| Tuesday, September 8 - Plains Art Museum
Due to flight schedules to Fargo, new managers are encouraged to arrive in Fargo by Monday evening.The Plains Arts Museum is a six-block walk from the Radisson Hotel. A Shuttle will depart at 4:45 p.m. for those people needing transportation to the museum. The hotel can also help with a taxi. |
| 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. |
New Managers Lunch with Dr. Sarah Bainter Cunningham, NEA Director of Arts Education
For new managers and Dr. Cunningham only |
| 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. |
New Managers Orientation (this orientation includes mentors) |
| 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. |
Reception/Group Art Project, "Seed Reliquaries"
Action Required - Please read the information at the link |
| 6:00 - 6:30 p.m. |
Welcome
Circle of Nations drum group performs
Linda Ehreth and Jan Webb, Executive Director, North Dakota Arts Council
Dr. Sarah Bainter Cunningham - PDI Welcome
Action Required - Please read the information at the link |
| 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. |
Dinner provided |
| Wednesday, September 9 - Fargo Theatre/Trollwood Performing Arts School |
| 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. |
Continental breakfast provided at Radisson Hotel |
| 8:00 - 8:30 a.m. |
Walk to Fargo Theatre (three blocks from Radisson Hotel) |
| 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. |
Fargo Theatre Welcome
2008 Chattanooga PDI video
Opening Address - Dr. Sarah Bainter Cunningham |
| 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. |
Bus travel to Trollwood Performing Arts School |
| 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. |
Artist-led Welcome and Warm-up by Spirit |
| 11:30 a.m. -
1:00 p.m. |
Lunch provided |
| 1:00 - 4:45 p.m. |
Artist to Artist: Artist Lessons and Reflective Practice
Action Required - Please read the information at the link
With: Barbara Cox, Bettine Hermanson, Lori Brink
Two artist groups
- Introduction to Tableau - Steve Busa, Teaching Artist
- Introduction to Celtic Culture in Story and Song - Debi Rogers, Teaching Artist
|
| 5:00 - 5:30 p.m. |
Bus pick-up and travel back to hotel |
| 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. |
Dinner on your own |
| 7:30 p.m. |
Studio crawl in downtown Fargo |
| Thursday, September 10 - Plains Art Museum |
| 8:00 a.m. |
Meet in Radisson Hotel lobby to walk to Plains Art Museum |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Continental breakfast provided at Plains Art Museum |
| 8:40 - 10:40 a.m. |
Applying a Tuning Protocol Through Collaborative Review of a Work in Progress: Poetry Out Loud (Iowa Arts Council) |
| 10:40 - 10:45 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
Education Leadership Institutes (ELI) - Pecha Kucha Presentations |
| 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. |
Lunch on your own/Regional meetings/Browse museum |
| 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. |
Book Club Discussion - based on the article "Practitioners Respond to Studio Thinking: The Real Benefits of Visual Arts Education" (from Teaching Artist Journal)
Action Required - Please read the information at the link |
| 4:00 - 4:15 p.m. |
Break |
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| 4:15 - 5:00 p.m. |
Closing |
