Schedule-at-a-Glance

For schedule details, see Agenda.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 7:45am - 3:15pm Pre-Conference: Day of Service with Habitat for Humanity 4:30-5:30pm Registration and check-in: Hilton St. Charles Hotel 5:30-7:00pm Reception: Historic New Orleans Collection THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 8:30am-5:00pm Registration and check-in: Louisiana ArtWorks 8:30am - 5:00pm Conference sessions Keynote Address: Rebecca Solnit, writer and activist 6:30 - 9:00pm Reception: Newcomb Art Gallery FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 8:00am-2:00pm Registration and check-in: Hilton St. Charles Hotel 8:00am - 2:00pm Conference sessions Keynote Address: Mel Chin 2:15 - 5:15pm Off-site sessions and tours (1) New Orleans Public Art Tour (2) Changing Ecology Wetlands Tour (3) Printmaking Workshop evening Free night in New Orleans 6:00-8:00: Glass-blowing party at NOCGI 6:00-8:00: Patrons reception (by invitation) 7:00-9:00: Ceramics workshop + pizza part at Louisiana ArtWorks SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 8:30am-1:30pm Registration and check-in: Hilton St. Charles Hotel 8:30am - 1:30pm Conference sessions Keynote Address: Lolis Eric Elie, journalist 2:00 - 5:00pm Our Collective Voice Off-site sessions and tours (1) Alternative Art Spaces (2) Visit A Studio in the Woods 3:00 - 5:00pm Emergency Preparedness for Artists 7:00 - 10:00pm Closing dinner reception: Preservation Resource Center For schedule details, see Agenda.

The Conference

I just wanted to thank you for making a newcomer to your conference feel so welcome. I also wanted to congratulate you on such an organized, content- and experience-filled conference … with sessions and conversations that left me truly inspired and energized!
–2008 Conference attendee

The Alliance's 19th Annual Conference is supported in part by grants from The Ford Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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