Join Martin Wollesen, Artistic Director of "ArtPower" as UCSD for a discussion on creating community through collaborative partnerships. This session will arm participants with management strategies using the arts as a way to respond to community concerns and needs. Wollensen will share his work building artist residency projects and initiatives that helped to activate artistic community engagement.
Martin Wollesen provides artistic guidance for the university?s premiere multi-presenting arts program in dance, music, spoken word and film. In September 2008, he launched The Loft, a performance program where emerging arts and pop culture collide. Wollesen has focused on presenting international contemporary work and has partnered with dance innovators to create in-depth projects that embrace and reflect the university?s commitment to interdisciplinary investigation. In 2006, Wollesen and partners unfolded the Place Matters Project, the most comprehensive interdisciplinary arts initiative in the history of UCSD. This program is a two-quarter residency with artists, faculty, staff and students in dance. Place Matters Project explores issues of community, leadership, and civic engagement. Previous to assuming his role at UC San Diego in 2004, Wollesen was Associate Director of Programming and Director of Education at Stanford Lively Arts, where he created and developed the largest campus-wide arts residency project in the history of Stanford University with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Wollesen served as the Director of Arts & Lectures at UC Santa Cruz prior to Stanford. He has lived in Singapore, the Philippines, Egypt, Israel, and Portugal.
The talk is part of The University of San Diego's Office of Corporate and Professional Education's newly launched monthly CAF?+CULTURE Professional Development Series. The CAF?+CULTURE series aims to provide participants with insights and practical management skills that will be useful for organizations that develop, manage, sponsor and promote culturally diverse artistic projects, programs and services. The series include topics in Business Management Skills for the Arts, Achieving Successful Collaborations, Community Relations, and Intercultural Networking.
The guest speakers for CAF?+CULTURE will come from diverse multicultural organizations from the US and Mexico. The CAF?+CULTURE Professional Development Seminars will provide informal discussion setting where attendees will have the opportunity to network and learn from each others cultural initiatives. Guest participants includes Philip Lorenzo, San Diego Asian Film Foundation (APR), Sandra Aislie, AJA Project (MAY), Martin Wolleson, UCSD ArtPower (JUNE), Tom Johnston-O'Neill,The Worldview Project (and The San Diego Participant Observer)(JUL), Ronn Jessee, San Diego County of Education Visual and Performing Arts (AUG), Marion Scire, Classics 4 Kids (SEP), and Jazz Concert Ensemble by the Orchestra of Baja California (OCT).
Admission: $25 regular, $20 nonprofits.
Please register on-line at:
Wednesday, June 26, - 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
For more information, please contact Karla Duarte, Academic Art Program Coordinator at or (619) 260-2933 or visit: www.sandiego.edu/businessforarts
Martin Wollesen provides artistic guidance for the university?s premiere multi-presenting arts program in dance, music, spoken word and film. In September 2008, he launched The Loft, a performance program where emerging arts and pop culture collide. Wollesen has focused on presenting international contemporary work and has partnered with dance innovators to create in-depth projects that embrace and reflect the university?s commitment to interdisciplinary investigation. In 2006, Wollesen and partners unfolded the Place Matters Project, the most comprehensive interdisciplinary arts initiative in the history of UCSD. This program is a two-quarter residency with artists, faculty, staff and students in dance. Place Matters Project explores issues of community, leadership, and civic engagement. Previous to assuming his role at UC San Diego in 2004, Wollesen was Associate Director of Programming and Director of Education at Stanford Lively Arts, where he created and developed the largest campus-wide arts residency project in the history of Stanford University with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Wollesen served as the Director of Arts & Lectures at UC Santa Cruz prior to Stanford. He has lived in Singapore, the Philippines, Egypt, Israel, and Portugal.
The talk is part of The University of San Diego's Office of Corporate and Professional Education's newly launched monthly CAF?+CULTURE Professional Development Series. The CAF?+CULTURE series aims to provide participants with insights and practical management skills that will be useful for organizations that develop, manage, sponsor and promote culturally diverse artistic projects, programs and services. The series include topics in Business Management Skills for the Arts, Achieving Successful Collaborations, Community Relations, and Intercultural Networking.
The guest speakers for CAF?+CULTURE will come from diverse multicultural organizations from the US and Mexico. The CAF?+CULTURE Professional Development Seminars will provide informal discussion setting where attendees will have the opportunity to network and learn from each others cultural initiatives. Guest participants includes Philip Lorenzo, San Diego Asian Film Foundation (APR), Sandra Aislie, AJA Project (MAY), Martin Wolleson, UCSD ArtPower (JUNE), Tom Johnston-O'Neill,The Worldview Project (and The San Diego Participant Observer)(JUL), Ronn Jessee, San Diego County of Education Visual and Performing Arts (AUG), Marion Scire, Classics 4 Kids (SEP), and Jazz Concert Ensemble by the Orchestra of Baja California (OCT).
Admission: $25 regular, $20 nonprofits.
Please register on-line at:
Wednesday, June 26, - 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
For more information, please contact Karla Duarte, Academic Art Program Coordinator at or (619) 260-2933 or visit: www.sandiego.edu/businessforarts
