"Devising Civic Theatre: Performance, Social Practice & Dialogue," summer institute by Sojourn Theatre, Portland, Ore., July 27-August 2, 2008.

"Santa Fe International Conference on Creative Tourism," by UNESCO Creative Cities Network, Santa Fe, N.M., September 28-October 2, 2008.

"Get Smart with Art Summer Mini Institute," for K-8 teachers, by Bay Area Writing Project and de Young Museum, San Francisco, Calif., July 29-August 8, 2008.

"Physically Integrated Dance Summer Intensive," by AXIS Dance Company, Oakland, CAlif., August 3-10, 2008.

"Back to the ROOTS: Rememberance, [R]evolution, Reinvisioning," Alternate Roots Annual Meeting, Arden N.C., August 5-10, 2008.

"THEATRE FOR LIVING Training Workshops," by Headlines Theatre, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, August 6-11 (Level One) and August 14-19 (Level Two), 2008.

"Math, the Arts and Multiple Intelligences," an A+ Schools Program "Best Practices" Conference, Greensboro, N.C., August 7-8, 2008.

"NET Gathering," by Network of Ensemble Theaters, New Orleans, La., August 11-15, 2008.

"Accelerating Our Economy: Tapping Creative Assets," leadership summit by Appalachian Regional Development Institute, Boone, N.C., August 11, 2008.

"Arts Infused Education Training," summer institute by Marygrove College’s Institute for Arts Infused Education, Detroit, Mich., August 12-13, 2008.

"Developing dance with fragile communities: working at the edge," Conference Four of scotlandances, Aberdeen, Scotland, August (TBA) 2008.

"Burning Man," arts festival, Black Rock City, Nevada, August 25-September 1, 2008.

"Culture and Citizenship," by Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change, Manchester, England, September 3-5, 2008.

"Power of Words: Liberation through the Spoken, Written and Sung Word," conference by Goddard College, Plainfield, Vt., September 12-15, 2008.

"Journées de la culture," 13th annual community arts festival by Culture pour Tous, Quebec, Canada, September 26-28, 2008.

"Journées de la culture," provincewide annual arts event by Culture pour tous, Quebec, Canada, September 26-28, 2008.

"Artist-Citizen: Contextual Art Practices," 49th October Salon, Belgrade, Serbia, September 26-November 9, 2008.

"Ladyfest Toronto," Toronto Ont., Canada, September 27-30, 2008.

"Less Remote: The Futures of Space Exploration," an Arts & Humanities Symposium by The Arts Catalyst and others, Glasgow, Scotland, September 30- October 3, 2008.

"Public Art and the Planning Process Workshop," by ixia, Bristol, England, September 30, 2008.

"Performing the World 5," conference, New York City, N.Y., October 2-5, 2008.

"Fourth NCDD Conference," by National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation, Austin, Tex., October 3-5, 2008.

"Teaching Artist Training & Internship Program," by Community-Word Project, New York, N.Y., October October 4-December 14, 2008.

"Arts and the New American City -- You draw the map!," Annual Grantmakers in the Arts conference; members only, Atlanta, Ga., October 12-15, 2008.

"34th International Conference on Social Theory, Politics and the Arts," Baltimore, Md., October 16-18, 2008,

"Breaking Down the Walls: Reaching Youth, Families and Communities through the Arts," conference on prevention strategies and youth development, by Center for the Arts and Rutgers School of Social Work, Piscataway, N.J., October 23-24, 2008.

"Conference for Community Arts Education," annual conference by National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pa., October 29-November 1, 2008.

"Arts, Culture and the Public Sphere: Expressive and Instrumental Values In Economic and Sociological Perspectives," conference by European Sociological Association, et al., Venice, Italy, November 4-8, 2008.

"Public Art and the Planning Process Workshop," by ixia, London, England, November 6, 2008.

"Public Art Evaluation Toolkit Seminar," by ixia, Newcastle, England, November 6, 2008.

"The Conference for Community Arts Education," by National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pa., November 8-10, 2008.

"Priming the Pump," 2008 National Arts Marketing Project (NAMP) conference by Americans for the Arts, Houston, Tex., November 9-12, 2008.

"Arts and Civic Engagement," Alliance of Artists Communities 18th annual conference, Seattle, Wash., November 12-15, 2008.

"The Creative Economy in Smaller Nations," Creative Clusters Conference, Glasgow , Scotland, November 17-20, 2008.

"Culture & International History IV," symposium by Center for North American Studies, Historische Seminar of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main and Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, Frankfurt am Main , Germany, December 19-21, 2008.

"Public Art and the Planning Process Workshop," by ixia, Birmingham, England, January 27, 2008.

"97th CAA Annual Conference," by College Art Association, Los Angeles, Calif., February 25-28, 2009.

"North Carolina: The State of the Arts," statewide conference addressing arts in 21st century learning, by N.C. Arts Council, et al., March 5-7, 2009.

"Creativity: Worlds in the Making," national symposium by Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C., March 18-20, 2009.

"Curating Difficult Knowledge," conference on portraying collective suffering, by Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, April 16-19, 2009.

"4th World Summit on Arts and Culture," by IFACCA, Johannesburg, South Africa, September 21-25, 2009.