The Art of Collaboration

What
A summit where art meets your...business, organization, community

• To remind us that we are all in this together.
• To reinforce that no matter how crazy the world gets, or how strapped we feel, together we can imagine a better future for all Oregonians.
• To explore new ways to collaborate, to meet new partners.
• To demonstrate how innovative and creative organizations will prosper.

The Arts Summit will feature Oregon presenter-innovators whose collaborative work is stimulating Oregon's growth and success. From Ashland to Shaniko, from brilliant medical discoveries to futurist scenarios, the Oregon Arts Summit will offer provocative opportunities to think outside-the-box about collaborations that work.

Offering in-depth explorations of new ideas, providing substantive opportunities to expand collaboration cross-sector.

The BallRoom program will present innovators and their stories. In The Studio, participants will explore new concepts about collaboration in depth. The Collaboratory will offer more informal hands-on work and tools for creative collaboration.

When
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
8 am: Doors Open
9 am -- 4:15 pm: Summit
4:15 -- 6 pm: Social/Debrief/Performances

Where
Tiger Woods Center, Nike World Headquarters, Beaverton

Who
Join the conversation with:

Tinker Hatfield, Vice President, Special Projects, Nike. Co-designer of the first cross training shoe, Hatfield has earned global recognition for imagination and innovation in his collaborations with Michael Jordan. On-stage collaborator: Bart Eberwein, Hoffman Construction and Oregon Arts Commissioner

Bill Rauch, artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Founder of the ground-breaking Cornerstone Theatre, Rauch is reinterpreting classics and working to make theater accessible to new audiences. On-stage collaborator: Courtenay Hameister, associate producer and host of Live Wire! Radio.

Dana Plautz, co-creator of MrsP.com, former Intel futurist, creative
director for Hanna-Barbera. On-stage collaborator: Craig Wessel, Portland Business Journal.

Dr. Brian Druker, internationally acclaimed scientist at OHSU, developer of the game-changing, cancer-curing drug, Gleevac On-stage collaborator: Chris Coleman, artistic director, Portland Center Stage.

Jeanne Carver, co-founder of the Imperial Stock Ranch in Shaniko, winner of numerous awards for sustainable management practices. Now producing handcrafted yarns/apparel, expanding sheep-raising to new art. On-stage collaborator: Kim Stafford, poet, director Northwest Writing Center, William Stafford Center.

Frances Bronet, Dean, School of Architecture and Allied Arts, University of Oregon. "Bronet brings an outstanding multi-disciplinary background in architecture and engineering... science, dance and electronic arts." On-stage collaborator: Randy Gragg, editor, Portland Spaces.

Bob Thompson, FAIA, TVA Architects, designer of the Nike Campus, Fox Tower and the National Steinbeck Museum. On-stage collaborator: Frances Bronet, University of Oregon.

Closing Comments and Reflections on Collaboration:
Barry Lopez, National Book Award winner, essayist, author, and short-story writer.

$45/Individual; $37.50 for 2 or More Collaborators*
(*Bring someone from your organization or another one, people ready to join the conversation)

Nike has generously donated passes to their Nike Employee Store for all attendees.

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