Open Engagement is an international conference that sets out to explore various perspectives on art and social practice and expand the dialogue around socially engaged art making. The Open Engagement conference is an initiative of Portland State University’s Art and Social Practice MFA. Directed and founded by Jen Delos Reyes and planned in conjunction with the Art and Social Practice program, this year’s conference features keynote presenters Tania Bruguera, Shannon Jackson, and Paul Ramirez Jonas. The work by these artists and scholars touch on subjects including politics, economies, education, and representation.
This year the conference will feature over 150 presenters from around the world. Through conversations, presentations, workshops, interviews, open reflections, and related projects created for or presented at the conference, we will be investigating, questioning, celebrating, and challenging the current state of art and social practice. This conference is a site where an intergenerational exchange can occur between emerging and established artists. This is also a site where transdisiplinary conversation is possible.
Open Engagement is a free conference that will take place May 18-20, 2012, in Portland, Oregon.
Register online to attend the conference: openengagement.eventbrite.com
For more details on the conference, a full list of presenters, and a schedule of events visit: www.openengagement.info
In addition to the scheduled programming there will also be an open presentation area at the conference on May 19th and 20th where people who are not already in the set programming are invited to sign up to present.
Sign up to present here.
Open Engagement is made possible by the generous support of:
Portland State University, PSU MFA Art and Social Practice, OTIS College of Art, Arizona State University, Southern Methodist University, and the Regional Arts and Culture Council.
