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Opening Remarks: 
Johannah Hutchison, Executive Director, International Sculpture CenterDavid Miller, Executive Director, Grounds For Sculpture

10:00AM-
11:30AM

Panel: Reality Jolt: Waking Up in a Darker Room

Speakers will share their experiences with cutbacks, closings, changes in programs and funding as a result of economic crisis.

Moderator:
Janet Kaplan, Professor Art History & Director of Curatorial Studies, Moore College of Art & Design

Panelists:
Adrian Ellis, Executive Director, Jazz at Lincoln Center; Founding Director, AEA Consulting.
Tom Otterness, Artist
James Steward, Director, Princeton University Art Museum

Networking Lunch- Get to know fellow attendees
Boxed Lunch Provided

1:00PM-
2:15PM

Keynote Speaker:
Ruby Lerner, President/Executive Director, Creative Capital, NewYork, NY

Ruby Lerner will explore the questions we are all asking right now during this scary yet liberating time: Do we need to totally reinvent our organizations?  If so, to what?  During this time filled with uncertainties are there opportunities too? Is this future wildly or just mildly different than our past?  Could artistic endeavor have an elevated place in a new environment or will the modulation of "conspicuous consumption" actually affect us negatively?

Panel: Cutting Back or Gearing Up?

Those working in sculpture today will discuss what they are doing to ensure continued success.

Moderator:

Jennifer McGregor, Director of Arts & Senior Curator, Wave Hill

Panelists:
Amy Lipton, Curator, Ecoartspace
Brett Littman, Executive Director, The Drawing Center
Paul Villinski, Artist

4:30PM-
6:00PM

Digital Stone Project Tour and Reception

Join us for a tour of the facility, followed by a wine and cheese reception.

Additional fees apply. Pre-registration required. Bus will pick up group to return to Nassau Inn at 6:00PM.

4:30PM- 5:30PM

Scavenger Hunt at Grounds For Sculpture

Teams will compete to identify sculptures.

Additional fees apply. Pre-registration required

Docent Tour of Grounds For Sculpture*

Enjoy a walking docent tour through the 35-acre Sculpture Park and experience contemporary sculpture in a new light.

Additional fees apply. Pre-registration required

Grounds For Sculpture, Visitors Center, 18 Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton, NJ

6:00PM-
8:00PM

Opening Reception at the Nassau Inn

Opening Reception at the Nassau Inn Senior Ballroom. Light hors d'ouevres provided. Cash Bar.

8:00PM-
10:00PM

**Cancelled** Dinner Salons

Have dinner with fellow symposium attendees at one of Princeton’s unique restaurants. Prices include a three course dinner with entrée choices, house wine, tax and gratuity. Don’t be surprised if a special ISC guest joins you!

Please note that you may only sign up for ONE Optional Dinner Event. Registered symposium attendees may purchase up to two tickets for these dinners. Space is limited!

Additional fees apply. Pre-registration required

All Dinner Salon Locations are within walking distance of the Nassau Inn

Nassau Inn, Library Room, 10 Palmer Square, Princeton, NJ
Alchemist & Barrister, 28 Witherspoon St, Princeton, NJ
Triumph Brewing Company, 138 Nassau St, Princeton, NJ
Lahiere’s, 5-11 Witherspoon St, Princeton, NJ

10:00AM-
11:15AM

Feature Panel

A Conversation with: Barbara MacAdam, Deputy Editor, ARTnews; Phong Bui, Publisher, The Brooklyn Rail; and Rona Pondick, Artist.

In light of today's difficult and unpredictable economy, this feature panel will explore ways in which artists and the art community at large are coping. We consider whether artists are taking new approaches to their work or simply going about their business as usual and how successful they have been in doing so. Are they making more accessible--and, therefore, marketable--works, or are they making more experimental and possibly more difficult art? By the same token, what measures are galleries, museums, and the media taking to deal with the situation, and to what degree are they lending their support to artists?

11:15AM-
12:30PM

Networking Luncheon- Time to share your thoughts with fellow attendees
Boxed Lunch Provided

12:30PM-
2:00PM

Panel: Casting a Wider Net: Technology and New Challenges

This conversation will focus on how electronic media can be used effectively to promote museums, artists, and exhibitions with much reduced costs from traditional advertising, printed materials, and marketing techniques.

Moderator:
Joseph Becherer, Vice President, Collections & Horticulture, Sculpture Program, Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park 

Panelists:
Daniel Incandela, Director of New Media Indianapolis Museum of Art
Eric Saber, Representative, Patron Mail
Christian Marc Schmidt, Associate, Pentagram

2:00PM- 5:00PM

Grounds For Sculpture Fall Opening

Featuring: ISC 2009 Outstanding Student Awards Show and works of Albert Paley

**Cancelled** Optional Activity: Tour of Dia:Beacon*

Visit Dia:Beacon’s renowned permanent collection. Trip includes deluxe motorcoach transportation, a one-hour guided tour, and a boxed lunch.

Additional fees apply. Pre-registration required.

Please arrive at 8:45AM for check-in. Bus leaves from Nassau Inn Hotel promptly at 9:00AM

**Cancelled** Optional Activity: Tour of Storm King Art Center*

See highlights of the sculpture collection. Trip includes deluxe motorcoach transportation, admission, docent tour, and lunch at a nearby restaurant.

Additional fees apply. Pre-registration required.

Please arrive at 8:45AM for check-in. Bus leaves from Nassau Inn Hotel promptly at 9:00AM.