Arts & Education Weekend
Fri., Oct. 19, 2007

Friday, Oct. 19
11:30 am	Bus #1 departs Tamaya – transport GFE attendees to Hotel Santa Fe
4:30 pm	Bus #2 departs Tamaya – transport GFE attendees to Hotel Santa Fe
3:00-5:30 pm	Registration open at Hotel Santa Fe
5:30-7:00 pm	Opening reception: Institute of American Indian Art Museum

Saturday, Oct. 20
7:00-9:00 am	Registration open at Hotel Santa Fe
7:30-9:00 am	Continental breakfast
8:30-10:00 am	Opening Session: Finding Bridges Between Arts and Education Grantmaking Moy Eng, program director - performing arts, Hewlett Foundation Mike Smith, director - education, Hewlett Foundation; former acting deputy secretary and undersecretary for education, U.S. Department of Education Moderator – Ross Danis, program director - education, Dodge Foundation
10:00-10:30 am	Break
8:30-10:00 am	Reconciling High Expectations with a Narrow Curriculum Sarah Cunningham, director of arts education, National Endowment for the Arts Susan Sclafani, managing director, Chartwell Education Group; former assistant secretary of education for vocational and adult education, U.S. Department of Education Moderator – Cyrus Driver, deputy director - Education, Sexuality, Religion Unit, Ford Foundation
Noon – 12:30 pm	Break
12:30-2:00 pm	Lunch Session Daniel Windham, director of arts, Wallace Foundation; former president/CEO, Cleveland Music School Settlement
2:00-2:30 pm	Break
2:30-3:45 pm	Session: Through the Looking Glass of New Mexico: Challenges and Successes in Providing Arts Education to All Marcia Brenden, senior associate, Center for the Education and Study of Rural and Diverse Populations (invited) Irene Oliver-Lewis, executive artistic producer and co-founder, Court Youth Center and Alma d'arte Charter School Teri Vaisa, associate superintendent, Santa Fe Public Schools Moderator - Jackie M, director of education, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
3:45-4:30 pm	Closing Remarks and Discussion: Working Together to Further Both School Reform and Arts Education Alison Bernstein, vice president-knowledge, creativity and freedom, Ford Foundation
6:45 pm	Transportation to reception and dinner
7:00-9:00 pm	Reception and dinner – location TBD National Dance Institute performance Comments by Rafe Esquith, Hobart Elementary School; recipient, National Medal of the Arts
Sunday, Oct. 21
9:00 am	Continental breakfast at hotel (for those continuing on to GIA's conference)
10:00 am	Bus #1 departs for GIA conference in Taos
2:00 pm	Bus #2 departs for GIA conference in Taos