2022 Conference
Location
The Conference will be held on Friday, October 21, 2022 at the Jepson Alumni Center.
Registration
Registration will close on Wednesday, October 19, 2022.
Schedule of Events
- 1:30pm: Check-in (Robins Pavilion)
- 2pm: Welcome and Keynote by Regina H. Boone, followed by a conversation with Carolina Mayorga and Shani Shih (Robins Pavilion)
- 3:30pm: Break
- 3:50pm: Workshops
- Reclaiming and Proclaiming Your Story, facilitated by Regina H. Boone (Robins Pavilion)
- Coloring Xperiences, facilitated by Carolina Mayorga (Quigg Room)
- Flip the Script, and Let it Go: Exploring Public Art, Story, and Narrative, facilitated by Shani Shih (Rosenbaum Room)
- 5pm: Reception (Jepson Alumni Courtyard)
Workshop Details
Reclaiming and Proclaiming Your Story, facilitated by Regina H. Boone (she/her)
All of us are made of stories, and some of these stories are buried in time, taken from us, purposely hidden or saved under layers and layers. How do you start looking for your stories, how do you find them, make sense of them, and bring them to their fullest light? In this workshop we explore the tools you need to reclaim and proclaim your stories, so that you can piece together and tell your story –from family interviews and digging into library archives, to collage, documentary photography, video, and/or sound.
Coloring Xperiences, facilitated by Carolina Mayorga (she/ella)
In this workshop, participants are invited to explore identity as an individual, collective, and universal experience through drawing and coloring. This investigation is part of ARTidotes 2.0: An Explosion of Color, 2022, a community-based project promoting the integration of art into daily life and art as a joyful tool of expression for all. The project is also influenced by Fauvism, an art movement from the beginning of the 20th century that favors color over representation and by my 20 years of experience as a teaching artist. No prior experience required, just be ready for a colorful time!
Flip the Script, and Let it Go: Exploring Public Art, Story, and Narrative,
facilitated by Shani Shih (she/they)
In the digital age, stories abound. We face a never ending flood of content–continuous Netflix and HBO releases, looping Tiktok videos and Instagram reels, compounding glimpses and sound bites of everyday experiences, reflections, and life stories. At the same time, within marginalized communities, we carry the important burden of representation and are often compelled by community needs and wider cultural movements to tell our stories. In this workshop, we will take a creative look into the ways “story” and “narrative” show up in our lives. Shani will share personal life experiences around art and identity, and guide participants through an interactive “tour” of stories and narratives, represented in and through graffiti and street art culture. A small art-making activity will follow. Through exploring the nuances of story & narrative in our contemporary context, we will consider the power of story to connect us to meaning, purpose, and belonging; reflect on the lessons of our pasts and the grand possibilities of our futures; think about narratives that no longer serve our lives and identities as womxn of color–and imagine how we might create new ones that do.