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July 2012

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NEFA'S NEW PUBLIC ART COORDINATOR
LAST CHANCE CALLS TO ARTISTS
NEFA'S PUBLIC ART DISCUSSION SERIES
NEFA AT PAN PRECONFERENCE
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NEFA'S NEW PUBLIC ART COORDINATOR 

 

Elysian McNiffGreetings New England public art community!

 
I am honored 
and excited to share that I have joined NEFA as Coordinator of Public Art & Online Services. I came to the NEFA community last fall as the public art intern during my graduate studies at Brown University in the Public Humanities Masters program. Now, with graduate school behind me, I am eager to jump back into the professional world and do what I love most -- working with artists, developing resources and opportunities, and making the arts more accessible to the public.  

 
Cheers,  
Elysian McNiff
617.951.0010 x243

 

LAST CHANCE CALLS TO ARTISTS


Remember, these are just a few of the great listings available on the NEFA Network. Calls are posted several times a week, so visit today and check back often!

NEFA'S PUBLIC ART DISCUSSION SERIES

 

This summer we're putting together the 2012-2013 Public Art Discussion Series, and we need of your input! Last year public artists and administrators were exposed to new technologies in public art, local fabricators, strategies in community engagement, solutions to legal issues, and the public art panel process. What is most valuable to you? Any potential speakers or participants that should be on our radar? Please send suggestions to Elysian McNiff at [email protected].  

 

NEFA AT PAN PRECONFERENCE

  

The Americans for the Arts' Public Art Network Preconference, hosted in San Antonio, packed 1.5 days with presentations, discussions, awards, networking and public art tours. Participants shared lively conversations and innovative ideas in cultural hubs such as Pearl and the Blue Star Contemporary Art Gallery, both located along the city's Riverwalk. Attendees discussed topics like digital public art inventories, social engagement and public art that responds to crisis. Attendees also celebrated the announcement of the 2012 PAN Year in Review projects (congratulations to the Maine Arts Commission for the recognition of Maple Leaf by artist Shoshannah White), and honored the 2012 PAN award recipient, Mel Chin. The Preconference ended with a motivational panel of PAN and Emerging Professionals that emphasized the need for leadership in creating place.

San Antonio's Public Art
Photos by Elysian McNiff

 

Presentations in Pearl's Stable 
Photo by Elysian McNiff

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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