Schedule at a Glance
All conference sessions take place in La Fonda on the Plaza - 100 East San Francisco Street or Eldorado Hotel - 309 W San Francisco Street.
The hotels are approximately a 7-minute walk apart. For accessibility and accommodation questions and requests, please contact programs@artistcommunities.org by November 15th.
Breakout sessions are peer-led and facilitated discussions that have been proposed and developed by the ACA network, and will include topics such as fostering community in rural residencies, supporting artists who are parents, sustaining creative communities beyond the residency, and examples of effective data collection efforts. You can view the list of presenters here, and the full conference program will be available November 1.
Schedule subject to change.
Monday, December 8 | |
| 10:30am -1:30pm | Conference Registration + Information Table Open La Fonda - Mezzanine |
| 11:00am - 3:30pm | Optional Offsite Activities (Advanced registration required—see the Tours page for more details) |
| 4:00pm - 7:00pm | Conference Registration + Information Table Open La Fonda – Mezzanine |
| 5:00pm - 7:00pm | Opening Night Reception La Fonda - La Terraza & Garden Terrace |
Tuesday, December 9 | |
| 9:00am - 5:00pm | Conference Registration + Information Table Open La Fonda - Mezzanine |
| 9:00am - 10:00am | Breakfast Buffet La Fonda Mezzanine + Lumpkins Ballroom |
| 10:00am - 10:45am | Welcome, Land Acknowledgement, Artist Spotlight |
| 10:45am - 12:00pm | Conference Plenary: Future Memory: Creative Practices for Building the Legacies We Envision La Fonda – Lumpkins Ballroom |
| 12:00pm - 1:30pm | Lunch La Fonda Mezzanine + Lumpkins Ballroom |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Breakout Sessions + Offsite Activity 1) Wisdom Well: Practical Tools for Stronger Organizations - La Fonda – Lumpkins Ballroom 2) Residency Feud™: Survey Says... It’s Time to Rethink Everything - Eldorado – Zia A 3) What We Count Matters: Community-Driven Data for Artist-Centered Ecosystems - Eldorado – Zia B 4) Public/Private Partnerships in Creative Residency Models for Social Practice Artists - Eldorado – Zia C 5) The Whole Picture: Bringing the Science of Data to the World of Art - Eldorado – DeVargas 6) Pieces of Place: A Textile and Storytelling Workshop at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum - Georgia O’Keeffe Museum |
| 3:30pm - 4:00pm | Coffee Break Refreshments available at LaFonda Mezzanine and at Eldorado |
| 4:00pm - 5:00pm | Breakout Sessions + Offsite Activity 1) All Ships Rise: Fundraising in Uncertain Times - La Fonda – Lumpkins Ballroom 2) Risk Preparedness: From Insurance to Artist Handbooks - Eldorado – Zia A 3) From Safe Spaces to Brave Spaces: Reimagining Artist Residencies for Collective Transformation - Eldorado – Zia B 4) Practices of Place: Creative Responses to Plants and Landscapes - Eldorado – Zia C 5) Curatorial Residencies: Residency Models to Support Curatorial Practice and Build Artistic Networks - Eldorado – DeVargas 6) Private Curator Tour: Tewa Nangeh/Tewa Country at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum - Georgia O’Keeffe Museum |
| 6:00pm - 7:00pm | Dinner on your own / Evening Meet-Ups Join with colleagues for informal gatherings at either of the hotel lounges: • La Fiesta Lounge at La Fonda on the Plaza • CAVA Santa at Eldorado Hotel |
Wednesday, December 10 | |
| 8:30am - 5:00pm | Conference Registration + Information Table Open La Fonda – Mezzanine |
| 8:30am - 9:30am | Breakfast Buffet La Fonda Mezzanine + Lumpkins Ballroom |
| 9:30am - 9:45am | Morning Remarks + Artist Spotlight |
| 9:45am - 11:00am | Conference Plenary: Meeting the Moment: Residencies as Leadership Incubators La Fonda — Lumpkins Ballroom |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm | Breakout Sessions 1) Fostering Deep Relationships in Residency - La Fonda – La Terrazza 2) The Art of the Residency: Finding Your Place to Grow - La Fonda – New Mexico Room 3) San Luis Valley Colcha Embroidery: Stitching Stories in Rural Colorado - Eldorado – Zia A 4) Perspectives on Practice - Eldorado – Zia B |
| 12:30pm - 1:30pm | Lunch La Fonda Mezzanine + Lumpkins Ballroom |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Breakout Sessions 1) Artist Residency Wellness: Caring for Artists and Staff - La Fonda – La Terrazza 2) Art in Context: Holistically Uniting Art, Artists, and Archives - La Fonda – New Mexico Room 3) The Creative Process Behind Organizational Collaboration - Eldorado – Zia A 4) Guilding & Commoning—Building Sustainable and Equitable Artist Communities and Support Systems - Eldorado – Zia B 5) An Impact-Oriented Residency Program: A Framework From Gate 27 - Eldorado – DeVargas |
| 3:30pm - 4:00pm | Coffee Break Refreshments available at LaFonda Mezzanine and at Eldorado |
| 4:00pm - 5:00pm | Breakout Sessions 1) Supporting Parent Artists - La Fonda – La Terrazza 2) Building Artistic Community Beyond the Residency - La Fonda – New Mexico Room 3) Aligning the Constellation: Co-Creating Sustainable Funding Models - Eldorado – Zia A 4) Parachutes and Grassroots: Supporting Local Arts and Culture Ecosystems Through Resident Artists - Eldorado – Zia B |
| 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Dance Party and Celebration Casa España at Eldorado Hotel (enter at 109 N Guadalupe at Chappelle St, Santa Fe, NM) |
Thursday, December 11 | |
| 8:30am - 10:00am | Conference Registration + Information Table Open La Fonda – Mezzanine |
| 8:30am - 10:00am | Breakfast Buffet La Fonda Mezzanine + Lumpkins Ballroom |
| 9:00am - 10:00am | Optional Sound Healing Activity La Fonda – La Terrazza |
| 10:00am - 10:15am | Artist Spotlight La Fonda — Lumpkins Ballroom |
| 10:15am - 11:30am | Conference Plenary: Organizations as Organizers: Transforming the Public Sphere La Fonda — Lumpkins Ballroom |
| 11:30am - 12:00pm | Closing Remarks |
| 12:00pm - 12:30pm | Boxed Lunch available for pick-up La Fonda Mezzanine + Lumpkins Ballroom |
Do you have your hotel booked?
Book at Eldorado here. | |