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The CAN Report
The State of the Field of Community Cultural Development: Something New Emerges
A Report from the CAN Gathering, May 2004
By Linda Frye Burnham, Steven Durland and Maryo Gard Ewell
Published by Art in the Public Interest July, 2004
Appendix III: The CAN Gathering Agenda
THE COMMUNITY ARTS NETWORK GATHERING
Lutheridge Conference Center, Arden, NC
May 26-28, 2004
Wednesday, May 26, 2004 |
2:00 - 6:00 pm |
Arrival |
6:30 - 7:30 pm |
Dinner |
7:30 - 9:00 pm |
Who’s in the room?
Facilitated by Barbara Schaffer Bacon and Judy Baca
Introductions (creatively of course) to help us find connections with one another, draw out the range of the work we do or aspire to, and consider the goals of the retreat.
We will begin our work together by building on the responses to questions sent in advance.
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9:00 - ? pm |
RELAX |
Thursday, May 27, 2004 |
8:00 - 8:45 |
Breakfast |
9:00 - 9:15 |
Opening Circle
By Meena Natarajan |
9:15 - 12:00 pm |
Making a Difference
Facilitated by Bob Leonard and John O'Neal
We plan to share stories and discuss the notion of making a difference - what kind(s) of difference we’re trying to make and for whom - and how to talk about the impact of our work. |
11:15 - 11:30 |
Break |
11:30 - 12:30 pm |
Assets & Attributes
Facilitated by Anan Ameri and Kathie deNobriga
What are our best tools for making that difference? What do we have going for us? What are the strengths of our work, organizational strengths, opportunities, inspirations, etc. Who/what partners and external resources are essential to our work? |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
Lunch Break |
2:00 - 4:30 pm |
Visualization of our Cultural Ecology
Facilitated by Andrea Assaf
We will work individually and collaboratively to creatively map, describe, and characterize the environment, conditions, and systems in which we work. Then we will share our interpretations, consider how we locate ourselves in these ecologies. |
4:30- 7:00 pm |
REFRESH: Afternoon Break through Dinner |
7:00 - 9:00 pm |
Cultural Ecology (continued)
Facilitated by Jan Cohen-Cruz and Norma Bowles
Building from our earlier exploration of cultural ecology, we’ll discuss our observations about what propels our work and what holds us back. |
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Closing circle
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Friday, May 28, 2004 |
7:15 - 8:15 am |
Breakfast
By Rosalba Rolón |
8:30 - 8:45 am |
Opening circle |
8:45 - 10:30 am |
Looking Future: What can be? Must be?
Facilitated by MK Wegmann and Arnold Aprill
What needs to be in place, now and for the workers who come after us? |
10:45 - 12:00 am |
Full group closing
By Dudley Cocke and Robbie McCauley |
API wishes thank Bob Leonard, Maryo Ewell and especially Barbara Schaffer Bacon and Andrea Assaf for their work on the agenda.
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