of creating space for the arts/artists in cities, towns and neighborhoods across the Inland Region. Come learn from a few leaders navigating this terrain and about some of the skills you never thought you needed to have as an artist to do this work.
Facilitators: Andrew Thompson, Founder of The Little Gallery of San Bernardino, Daniel Gohman, Founder of The Artlands, Cynthina Huerta, Co-Founder of Inland Mujeres.
Workshop support from John Machado, CEO/President of The Arts Area.
Art, Media and Driving Social Movements
Led by Anthony Victoria - Communications Director at the Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice. With additional guest facilitators: Ana Cervantes and Ben Reynoso.
This community action-oriented workshop will include a printing lab, supported by Duan Kellum.
Arts Education in Schools
This is an exciting time in California’s arts education history! Want to know what is emerging in arts education within our schools and districts? Come and gain information on the current and emerging California and San Bernardino County arts education landscape from our statewide and regional experts of The California Arts Project and RIMS California Arts Project —the state subject matter project for the arts.
This workshop will introduce you to the new California Arts Standards, update you on the emerging new Arts Framework, and inform you of what these changes mean for our students and teachers. You’ll get a peek into arts classrooms in which teachers are implementing these new directions. Learn of local and statewide resources that can provide support to your schools and districts and how you can become involved. There will be time for questions and conversation leading to the creation of an individual action step you can take to support equity and access for all our students to an arts education!
Facilitators: Kris Alexander, Executive Director, The California Arts Project
Armalyn De La O, Regional Director, RIMS California Arts Project, CSUSB
TCAP Teacher Leader
Audience: teachers, administrators, parents, community members, and artists
Collaboratively activating public space for safer communities and schools: why would you paint a crosswalk and best practices.
Come learn about how to put together a plan for creating this kind of project in your community. Led by Mark Friis, Safe Routes to Schools Coordinator, San Bernardino Department of Public Health
Additional facilitators, Justine Garcia, discussing the Healthy Rancho Cucamonga initiative and a recent art partnership for a similar project. Hear from Justine Jimenez, the artist who collaborated on this project with the city.
Activating Youth Voices through Poetry and Hip Hop. Facilitators: Sam Montes (Oxymoron) (Founder of the Breakbread Mic Sesh) and Edwin Johnson (CHORDS).
Session description coming soon.
The How-to's of writing and filming a short sketch - meet the IE Media Academy staff, students and explore the facilities.
Interested in sponsoring this event?
As a sponsor of the 2016 Arts Connection Conference, your support contributes to the advancement of the visual and performing arts in San Bernardino County, benefitting artists, performers, educators, art administrators, businesses and countless communities throughout the county. The exposure you receive as a sponsor puts you in front of key decision makers. Sponsors may choose one of six visibility packages. Any pre-designed package may be tailored to t the particular needs and interests of your organization.
Download the Sponsorship Packet below.
ARTS CONNECTION CONFERENCE PARTNERS
Arts Patrons
Drs. Ernie and Dotti Garcia
Arts Sustainers
Arts Advocates
Kristine Alexander
Armalyn De La O
Chaffey Community Museum of Art
KVCR
San Bernardino County Department of Public Health - Safe Routes to Schools Program
The Arts Area
The Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art
Arts Friends
Morongo Basin Cultural Arts Council
Redlands Art Association
Annual Conference 2018
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ARTS RESOURCING: GATHERING AND CULTIVATING OUR COMMUNITIES:
Are you a visual, performing or literary artist, arts organizer, arts administrator, or community or civic leader in San Bernardino County? Join us for an inspiring day highlighting how artists, municipalities, and organizations from across the county have integrated arts and culture initiatives into a sustainable, community-based approach. This conference will provide an opportunity to network and share your own work and contribute to this evolving county-wide arts dialogue. Afternoon sessions include professional practice workshops and discussions on important topics in the expanding fields of art and creative practices.
Registration is $30 for members, $60 for non-members and includes lunch!
When you click through to register you will be invited to join other arts and cultural experiences pre-and-post conference. These additional experiences are fundraisers for Arts Connection programming so please spread the word about the Sound Bath and A-Z west tour. These experiences can be booked separately from the conference registration.
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Annual Conference 2016
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This year's conference is scheduled for October 8th, from 9am to 1pm at the University of Redlands, Orton Center. We'll be exploring how the arts can work across sectors to better our communities. Through presentations, conversations and the opportunity to network, you'll be introduced to other potential collaborators interested in the role that creativity can play in solving problems and strengthening the fabric of our communities.
Annual Conference 2015
The 2015 Arts Connection Annual Conference, “Arts Creating Community,” will take place on September 26th from 9am-5pm at the Victoria Gardens Cultural Center. It will be an inspiring full-day of presentations, discussions and workshops about creative placemaking, cultural planning and public art. Learn about current practices, tools and strategies available to help artists, arts administrators, arts educators and arts organizations initiate projects that strengthen the community from within, engaging new audiences and honoring the character and quality of place. Additionally, the conference will facilitate networking opportunities and enable attendees to exchange ideas and information with arts professionals from throughout the county.
The conference is free for members, with individual memberships starting at $25. Membership must be current through date of conference.
Click here to register: http://artsconnectionnetwork.org/events/conference-registration
Annual Conference 2014
Our 2014 conference, "Professional Practices for Visual & Performing Artists and Administrators" was our inaugural conference, and kicked things off with an impressive lineup.
Presenters and facilitators including Visual Artist Workshop Leader, Karen Atkinson, Founder of GYST-Ink and CalArts Professor; Arts Administrator Workshop Leader, Scott Ward, Executive Director, Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena; Performing Artist Workshop Leader, Matt Walker, Artistic Director, Troubadour Theatre Company; Roundtable Discussion Facilitators, Valerie Peister, Community Outreach Programming Manager, Redlands Bowl; Michael Segura, City of San Bernardino Fine Arts Commission, Member of San Bernardino Generation Now; Paige Taylor, Education and Outreach Coordinator, RAFFMA; and Closing Speaker, Daniel Foster, Executive Director, Oceanside Museum of Art, formerly President/CEO of The Community Foundation and founding board chair of Arts Connection.
See all Videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZPOCGlR7d0z4cjxiKcwgCw
