Art with a Heartbeat

Art with a Heartbeat is committed to providing education, resources, opportunities, networking, and inspiration for artists of all types and ages during a four-day arts conference.

Art with a Heartbeat is a contemporary arts, music and media conference. Five keynote speakers from New York to New Orleans will be exhibiting their nationally acclaimed visual and performance arts. They will also speak on panels alongside representatives from Oregon art non-profits. The panels will focus on topics such as film incentives, protecting intellectual property, guerrilla self-promotion, arts networking and new technology. After-hour and off-site events will highlight area bars and restaurants, geological features, history, culture and commerce. Networking lunches, portfolio reviews, films, theatrical performances and gallery openings will accompany the multi-media conference. 4 Days, 22 Speakers, Beautiful Weather & More!

Speakers:

• George Ingmire
• Paul Deo
• Gary M Smith
• Dan Sheridan
• Gary Kout

This multi-faceted conference is sure to become a favorite Southern Oregon event with each consecutive year. The schedule has four days of action packed entertainment and education for artists young and old. For pricing, check out our registration and fees page. There are early bird discounts in effect. More to come!

Tenative Conference Schedule

Thursday

8:00 a.m. -- ART DISTRICT WALKING TOUR
8:45 a.m. -- HOST INTRODUCTIONS Speakers, The Creativity Collective
9:00 am -- FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS: Importance of arts networking and networking basics.
10:00 a.m. -- PANEL: PAINTED LADIES:TBA
11:00 a.m. -- PANEL: DO YOU COPY: Powerful story-telling and elements of a good story.
12:00 p.m. -- NETWORKING: NETWORKING LUNCH
1:30 p.m. -- PANEL: SAFETY DANCE: Copyright Basics, intellectual property, trade marking.
2:30 p.m. -- PANEL: JUGGLING CHAINSAWS: The healing powers of movement
4:30 p.m. -- FILM: Think of Me First as a Person, George Ingmire's award winning short film with a question & answer session. By George Ingmire
5:30 p.m. -- INNER CITY MURAL MAKER. Speaker, Paul Deo
8:00 p.m. -- GALLERY OPENING The multi-media murals of By Paul Deo
10:00 p.m. -- FILM: The Spirits Choose Whom They Will, George Ingmire's film about the Voodoo highway between Haiti & New Orleans. By George Ingmire

Friday - Offered Outings:

8:30am-12:30 -- PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEOGRAPHY OUTING
1:00pm-5pm -- OUTDOOR OPEN MIC JAM/BBQ:
9:30pm - STARS & NIGHTCAPS: Wine & music sampler.

Saturday - Conference Schedule:

8:00 a.m. -- PORTFOLIO REVIEW: STRIP SEARCH: Visual Artists Portfolio Review.
9:00 a.m. -- PANEL: FLICKER-FOLLY. Panel discusses the challenges and benefits of filming in Oregon, tax incentives, economic impact & current environment.
10:00 a.m. -- SPEAKER/SHORT VIDEO: Emory, The blog-born Hollywood cat and Chatgris Press by technical writer and blog-smith. Speaker, Gary Smith
11:00 a.m. -- PANEL: TINY BUTTONS: Smart phones, social networking, Facebook, Youtube, text-messaging and blogging aiding artists & artist communities. How technology has helped and hindered artists. Challenging the gamer mentality.
12:00 a.m. -- NETWORKING LUNCH
3:00 p.m. -- FILM: BOHEMIAN'S LUNCHBOX: Katrina Voodoo Footage. By Dan Sheridan
4:00 p.m. -- SPEAKER: NOOMOON RISING: Of drums, Fire and Tribal T-shirts. Adventures of festival vending guru. Speaker, Dan Sheridan
5:00 p.m. -- DINNER/SPEAKER: Sit down dinner and comic: Speaker, J.D. England
7:00 p.m. -- FILM: Musical Therapy, Dan Sheridan's film about the first Mardi Gras post-Katrina. By George Ingmire
8:00 pm -- PERFORMANCE: Ice Scream Theater, Multi-Media performance art piece
10:00 pm -- PERFORMANCE: Roller Derby Burlesque

Sunday - Offered Outings:

9:00am- 11:30 -- ABBREVIATED TOUR: Legacy of Bravery Memorial Tours <http://www.legacyofbravery.com/contact>
12:00pm -2:00pm -- LUNCH AND WALKING TOUR:
2:00pm-6pm – FULL-LENGTH TOUR: Legacy of Bravery Memorial Tours (extended tour) <www.legacyofbravery.com/contact>
6:30pm -- COCKTAIL TOUR: Pub Crawl
8:00pm -- BEST OF THE COLLECTIVE AWARDS