Brower Center
Tamalpais Room
2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA
Twitter: #ReUrb13
8:30
Registration
9:00
Welcome and Framing Discussion
Shannon Jackson (Rhetoric, Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies, and Arts Research Center, UC Berkeley) and Teresa Caldeira (City and Regional Planning, UC Berkeley)
9:15 – 10:30
Session I: Creativity and “Class”: Bay Area Urban Experiments
Moderator: Margaret Crawford (Architecture, UC Berkeley)
Speakers: Andy Wang (5M Project, Forest City) / Deborah Cullinan (Yerba Buena Center for the Arts) and Elvin Padilla (950 Center for Art & Education)
Respondent/Discussant: Margaret Crawford
10:30 – 10:45
Break
10:45 – 12:00
Session II: On-line/Off-line: Digital Connection in Urban and Suburban Space
Moderator: Nicholas de Monchaux (Architecture and Urban Design, UC Berkeley)
Speakers: Joel Slayton (ZERO 1) and Jake Levitas (San Francisco Mayor’s Office)
Respondent/Discussant: Marina McDougall (Center for Art & Inquiry, The Exploratorium)
12:00 – 1:00
Lunch
1:15 – 2:30
Session III: What is Site in Site-Specific Art?: Comparing Practices
Moderator: Susan Schweik (English, UC Berkeley)
Speakers: Raquel Gutierrez (Yerba Buena Center for the Arts) and Ava Roy / Lauren Dietrich Chavez (We Players)
Respondent/Discussant: Rebecca Novick (Triangle Lab, California Shakespeare Theater)
2:30 – 2:45
Break
2:45 – 4:00
Session IV: What is the “Bay” in the Bay Area?: Creating Nature
Moderator: Linda Rugg (Scandinavian, UC Berkeley)
Speakers: Susan Schwartzenberg (Independent Artist) and Brad McCrea (San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission)
Respondent/Discussant: Louise Pubols (Oakland Museum of California)
4:00 – 4:45
Wrap-up: Opportunities, Obstacles, Provocations
Judy Nemzoff (San Francisco Arts Commission) and Ric Ambrose (Richmond Art Center)
4:45
Reception, Drinks, and Continued Conversation