2018 Oklahoma Arts Conference
Panchromatic: Spectrum of Possibilities
Margie J. Reese
Margie Johnson Reese is the Executive Director of the newly created Wichita Falls Alliance for Arts and Culture, where her responsibilities include the establishment of arts policy, management of artist training, and administration of grantmaking programs in service to Wichita Falls, Texas, and the surrounding areas. Throughout her career focused on cultural policy planning and implementation, Reese has been committed to making the arts accessible and relevant. She has worked as the General Manager of the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the Director of the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs, and Vice President for Programs at the Dallas-based nonprofit creative learning organization, Big Thought. She has also employed her arts leadership on a global level, serving three years managing the Ford Foundation’s Media, Arts and Culture portfolio in West Africa. Reese is a longtime board member of Americans for the Arts where she chaired the board’s Diversity and Inclusion Task Force. She is an active grants review panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts and an advisor to the Association of African Museums in Nairobi, Kenya. For her dedication to increasing young people’s access to arts learning opportunities, and for her advocacy for equity and diversity, Reese received the National Guild for Community Arts Education’s Lifetime Service Award in 2014.
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| What Do We Want for Our Children? |
Date: Wednesday – October, 24 2018 Time: 9:30am - 11:00am
Room: 21c Museum and Hotel Main Gallery |
When it comes to providing arts education for young people across Oklahoma, we find an increasingly challenging reality. Incremental funding cuts in public education and human services have forced the elimination of arts education programs in many schools. So, how do we as a statewide network of arts leaders, educators, artists, and concerned citizens work together to ensure that all Oklahoma children receive the arts education necessary for becoming well-rounded, creative adults? How do we leverage our various connections and partnerships to secure the support needed for investing in arts education? This session will invite participants to build a set of community agreements around arts learning, advocacy, and community assets in order to build a system for delivering high quality arts programs for children across the state.
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| Imagination and Inquiry—Fundamentals for Teaching Artists |
Date: Wednesday – October, 24 2018 Time: 2:00pm - 4:30pm
Room: Carpenter Square Theatre Track: Teaching Artists |
Designed for teaching artists of all disciplines, this interactive workshop will help participants envision new ways for expanding their teaching practice from an inquiry-based approach. This highly active session will explore ways to engage young people in critical thinking and creative expression using the artists’ own professional attributes and practice. Participants will develop their vocabulary and methods for more participatory work sessions across a variety of learning environments. This session is limited to 30 participants. Sign up is available at the conference registration desk located in the 21C Museum Hotel.
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