2009 Conference on International Opportunities in the Arts
presented by TransCultural Exchange

Events: Events and Tours

Friday, April 3, 2009
11:00 am – 6:00 pm

On-going Local Gallery Receptions

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Opening Night Reception and Kick-Off Event, Location: Wheatley and Foyer, Omni Parker House Hotel
Sponsored by Massachusetts College of Art + Design

Saturday, April 4, 2009

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Tour of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Half-priced admission and tour available to Conference attendees with their badges. Limited to 15 people. To reserve a place, please email contemporary@igm.org.

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Luncheon Table Topics with Panelists and Moderators, Ballroom, Omni Parker House Hotel

Luncheon Table Topics (which includes a buffet lunch) offers attendees the chance to continue to explore topics of interest to them with Conference panelists and moderators. This is a separate ticketed event, limited to 250 people, available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Tickets are $40. To reserve a ticket, please go to Registration.

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Tour of MIT’S Art & Architecture Program

Meet at MIT’s List Visual Art Center, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge – LIMITED TO 30 PEOPLE.

7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Gala Dinner with Panelists and Moderators, Ballroom, Omni Parker House Hotel
Entertainment afterwards: DJ TBA

This is a separate ticketed event, limited to 250 people, available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Tickets are $75. To reserve a ticket, please go to Registration.

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm CLOSING RECEPTION, LOCATION: TBA

This reception also includes the grand opening of TransCultural Exchange’s current, global project Here, There and Everywhere: Anticipating the Future of Art.

Please Note: Additional information will be posted in the Spring of 2009.