Co-Generate: Now

Tuesday, October 16, 9:30am – 11:00am

Organized by Roberto Bedoya, executive director, Tucson Pima Arts Council.

Presented by James D. Bewley, senior program officer, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; Michelle Coffey, executive director, Lambent Foundation; Edwin Torres, associate director, the Rockefeller Foundation.

In 2000, at the GIA conference there was a panel presentation on the National Association of Artists’ Organizations Co-Generate (Co-Gen) Project, 1998-2000. The Co-Gen project was the first national effort that addressed next generation leadership concerns as articulated by Gen X-ers working in the field of artist-centered cultural practices. We will revisit that panel and the topic of leadership development by engaging alumni Co-Gen participants in a discussion on the urgency they felt then, which informed DIY and hip hop aesthetics and organizing practices, and the urgency they see now among 20/30 year olds. Discussion leaders, alumni of the Co-Gen project who are currently work in philanthropy, will talk about what they see as coming up behind them, their own career trajectory, and forms of leadership development. Moderating the panel will be Roberto Bedoya, who directed the Co-Generate project.