INKUBATOR SESSIONS
call for participation
In 1972 Boyd Saunders, then a new Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina sent letters to printmaking programs at colleges and universities in the southeastern United States in an effort to meet at the SECAC Conference to be held that year in New Orleans. Saunders was seeking to form a support system of colleagues devoted to making and teaching printmaking. During the conference a small group of printmakers met in the St. Charles Hotel, which served to “INKubate” the formation of the Southeastern Graphics Council, later known as the Southern Graphics Council, and what is known today as SGC International (SGCI).
As part of the 2015 SGC International Conference a series of nine 90-minute “INKubator” sessions are planned. Each of the sessions will be chaired by a separate facilitator and will revolve around a common set of concerns or issues with no more than 30 participants.
There is still room to participate in some of our INKubator sessions! Email the INKubator coordinator listed as soon as possible to join in!
In advance of the conference, INKubator facilitators will establish an email thread or Yahoo Group to promote common readings or discussions by session participants. While INKubator sessions emphasize collaborative and dialogic processes, they are also intended to foster future outcomes, from exhibitions and portfolios, to projects and publications.
Below is a listing of the nine INKubator sessions. Click on the session to read a complete description for each session. You can also CLICK HERE for a 4-page PDF document listing all of the sessions.
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INKubator Session A: Thursday March 19, 10:00-11:30am, Salon 200 BC
“SGCI Members Survey”
Facilitators: Justin Diggle, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah and Karla Hackenmiller, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.
OPEN FOR ANOTHER 20 PARTICIPANTS
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INKubator Session B: Thursday March 19, 12:00-1:30pm, Salon 200 BC
“The Local Sphere: Bloom Where You’re Planted”
Facilitator: Katie Ries, St. Norbert College, De Pere, Wisconsin
OPEN FOR ANOTHER 17 PARTICIPANTS
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INKubator Session C: Thursday March 19, 1:45-3:15pm, Salon 200 BC
“Letterpress and the Domestic Sphere: Women in Printing Past, Present, and Future”
Facilitators: Jessica C. White, independent artist, Asheville, North Carolina and Kseniya Thomas, independent artist, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
OPEN FOR ANOTHER 20 PARTICIPANTS
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INKubator Session D: Thursday March 19, 3:30-5:00pm, Salon 200 BC
“Trekking Tradition, Broadening the Sphere”
Jessica Meuninck Ganger and Nirmal Raja , The University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
OPEN FOR ANOTHER 20 PARTICIPANTS
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INKubator Session E: Friday March 20, 10:00-11:30am, Salon 200 BC
“The Printmaking Legacy Project®”
Facilitators: James Bailey, University of Montana. Missoula, Montana; Susan Goldman, Lily Press, Rockville, Maryland, ; Anita Jung, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
OPEN FOR ANOTHER 15 PARTICIPANTS
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INKubator Session F: Friday March 20, 12:00-1:30pm, Salon 200 BC
“The Constructed Sphere: Sculptural Printmakers Tap the Third Dimension”
Facilitator: Linda Jules, Kamloops Printmaker’s Society, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
OPEN FOR ANOTHER 10 PARTICIPANTS
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INKubator Session G: Friday March 20, 1:45-3:15pm, Salon 200 BC
“Photogravure Printer Community”
Facilitator: Jennifer Scheuer,Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
OPEN FOR ANOTHER 12 PARTICIPANTS
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INKubator Session H1: Friday March 20, 3:30-5:00pm, Salon 200 DE
“Creating Networking Spheres: Conceiving Regional Print Conferences”
Facilitator: Matthew McLaughlin, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
OPEN FOR ANOTHER 20 PARTICIPANTS
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INKubator Session H2: Friday March 20, 3:30-5:00pm, Salon 200 BC
“Shared Visions: Collaborative and Community Arts Actions”
Facilitators: Hugh Merrill, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, and
Adelia Ganson, Chameleon Arts and Youth Development, Kansas City, Missouri
OPEN FOR ANOTHER 22 PARTICIPANTS
