September 27, 2007
MICA Launches National Project
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) has announced a national convening & research project to advance the field of community arts. The gathering will be held at MICA's campus in Baltimore, Md., March 16-18, 2008, with funding from the Nathan Cummings Foundation. It will provide a platform for college and university faculty and students and community-based practitioners to meet and generate new ideas; share resources and models for best practices in the field; define and solve problems; identify and conduct new research; develop leadership in the field; and cultivate new partnerships. Research and other writing deriving from the completed editorial process generated through the community arts convening project will be published online in spring 2008 on the Community Arts Network and the Community Arts Convening project Web sites. Review of abstracts: October 1-November 15, 2007. For details, consult the project Web site, debuting first week in October. [LINK]