On Saturday, June 11, 2022 the MFA Class of 2022 will offer Summary Project Presentations in person on campus or virtually over Zoom. Through applied research methods, each Summary Project was a culmination of a student's inquiry into an arts field of practice. Projects serve as a representation of students' pursuit of arts leadership through an intersectional lens towards equity, empathy, and value. Download a copy of the full program, presentation descriptions, and presenter bios.
8:50 am - Welcome
9:00 am - Samantha Anderson // Pulling the Invisible Strings: How a Cross-Sector Analysis of Arts and Human Services Organizations can Reveal Mutual Benefit for Progress Toward Equity in the Nonprofit Ecosystem
9:30 am - Hahn (Hang) Chen // Commercializing Traditional Chinese Folk Art - Exploring the Commercial Opportunities of Traditional Folk Art Combined with Modern Pop Culture
10:00 am - Maddy Berkman // From Salvator Mundi to NFTs: Using Art History to Define and Contextualize NFTs and Explore How They Affect Utility, Community, and Equity Within Fine Art Valuation and the Contemporary Art Market
10:30 am - Kati Simek // Punk Rock Ethics in Social Justice Spaces (and one org's quest for a plan)
11:00 am - Break
11:10 am - Austin Sargent // Next Gen Arts Leadership: Defining Arts Leadership Learning Through the Exploration and Embodiment of Artistic, Educational, and Liberatory Processes
11:40 am - Xiaoxuan (Pam) Zeng // Visual representation of Non-binary Early Childhood Leadership Development: Psami's Universe
12:10 pm - Alexandra Mielcarek // "Let's Meet": A Gathering Tool for Feeding Conversation
12:40 pm - Lunch
1:30 pm - Stefanie Fatooh // Mapping Seattle's Cultural Assets: Using Data from the Arts Ecosystem Research Project to Inform Future Arts Leaders
2:00 pm - Jackson Cooper // Bright Lights, Bold Futures: Embodied Practices of Accountability in Commitments to Equity and Antiracism in Performing Arts Organizations
2:30 pm - Carol Roscoe // Anti-Racist Repertoires of Practice in the Theater: How Culture-makers are Remaking Theater Culture
3:00 pm - Trés McMichael // Down In My Soul: An Inviation Towards Joy Centered Social Impact Strategies in the Arts
3:30 pm - Break
3:40 pm - Adetola Abatan // Memory and the Archive: The Role of Personal and Communal Narratives in Reframing Museum Collections and Practices
4:10 pm - Arielle Simmons // Curating Embodiement: The Impact of Art on Gender Identity
4:30 pm - Closing
4:30 - 5:00 pm - Hedreen Gallery Walk-Thru // Embodiement: Gender in the Expanse