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Hosts:
Arkansas Arts
Center and Arkansas Arts Council
Sponsors:
American Craft Council,
The Rosen Group, Morris Foundation,
The
CraftsReport,
&
Ozark Folk Center State Park
Thursday April 10, 2008:
Thursday April 10, 2008:
3pm-6pm Registration at DoubleTree Hotel - Riverside West
Room
4:00-5:15 New attendees orientation, introductions and meet
the CODA Board of Directors– Palisades Room
5:30pm-8pm Welcome Reception, and Three Minutes of Fame
presentation (6:00-7:30) at Arkansas Arts Center. CODA
Special Recognition Award Presentation to honor an
individual whose leadership, creative thinking and
outstanding service have had a significant impact on the
crafts field. Hors d’oeuvres and drinks.
Buses
CODA Networking Lounge:
Riverside West room will be open for networking during the
conference. The resource tables (for attendees promotional
materials) coffee, water, fruit and snacks during breaks
will be located here throughout the conference. This is a
new addition to the conference this year, instead of having
concurrent sessions, this room with round tables will be
available for networking and just relaxing. (Sponsored by:
The Rosen Group)
Friday April 11:
8:45-9:30 Opening and Welcome
Linda Van Trump, CODA Managing Director,
Cheryl Hartley, CODA Chair-person.
Anne Gochenour and Joy Pennington, Conference Co-Hosts
Keynote: Robert Duncan, Collector, Lincoln, NE
9:45- 10:45 Relationship of Collectors and Institutions
(How institutions work with private collectors to share
their collections with the public; the acceptance of gifts,
responsibilities of institutions, the joy of collectors
sharing their collections)
Robert Duncan, Collector, and MAAA Board of Directors,
Lincoln, NE
Arlette Klaric Curator of Art Exhibitions/ExhibitsUSA,
Mid-America Arts Alliance, Kansas City, MO
JoAnn Edwards, San Francisco Museum of Craft & Design
Anne Gochenour, Curator of Contemporary Craft, Arkansas Arts
Center
11:00-12:15 Interior Designers Using Craft Objects
Jenny Moore-Handmade in America (HIA), Asheville, NC
Toni Sikes, The GUILD Inc., Madison, WI
Lynette Jennings – Marketing Consultant, Grand Junction,
Colorado
12:30-1:15 Lunch - round tables, open discussion with your
peers
1. Organizations that produce National Conferences
2. University Craft Centers
3. Craft Schools
4. NonProfit Organizations with workshops
5. Craft Exhibition Presenters
6. Retail Craft Galleries operated by nonprofit orgs
7. Organizations that sell craft on their websites
8. Creative Economies
9. Public Service and Development Agencies
10. Open Topic tables
1:30- 4:00 Peer
Sessions- (Break at 3pm in the Networking Room - Riverside
West)
CODA Board member and a local specialist will moderate each
session
1. Guilds/Membership Organizations
Mary Lacer, American Association of Woodturners
2. Craft/Art Schools and Education Centre/Programs
David Willard, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts and Doug
Stowe, Craft-Artist
3. Craft Exhibition Presenters /Museums/Galleries
Carolyn Patterson, Illinois Artist Program and Anne Gochenour,
Arkansas Arts Center
4. Fairs/Festivals/Shows
Cheryl Hartley, Tamarack WV and Becki Dahlstedt, Craft-Artist
5. Public Service/Development/Government Agencies -
Riverside East – Tim Glotzbach, Berea
College Student Crafts and Renee Doty, Arkansas Economic
Development Commission
4:15-5:00 Report back from peer sessions of top five best
projects, ideas or solutions.
5:00-8:00pm - 2nd Friday Art Night, downtown galleries open
with special exhibitions and receptions,
self-guided tour, city shuttle bus runs the route.
Saturday April 12:
9:00-10:00 Wisdom of Hands (Arts in Education Program
Concept)
Doug Stowe-Craft-artist, Author and Educator, Eureka
Springs, AR
10:15-12:15 Marketing and Promoting Your Craft Organization
Lynette Jennings- Marketing Consultant and Media
Personality, Grand Junction, Colorado
12:30- 1:15 Lunch (continued through next session) – Salon
A/B
1:15- 2pm Current Issues Discussion and Annual Membership
Meeting
Everyone encouraged to attend.
2:15-3:00 Creative Economies Assessment and the Arkansas
Study
Stuart Rosenfeld- Regional Technology Strategies, Carrboro,
NC
3:00 Break in the Networking Room - Riverside West
3:15- 4:30 Selling Craft on Organization Websites
Moderator - Cheryl Hartley - Tamarack, Beckley West Virginia
Marc Baker - Compu-Pro, Webmaster & Professor of Computer
Technology, Mountain View, Arkansas
Toni Sikes - THE GUILD, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin
Marla Johnson Norris – CEO, Aristotle Web Design, Little
Rock, Arkansas
4:30-4:45
Closing remarks
5:30 pm Bus loads for reception at the glorious home of
Robyn and John Horn, who will share their collection and
speak about working with craft-artists in building the
fixtures and furnishings in their home. Due to space
restrictions you must register in advance. Last bus needs to
leave no later than 6pm.
(dinner and drinks)
Contact:
CRAFT ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
Linda Van Trump, Managing Director
P.O. Box 51
Onia, AR 72663
870-746-5159
info@codacraft.org
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