STPA Conference: Full Schedule

8:30am CDT

Welcome & Opening Plenary: Waves of Disruption

How the culture of place and people coming to it has disrupted the status quo, brought new ideas, and unleashed creativity.

Speakers

Mohamed Samatar is a cultural maker, community organizer, performance and multimedia artist from Minneapolis. Samatar has been pursuing the field of creative curation, production, and performance art since 2009.

Mona Smith

Allies: media/art

Mona Smith, Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota, multimedia artist, educator. She is trying to figure out how to navigate in this new world. She stands with Standing Rock. She goes to too many meetings and is trying to get back to doing some art.

Steve Thao

Executive Director, Center for Hmong Arts and Talent

Steve Yee Thao is the executive director of the Center for Hmong Arts and Talents. He has a passion for film, music, and literature and loves working in the community. He has produced documentaries about the great California drought, environmental issues, and many other issues that... Read More →

Tia-Simone Gardner

Tia-Simone Gardner is an artist, educator, and Black feminist scholar. She has participated as Studio Fellow in the Whitney Independent Study Program, and held artists residencies at the Center for Photography at Woodstock, New York; IASPIS in Stockholm; and the Frank Mohr Institute... Read More →

Friday October 13, 2017 8:30am - 10:00am CDT
Opus Hall, Room 201 1000 LaSalle Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55403

Plenary Session

12:15pm CDT

Plenary: Shifting Role of the Arts: Artist Perspective

Moderators

Laura Zabel

Executive Director, Springboard for the Arts (Minneapolis)

Artists

Crystal Brinkman

Crystal Brinkman is the Executive Director of Kulture Klub Collaborative, a nonprofit arts organization in Minneapolis, MN. KKC engages art and artistic practice to provide enriching multidisciplinary opportunities for youth experiencing homelessness and artists to grow individually... Read More →

Eve Ewing

Kyle Tran Myhre (also known as Guante)

Kyle Tran Myhre (also known as Guante) is a poet, educator, and activist based in Minneapolis.

Meena Natarajan

Executive and Literary Director (and Radical Equity Catalyst on the USDAC Cabinet), Pangea World Theater

Meena Natarajan is a playwright and director and the Executive and Literary Director of Pangea World Theater, a progressive, international ensemble space that creates at the intersection of art, equity, and social justice. She has led the theater’s growth since it’s founding in... Read More →

Saturday October 14, 2017 12:15pm - 1:15pm CDT
Opus Hall, Room 201 1000 LaSalle Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55403