Integration of Art and Community:
Round-Table Discussion Part I
MCLA Gallery 51
51 Main Street, North Adams, MA

Speakers/Panelists:

- Hosted by Jonathan Secor, Director of Special Programs at MCLA
-Richard J. Alcombright, Mayor of North Adams
-Nancy Bullet, North Adams City Councilor
-Alan Marden, North Adams City Councilor
-Keith Bona, North Adams City Councilor
-David Bond, North Adams City Councilor
-Veronica Bosley, Director of North Adams Office of Tourism
-Christine Dobbert, Florida Town Administrator

How can you effectively reach out and collaborate with the community through art? Panelists will discuss realized projects as well as possible future ones, sharing obstacles, community reluctance as well as benefits and tangible improvement of public engagement and participation. If you would like to seat right on front, make sure to come in early, this session seems to be very popular and registrants are many!

Integration of Art and Community:
Round-Table Discussion Part II
Ferrin Gallery 
437 North Street, Pittsfield, MA

Speakers/Panelists:

-Hosted by Helena Fruscio, Massachusetts Creative Economy Industry Director
-Dan Bianchi, Mayor of Pittsfield
-Ben Dowing, State Senator

Integration of Art and Community:
Round-Table Discussion Part III
IS183 Art School 
13 Willard Hill Road, Stockbridge, MA

Speaker/Panelist:

- Hosted by Megan Whilden, Director of Cultural Development for Pittsfield
-Susan Cross, Curator Mass MoCA
-Kate Merrigan, UNITY Program Coordinator of NBCC
-Sandra Newman, Founder and Executive Director of Community Access to the Arts

Can or should we separate the arts from community? We believe in communities where the arts or the arts community is not seen as separate. Each of the panelists will be asked to talk about how arts and community intersect in their work. As always, audience is invited to participate with questions, suggestions, examples.