Host
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Alberta Craft Council
Partner
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Canadian Crafts Federation
Location
- Alberta College of Art and Design
Sponsors - American Craft Council,
The Crafts Report
Thursday, June 14
3 pm - 6 pm - Conference registration (at International Hotel)
5 pm - 6pm Orientation for new attendees (all are welcome)
6 pm - 8pm - Welcome Reception - Art Central Galleries, INFLUX, Dashwood
and Collage –
www.artcentral.ca
Dinner on your own, with old and new friends (recommended restaurants)
Friday, June 15
9 to 9:15 - Welcome - Linda Van Trump, CODA Managing Director;
Tim Glotzbach, CODA Chair and Dean of Kentucky School of Craft; Tom
McFall, Conference Host and Executive Director of Alberta Craft Council;
James Lavoie, Chair of Alberta Craft Council Board
9:15 to 10:15 - Opening session - The Cross-Border Connections -
craft leaders explore examples of the extensive and growing
relationships between Canadian and American craftspeople, craft artists,
organizations, schools, fairs, galleries, museums, media and more.
Lance Carlson, President Alberta College of Art and Design; Charles
Lewton-Brain, Past-president Canadian Crafts Federation, jeweller,
educator and publisher; Andrew Glasgow, The Furniture Society; Dawn
Detarando, American ceramist living in Alberta
10:30 to 11:45 - Meet the Canadians (Three Minutes of Fame
presentations)
Canadian Organizations - Craft Year 2007, Canadian Crafts Federation,
provincial craft councils, colleges, museums and galleries, marketing
programs and others
Noon - Lunch
12:30 to 1:45 - Meet the Americans (Three Minutes of Fame
presentations)
USA Organizations
2 to 4 - Peer Sessions (Members of CODA’s Board of Directors will
participate in each session)
1. Guilds/Membership Organizations - Tyler Rock and Julia Reimer
co-chairs Glass Art Association of Canada; Mary Lancer, American
Association of Wood Turners
2. Craft/Art Schools and Education Centre/Programs - Lance
Carlson, President ACAD; David Willard, Arrowmount School of Arts and
Crafts; Steve Loar, Center for Turning and Furniture Design
3. Craft Exhibition Presenters/Museums/Galleries
4. Fairs/Festivals/Shows – Cheryl Hartley, Tamarack
5. Public Service/Development/Government Agencies - Al Chapman,
Alberta Foundation for the Arts
4:15 to 4:45 - Expanding Identities in Fine Craft - Charles
Lewton-Brain, the Impressions project; Tom McFall, the All About Alberta
project
6:30 - 9:30 - All About Alberta, an exhibition of contemporary
fine craft reflecting Alberta’s distinct sense of place (first presented
at the Canadian Embassy Gallery in Washington DC) and CODA Awards for
Outstanding Service, Creative Thinking and Leadership Presentation and
dinner – Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary (get there by
C-train)
Saturday, June 16
9 to 10:15 - New directions in conventional media promotions and
communications - television, video, print, etc. - panel discussion
10:30 to 11:30 - New directions in unconventional promotions and
communications - websites, blogs, e-news, virtual journals, etc. -
panel discussion
11:45 to 1:45 - Lunch - Current Issues Discussion and CODA Annual
Membership Meeting - everyone is encouraged to attend
2 to 2:30 - Craft Emergency Relief Fund - Cornelia Carey,
Executive Director; Craig Nutt, Director of Programs - national
(American) initiative to coordinate emergency preparedness, response
efforts, and insurance strategies
2:30 to 3 - "Serving the Identities of American Craft" -
American Craft Council Presentation – Lilly Kane, Director of Education
3:15 to 4:45 - Young Professionals in Craft Culture - a lively
discussion amongst emerging craft artists, young administrators and
others engaged in craft organizations
4:45 to 5 - Closing Remarks - Linda Van Trump, Tim Glotzbach and
Tom McFall
Evening Studio Parties - informal dinners in Alberta Craft
Council members’ studios - $25 per person
Thursday to Saturday - Exhibitions in ACAD galleries - Glass Art
Association of Canada, Metal Arts Guild and others TBA
Sunday, June 17
Post-Conference tour to Banff National Park for sightseeing, museums,
galleries and historic log homes and including a fabulous ($45) brunch
overlooking Lake Louise - $100 (brunch price included)
American Passports
New American security regulations require passports for entry or
re-entry into the USA.
If you are flying from the USA to the CODA Conference in Calgary
you will need to present a passport, at airport check-in, to cross from
Canada back into the USA.
If you are driving from the USA to Calgary (you will not need a
passport until 2008) you will need a valid driver’s license and may be
asked for proof of citizenship, such as a certified birth certificate or
passport.
It takes 8 weeks to get a USA passport so you need to apply by April
7, 2007 to insure you get it on time. You can pay an additional fee
for expedited service, but this still takes several weeks.
For more USA passport information:
U.S. Department of Homeland Security website at
www.dhs.gov
To apply for a passport, USA citizens can visit
www.travel.state.gov
which has everything you ever wanted to know about passports including
forms and applications;
or call the USA Passport Office at 1-877-4USA-PPT or TDD/TYY:
1-888-874-7793.
Foreign nationals should contact their respective governments to obtain
passports.
For more information
contact:
Craft Organization Development Association
Linda Van
Trump, Managing Director
P.O. Box 51,
Onia, AR 72663
870-746-5159
info@codacraft.org
For
site specific questions contact:
Alberta Craft Council
Tom McFall, Executive Director
10186 - 106 Street
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5J 1H4
780-488-6611
tmcfall@albertacraft.ab.ca
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