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the Tri State Sculptors

and the

Philadelphia Sculptors

“Crossing the Line”
A Joint Conference and Exhibition of
Philadelphia Sculptors and the Tri-State Sculptors
October 11-13, 2002
Moore College of Art & Design
Philadelphia, PA

S c h e d u l e

Friday, October 11
All Friday events to take place at Moore College of Art and Design

11:30 a.m - 7:00 p.m. -- Registration
12:30 -1:30 -- Member slide presentations

1:45 - 3:00 -- Break-out sessions

  • Mike Lyda -- Digital Image Basics
  • John Phillips -- The Design of Sculpture
  • In Liquid -- Opportunities on the Web for Visual Artists
  • Isaac Witkin -- Reinventing Oneself
3:15 - 3:30 -- Welcome (Dona Lantz, Academic Dean, Moore College of Art)
3:30 - 4:30 -- Michael Taylor -“Passages and Peepholes: Brancusi, Duchamp and Modern Sculpture at the Philadelphia Museum of Art”

4:30 - 5:45 -- Public Art Panel - Charles Moleski (Moderator), Julie Courtney, Jaqueline Van Rhyn
5:45 - 7:30 -- Reception for exhibitions
7:30 -- Dinner (local restaurants)

Saturday, October 12
All events before the keynote take place at University of the Arts

8:45 a.m.- 3:00 p.m. Registration - (light breakfast can be purchased)

9:15 - 10:30 -- “Outside Looking In: Reconsidering the Gallery Space from the Perspective of the Public Artist” Richard Torchia (Moderator), Winifred Lutz, Stephen Robin, Jennie Shanker

10:45 -12:00 -- Break-out sessions

  • John Green -- WWW.3D.HOW ! ! ! -Sculpture on the Web
  • Elayne Bryn -- Legal Advice for Sculptors
  • Isaiah Zagar -- A Short History of Spontaneous Architecture
  • Jim Gallucci -- The Gates of Sorrow

12:00 -1:00 -- Lunch (local eateries)
1:15 - 1:30 -- Welcome (Dr. Miguel Angel Corzo, President. Univ. of the Arts)

1:30 - 2:45 -- Digital Sculpture Panel - Robert Michael Smith (Moderator)
Michael Rees, Rob Fisher, David Morris

3:00 - 4:15 Break-out sessions

  • Harold Kimmelman -- Yes! It is Possible to Make Art and Survive Financially
  • R. Fallon, L. Rosof, A. Bowlby, B. Woodward -- The Other Public Art Panel
  • Jane Ingram Allen -- Residency Opportunities for Sculptors
  • M. Amdur, M. Gelarden, P. Hubbard, J. Mosley, A. Johnson -- Crossing, Meeting and Convergence: Hybrid Narrativity
  • Sharon Gainsburg -- Blasting Through Blocks or Moving Through the Droughts of Your Creative Expression
4:15 - 5:15 -- Member slide presentations and/or repeat break-out sessions
or
4:15 - 6:00 -- Break - free time

All evening events take place at Moore College of Art and Design

6:00 - 7:00 -- Keynote speaker: Lily Yeh -- "Crossing Boundaries and the Making of a Living Sculpture"
7:15 - 8:15 -- Dinner buffet
8:30 -- ISC Anniversary Party remarks: Jeff Nathanson, Glenn Harper
8:40 - ISC party with the Trailer Park Trio

Sunday, October 13 - Moore College of Art and Design

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 -- Members’ slide presentations/ complimentary breakfast (available 8:30)
10:00 - 12:00 -- PS and TSS business meetings
12:00 -- Concluding remarks


Post-conference activities Philadelphia Open Studios Tour
Art walks (eg: Public sculpture, murals, architecture)
Museums (Philadelphia Museum of Art, Rodin Museum)