It has been ten years since the Public Art Network came under the umbrella of Americans for the Arts and what a decade it’s been! To celebrate PAN’s 10th anniversary we are going back to the Public Art Preconference format just this year with this year’s Redefining the Public Paradigm, June 23-25, 2010 in Baltimore prior to the annual Americans for the Arts convention.

The Preconference is organized with keynote presentations as well as roundtable workshops categorized under the themes of Technical Assistance and Envisioning Possibilities. Each roundtable workshop will be facilitated by topic experts with discussion among all participants. The goal is to engage emerging and established artists and administrators to discuss the topic issue, share opinions, strategies, tactics, and develop responses and solutions to the issue. Outcomes of the roundtable workshops will generate recommendations for best practices, legislative priorities, areas in need of further exploration, and articulating the needs of the field in the next few years.

Technical Assistance sessions include: Conservation; Collections Management; Contracts and Copyright; Developing an Artist Training Program; Public Engagement and Evaluation Methodologies; and, Public Art-Private Development Ordinances.

Envisioning Possibilities sessions include:  Innovative Project Management; Social Practice and Community Participation; Technology-New Media-Maintenance; Unhinged-New Considerations in Public Art; International Models; and Temporary Public Art.

The PAN Conference will also offer several venues for artists and programs to present their work:

• Salon des Refuses curated by artist, Stuart Keeler
• Poster Pin-up for artists and programs to share their current projects with conference attendees
• Plenary sessions cover Curation and Public Art and Urban Design, with presentations and interviews with Dan Cameron, Tom Finkelpearl and others; and keynote address by PAN Awardee, Judy Baca
• Pecha Kucha session
• Public Art Network Year in Review curated by Helen Lessick and Fred Wilson
• Analysis of the recently completed Public Art Field Survey
• Reception with Patricia Phillips honoring PAN’s Founders

Do not miss this year’s PAN Preconference. Join us in Baltimore, register now!