Tuesday March 7, 2006
Looking for a Forum
I’ve been asked to participate in a panel discussion about artblogging in Miami. I have by far the least knowledge of art of anyone on the panel, and I’m not particularly an art-blogger, so I guess I’m the non-expert slot on the panel. It’s a little intimidating, but I’m sure it’ll be fun. The panel takes place on Thursday, April 6th, 7 to 8:30 pm, at the Miami Beach Regional Library auditorium, 227 22nd Street, Miami Beach. Mark your calendars!
Looking for a Forum:
Art bloggers and artists on writing art and culture in Miami
Topics:
- The impact of blogging and online communication on critical discourse around art and culture in Miami—why is it significant?
- How writing about the art of a community helps create that community’s sense of itself—or does it? Including comparisons between print vs. web formats
- Addressing and identifying the different arts sub-communities in the city
- Cross-pollination—how blogs are creating a space where people in the same city interact who might never do so in real life
- Bloggers’/writers’ role in documenting the local art scene
- Blogs as artistic infrastructure
- Accessibility issues – are there barriers to participation in these conversations?
Participants:
Franklin Einspruch, Artblog.net
Alesh Houdek, Critical Miami
KH, The Next Few Hours
Onajide Shabaka, Miami Art Exchange
Alfredo Triff, Tu Miami Blog
Moderator: Helen L. Kohen, Director of the Vasari Project and Art Critic Emeritus for The Miami Herald
Organized by Denise Delgado, Curator, Miami Dade Public Library System
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don’t sell yourself short, alesh. your blog is my fave.
Thanks for posting this. I’ll try to attend! It’s nice to hear about some positive motion in miami.
an interesting discussion about this over at artblog.
Thanks for helping spread the word, Alesh! For what it’s worth, I don’t think of you as the non-expert slot. You were a regular and articulate commenter on artblog, and Critical Miami covers a lot of Miami cultural stuff in addition to the visual arts. I think that’s important, too.
I’ll repeat what I said on artblog:
I’m open to suggestions from readers as far as discussion topics and what people might like to see come out of this, if anything (a series of discussions, a project, etc.). Folks could email me, or just post here.
Alesh fills the ass-kicker slot. :)