Thursday October 21st - DAAP

Beyond the Expanded Field 
9-10:00am 

In 1979 Rosalind Krauss published her seminal essay, ‘Sculpture in the Expanded Field’, that presented new frameworks to map relationships between sculpture, architecture and landscape. The logical expansions offered through Krauss’s deconstructivist approach (transforming a binary set into a quaternary field) created space for a variety of intersectional, fringe, and emergent forms to find situation in relation to disciplinary knowledge. 

Comprised of a diverse group of artists, entrepreneurs, curators, educators and directors, participants in this panel reconsider Krauss’s work in relation to contemporary practice, discovering, along the way, new affinities, kinships and shared methodologies that intersect through their wide ranging practices. Ultimately, Beyond the Expanded Field poses questions - both to our field, and to the audience. Within our contemporary post-human landscape, and amidst deep climate crisis and social inequity, how have our roles as culture producers shifted? What is the new materiality, beyond the Expanded Field?

Co-Moderators: Edward-Victor Sanchez and Supermrin
Panelists - Cal Cullen, Maggie Lawson, Amanda Curreri

Integrating Digital Technologies with Traditional Metal Casting
10-11:00am 

Many sculptors are familiar with traditional casting, but are not as familiar with what computer technologies can and cannot do for them. Younger artists may be experienced in the use of digital rendering and printing, but not know how or when traditional molding and casting techniques might better serve their purposes. We’ll explore some of the options available in each methodology.

Moderator: Celene Hawkins
Panelists: Emily Baker, and Derek Toomes

Public Art: Origin Stories
2-3pm 
Moderator: Colleen Houston
Panelists: Bill Fitzgibbons, Bill Caine, and Miranda Kyle

Friday October 22 - DAAP

This Land is Our Land: Monumental Redux and the Futurity of Visual Resistance
10:30-12:00 

Panel discussion on the ways in which monuments can exist beyond the statue. How are some artists engaging public art as a means to healing the visual landscape from the fallacy of Race?

Moderator: Phoenix Savage
Panelists: Xaviera Simmons, TK Smith, Joey Manson

Digital. Work. Ethic
1-2 

An informal conversation on topics and their entanglements; including, but not limited to, touch and the handmade, digital presence and production, cultural value, thought materialization, dematerialization, the language of industry, capitalism, labor and leisure, and institutional support.

Panelists: Bethany Springer, Greg Pond, Ben Jones

Saturday October 23 - Pyramid Hill

Sculpture Parks and the Artists that Run Them
2-3:30

Sculpture parks have been developed for many different reasons, including repurposing abandoned lands, gifts to society, usage as economic tools, or as means to place private works in the pubic realm. This panel will present and discuss recent sculpture parks that are founded and developed by those who love sculpture the most: SCULPTORS. 

Moderator: Isaac Duncan III
Panelists: Melanie VanHouten, Gerry Masse, Bryce Robinson, Joe Bigley

Thursday October 21st - DAAP

Scholarship Presentations
11-12:15 pm 

Join the 20202 Scholarship winners, Amy Hoagland, Hannah Smith, Jason LeVan, Nalani Stolz, Nyasha Madamombe, Lily Dorian, Nichole Schiller, Raymond Baccari, Allison Denny, and Michaela Leib for short artist talks.

Copyright, Estate Planning and Uncle Sam
12:30 - 1:30 

Kyle Anne Citrynell and C. Shawn Fox, of Seiller Waterman LLC, will present "Copyright, Estate Planning, and Uncle Sam for Artist" through an informative live conversation. They will touch upon what one needs to know, think about, and avoid while conducting one's creativity as a business.

Primer on IP Handout (2021).pdf

IP-EP Seminar (2021).docx

Virtual Student Mentoring
3 - 3:45 Register here

Students attending virtually are encouraged to join in this group mentoring event. Bring your questions and curiosity to this Zoom event and get ready to learn. This is a free event for those students registered for the Interdisciplinary Sculpture Conference. 

Mentors: Leticia Bajuyo, Christyn Overstake, and Edward-Victor Sanchez

Friday October 22 - DAAP

Coffee Conversation with Janet Echelman
9 - 9:45 Register Here

Join a small group of conference attendees for an informal conversation with keynote speaker Janet Echelman. This event will occur via zoom and is limited to ten people.

Lunch Conversation with Jean Shin
12-12:45 Register Here

Join a small group of conference attendees for an informal conversation with featured speaker Jean Shin. This event will occur via zoom and is limited to ten people.

Rbhu: Engineering Imagination
2:30-3:30 

As an artist you have a vision for your work, but how does this vision interplay with all the pieces that bring it into its final stage? Learn about the different factors that go into engineering art and the most efficient ways to implement the design for successful completion. Hear from Rbhu about the collaborative process that is necessary to bring safe, permitted sculptures to the public while still maintaining the structures artistic integrity.

Eleanor Reynolds, Selinda Martinez, Alireza Lahijanian

Vision Grant Fellows Presentations
3-4pm 

Join the Vision 2020 Grant Fellows, Azza El Siddique, McArthur Freeman, and Ishimura Manami for artist talks and Q&A. 

Saturday October 23 - Pyramid Hill

Coffee Conversation with Donald Lipski
9-9:45 Register Here

Join a small group of conference attendees for an informal conversation with featured speaker Donald Lipski. This event will occur via zoom and is limited to ten people.

Walking Art Tours with the Artists
Beginning at 10

Take a stroll with one of the sculptors currently featured at Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park and Museum and learn about their practice, proscees, and inspiration. 

Led by Isaac Duncan III, Kristen Tordella-Williams, Jason Kimes and Bret Price

Student Mentoring
11 - noon Register Here

Students traveling to Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park and Museum are encouraged to join in this group mentoring event. Bring your questions and curiosity to this live event and get ready to learn. This is a free event for those students registered for the Interdisciplinary Sculpture Conference.

Mentors: Bret Price, Stacey Holloway, and Ray Katz