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ATTEND THE FIRST ANNUAL CARIBBEAN ART CONFERENCE AND THE ONLY FORUM FOR PROFESSIONALS IN CARIBBEAN ART.

Registration will be held on Friday, September 12, 2008, from
6:00 - 9:00 pm; Saturday and Sunday, September 13 and 14, 2008, from 7:00 - 9:00 am.

SATURDAY | SUNDAY | ALL

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

Breakfast
7:00 AM – 9:00 AM

General Sessions:

Welcome and Open Forum
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Grand Ballroom, 1st Floor
Presenter: Marcel Wah, Conference Organizer

Impact of Art Biennales and Caribbean Art Fairs
in the Caribbean
10:00 AM–11:30 PM
Presenters: Loris Crawford, Producer, Art Off The Main; Marcel Wah, Producer, International Caribbean Art Fair (ICAFair)

Break
11:30 AM – 11:45 AM

Caribbeance: Art Movement of Brooklyn Caribbean Artists
11:45 AM–1:00 PM
Room A, 2nd Floor
Presenter: Jerry Barry, Herbert Glenn Bennett, RA

Lunch on your own
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM

Breakout Sessions:

GROUP 1

The Cuban Art Revolution
2:30 PM–3:45 PM
Grand Ballroom, 1st Floor
Presenter: Michelle Naimo Bird, Curatorial Assistant, Department of European Paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Art of Hispaniola: A Critical Look at the Visual Arts of Haiti and Dominican Republic
2:30 PM–3:45 PM
Room A, 2nd Floor
Presenter: Delia Blanco, Curator and Art Critic, Dominican Republic

Art of the Dutch Caribbean
2:30 PM–3:45 PM
Room B, 2nd Floor
Presenters: Stan Kuiperi, Co-Founder, Aruba Int'l Arts Foundation

Artistic Forms of Expression in the Caribbean
2:30 PM–3:45 PM
Room C, 2nd Floor
Presenters: Diana Baird N'Diaye, PhD, Smithsonian Institution's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Afternoon Break
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM

GROUP 2

Caribbean Arts Focus in Media
4:00 PM – 5:15 PM
Grand Ballroom, 1st Floor
Presenter: Youme Landowne, Chief Editor, Caribbean Art World Magazine

Dominican Art: An Overview
4:00 PM – 5:15 PM
Room A, 2nd Floor
Presenters: TBA

Understanding Haitian Art: Past, Present, Future
4:00 PM – 5:15 PM
Room B, 2nd Floor
Presenter: LeGrace Benson

Tourist Art, Crafts, Fakes, and Fine Art
4:00 PM – 5:15 PM
Room C, 2nd Floor
Presenters: TBA

Closing Comments
5:15 PM – 5:45 PM
Grand Ballroom, 1st Floor
Presenters: TBA

SATURDAY | SUNDAY | ALL

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