Creating Campus-Community Partnerships in the Arts Conference

"Arts of Citizenship first annual conference will build connections among UM faculty, students, staff and community organizations. Our goal is to support the development of sustainable university-community partnerships in the arts, humanities and design and provide opportunities for participants to reflect on the promise and pitfalls of collaborative work. The conference will include a series of workshops led by poet Sekou Sundiata, Linda Frye Burnham (Community Arts Network), Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa-Cruz), Kenneth Anderson (Mosaic Youth theater) and Rebeka Rodriguez (Intersection for the Arts) as well as UM faculty and leaders from community partner organizations. Workshops will offer participants the opportunity to meet potential partners, learn about recent developments in the field of the community arts, and reflect together how campus-community partnerships can promote community development, foster cross-cultural conversations and understanding, and strengthen movement building for social change." January 19, 2007 8:30 am - 5pm Michigan League 2nd floor Registration is free. Please contact Christian Willauer: willauer (at) umich.edu or (734) 647-9423