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

Sessions: Luncheon Table Topics

Luncheon Table Topics
Saturday, April 4, 2009
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Luncheon Table Topics with Panelists and Moderators, Ballroom

Luncheon Table Topics (which includes 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. A sample of the Table Topics include:

Meet the Critics – 2 Table Sessions
Susanne Mueller-Baji, German Freelance Critic
Francine Miller, Contributor: ARTFORUM
Joanne Silver, Contributor: ArtNews

Meet the Curators - 2 Table Sessions
Leonie Bradbury, Curator and Director, Montserrat College of Art, MA
Katherine French, Director, the Danforth Museum of Art, MA
Pieranna Cavalchini, Curator of Contemporary Art and Director of the Artists in Residence Program, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, MA
Anja Chavez, Curator of Contemporary Art at The Warehouse Gallery and SUArt Galleries at Syracuse University

Meet the Gallery Owners
Howard Yezerski, Owner, Howard Yezerski Gallery
Steven Zevitas, Publisher and Director, Open Studio Press

Musical Focus
Netherlands Consulate
Goethe Institute

Architecture Focus
Steinunn Jonsdottir, Director, Baer Art Center, Hofsos, Iceland

Sculpture Focus
Shin Jung Park, President, Haslla Art World Museum, Kangnung City, South Korea
Tatsuhiko and/or Hiroko Murata, Founders and Directors, Youkobo Art Space, Tokyo, Japan
Beth Lipman, Arts/Industry Coordinator, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboyan, WI

Writing Focus
Margaret Shiu Tan, Director, Bamboo Curtain Studio, Taipei County, Taiwan
Mira Bartok , Author and recipient of numerous awards as well as lecturer on finding grants.

Painting Focus
Dorothea Fleiss, Director, Dorothea Fleiss East-West Artist Symposia, Romania
Aysegul Kurtel, Founder and Director of K2, Turkey

Finding a Program
Yeb Wiersma, Trans Artists
Ilgim Veryeri-Alaca, Specialist on programs in Turkey

Funders
David Adams, Senior Program Manager, Asia/Middle East, CIES/Fulbright Program

Asia
Tran Thi Huynh Nga, Director, Blue Space Contemporary Art Centre, South Vietnam
Biljana Ciric, Free-lance curator, China
Yuki Kondo, Curator, Aomori Contemporary Art Center, Japan

Taiwan
Yaohua Su, Director, The Taipei Artist Village
Mary Hsu, Director, Taipei Cultural Center of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York
Pan Sheau-Shei (Yuki), Coordinator, HweiLan International Artists Workshop

Australia
Jane Gavan, Associate Dean, Learning and Teaching, Sydney College of Art
Richard Perram, Director, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery

Europe
Dirk Drijbooms, Director, Apothiki Foundation, Greece
Jean-Baptiste Joly, Founding Director, Artistic Director and Chairman of the Board of the Foundation Akademie Schloss Solitude, Germany

Italy
Hope O’Reilly, Director of Development and Communications,The Bogliasco Foundation
Dana Prescott, Executive Director, Civitella Ranieri Foundation

India
Puja Shah, Coordinator, Kanoria Centre for the Arts
Varun Jain, Trustee, The Sanskriti Foundation

Scandinavia
Marja de Jong, Founder and Director, Saksala ArtRadius, Finland
Johan Pousette, Curator of National/International Contemporary Art at The Swedish Traveling Exhibitions
Riitta Tarvainen, Director, Hovinkartano Cultural Centre, Finland

Short Term Symposia – What to do if You Can Only Get away for 2 Weeks
Karola Teschler, Director, European Artists Association, Germany
Evelyn Müürsepp, Visual Artists Coordinator, MoKS, Estonia

National (U.S.) Residencies
Caitlin Strokosch, Director, Alliance of Artists Communities
Jay Critchely, Director, Provincetown Community Compact, Provincetown, MA
Hunter O’Hanian, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO

The Residency Experience from the Artists Point of View
Jane Allen, Fulbright Scholar and resident (Taiwan, Africa, the US)
Thomas Morrissesy, Artist and participant in a number of residency programs

The Residency Experience from the Director’s Perspective
Jean-Yves Coffre, Director, CAMAC, France
Kim Goldberg, Partnership with Israel Western Galilee Consortium
Karol Fruhauf, Director, Bridge Guard, Slovakia