Introducing This Year’s Luncheon Plenary

GIA is excited to share that on Tuesday, October 23, our 2018 Conference features Boots Riley and W. Kamau Bell in conversation, with a special introduction by Favianna Rodriguez, in its luncheon plenary.

Register for the 2018 GIA Conference to experience rich conversations like the ones this plenary will showcase. For more information on the conference speakers, visit us here.

Special Hotel Conference Rate

Guest rooms at the Oakland Marriott City Center at the conference rate are selling out and based on availability until Wednesday, September 26. There may be rooms or suites available at other rates at the discretion of the hotel. For more information about the conference hotel and other nearby hotels, click here.

“Round Two: Art and accessibility without assumptions” webinar

In mainstream culture, there are communities and identity groups who are overlooked, devalued, and passively dismissed. As we move towards a more inclusive and equitable culture, it is critical that we evaluate our understanding of how to be more welcoming, inclusive, and equitable. Last year we talked about the history of accessibility in the United States, types of accessibility, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This year we brought back Anne Mulgrave, manager of Grants and Accessibility, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, and Leah Krauss, senior program officer for Dance and Special Projects, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, and Krauss’ special guest, Alice Sheppard, choreographer and dancer who is disabled. They will provide an overview of welcoming people with disabilities and funding disability arts projects, and they will discuss Sheppard’s piece DESCENT which she says “obliterates assumptions of what dance, beauty, and disability can be…”

“Round Two: Art and accessibility without assumptions” will be held Thursday, September 27, at 2:00pm EDT / 11:00am PDT. Details and registration available here.

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