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National Conference Hosted by College of Charleston's Arts Management Program and Avery Research September 30, 2002 The College of Charleston's Arts Management Program and the Avery Research Center will co-host the 28th Annual “Social Theory, Politics & the Arts Conference,” Oct. 3 - 5, in the Lightsey Conference Center, 160 Calhoun St. This annual conference is attended by academics and professionals in the fields of Arts Management, Sociology, Political Science, Economics, Historic Preservation and others as well as individuals involved in research and writing on cultural policy. This year's conference will focus on issues of historic preservation and cultural diversity, as well as other topics relevant to the field. Registration is required for attendance at all conference events and fees are $100 with an additional cost for conference meals. The conference will also feature several special events including a Plenary Session at the Gibbes Museum of Art on Friday, Oct. 4 from 1:30 - 3:00 p.m., held in conjunction with the exhibition “A Portion of the People: Three Hundred Years of Southern Jewish Life.” This session, entitled “Cultural Diversity in Early Carolina: 1670 to 1850,” will feature a panel discussion investigating the myriad of ethnic, religious, racial and national contingents that historically and currently make up the population of the South, and specifically Charleston. There will also be a reception on Oct. 3, from 5 - 6 p.m., in the Halsey Gallery, Simons Center for the Arts, highlighting the exhibition “Palimpsest: Afghanistan,” which features recent photographs of Afghanistan by Simon Norfolk and Baluchi Tribal Textiles from the Stewart Collection. The reception will be followed by a panel discussion entitled “From Research to Action: Shaping the Policy Environment for Preservation.” Panelists include Bill Ivey, former Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts and current Director of Vanderbilt University's Cultural Policy Center, and Ellen McCullouch-Lovell, Director of the Center for Arts and Culture. She is also former Director of the White House Millennium Council and the President's Committee on the Arts & Humanities. Contact:Virginia Friedman |