Buffalo & Erie County Central Library (1 Lafayette Sq. – map) | 9:45 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.

Join us for the full festival day for engaged conversation about hoaxers, imposters, and creatives of all kinds, as we reflect on forms of fabrication we now embrace and resist every day. The day includes talks, workshops, readings, and opportunities to connect with like-minded lovers of the arts and humanities.

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Schedule

(subject to change)

9:15 a.m. | Registration/Check-In Open

9:45 a.m. | Welcome

Festival welcome [ring of knowledge – floor 1]

Christina Milletti, Interim Executive Director, UB Humanities Institute
Joy Testa Cinquino, Assistant Deputy Director, Development & Communications, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library

10:00 a.m. | Session 1

Fabricating Borders: Maps and Native North America [Ring of Knowledge – Floor 1]

Robert B. Caldwell Jr., Assistant Professor, Indigenous Studies, University at Buffalo

  • Moderator: Jake Sanders

Fabrication and Confabulation: Making It and Faking It in the Age of AI [Gallery – Floor 2]

Mark Warren, Associate Professor and Chair, Philosophy & Religious Studies, Lead of the Daemen AI Task Force, Daemen University

  • Moderator: Molly Riordan

Every Rodeo is My First Rodeo [Gallery Conference – Floor 2]

Shasti O’Leary Soudant, Assistant Professor, Art & Design, Buffalo State University

  • Moderator: Adam Ray Wagner

11:15 a.m. | Break

Complimentary coffee by Public Espresso [Gallery – North End – Floor 2]

11:30 a.m. | Session 2

Threads: Poetry & Prose readings [ring of knowledge]

Working In and With Community – Community-Engaged Arts Workshop / Topic: Building Containers of Trust [Gallery – Floor 2]

Claire Schneider, President, C.S.1 Curatorial Projects

  • Moderator: Zachary Hawkins
About Building Containers of Trust >>>

Why do some institutions, partnerships, groups, and individuals have more impact in engaging and collaborating with communities? It is so easy to sometimes jump into the work, before doing the pre-work. Come explore and share practical ways to build the foundations and trust needed for real community partnerships and collaborations. We’ll examine case studies from our community and across the country, including yours. 

Workshop Questions: What works? Do we spend enough time creating the foundations and trust for true community partnerships? What are the best case studies in our community and nationally? How can these learnings be incorporated into new (and old) initiatives? It is so easy to sometimes jump into the work, before doing the pre-work. How can funding models support the necessary time and space to do this foundational work? How do things shift when different organizations (and different communities and individuals) work together and bring different values, expectations, and histories? Especially ones with different resources and audiences?

Join independent curator Claire Schneider for a lively and practical discussion. Arts organizers, artists, academics, community members, and funders are encouraged to attend to share their vast knowledge. An environment of mutual exchange and shared learnings will be fostered.

Reclaimed, Repurposed: Art, Labour and the PolitiCS of Materials [Gallery conference – Floor 2]

Victoria-Idongesit Udondian, Visiting Associate Professor, Art, University at Buffalo

  • Moderator: Tommy Murter

12:45 p.m. | Lunch

Complimentary light lunch by The Globe Market (vegan, gluten-free options available)

Mini-workshop: Hands-on introduction to weaving with Dawne Hoeg from Stitch Buffalo

Mini-workshop: Hands-on introduction to tabletop press printing with teaching artist Jamey Alea from Western New York Book Arts Center

Check out the Library’s Launch Pad MakerSpace

1:30 p.m. | Session 3

Fabricating the City: Plantations to Urbanisms [Ring of Knowledge – Floor 1]

Alissa Ujie Diamond (she/her), Assistant Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University at Buffalo

  • Moderator: Ellis McDaniel

Creativity and Culture

  • The Cultural Conditions of Creativity
    • Philip Longson, Assistant Professor, Visual & Performing Arts, Daemen University
  • Media as Fabrication
    • Matt Kenyon, Associate Professor, Art, University at Buffalo
  • Moderator: Chijioke Ngobili

Movement and Meaning: Dance as Culture Creation [Central Meeting Room – floor 2]

  • Chanon Judson, Visiting Associate Professor, Theatre and Dance, University at Buffalo
  • Ariel Nereson, Associate Professor, Theatre and Dance, University at Buffalo
  • Jerome Williams, Dance Instructor, Buffalo’s Own Smooth Steppers
  • Moderator: Sam King-Shaw

2:45 p.m. | Break

Complimentary coffee by Public Espresso [Gallery – North End – Floor 2]

3:00 p.m. | Session 4

A Stitch in Time Saves Lives: Five Years Later [Gallery – Floor 2]

Yvonne K. Widenor, Assistant Professor, Art History Program, Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Canisius University

  • Moderator: Kamla Persaud

SRS (Silk Road Songbook) [Gallery conference – floor 2]

Millie Chen, Professor, Art, University at Buffalo

  • Moderator: Shinjan Pramanik

Misinformation & Society: Five Lessons I’ve Learned from Studying Thousands of Years of Falsehoods [Central Meeting Room – Floor 2]

Yotam Ophir, Associate Professor, Communication, head of Media Effects, Misinformation, and Extremism (MEME) Lab, and member of the Center for Information Integrity (CII), University at Buffalo

  • Moderator: Kacie Allen

4:30 p.m. | Closing Reception at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

  • Special festival attendee viewing opportunity of “SRS (Silk Road Songbook)” with artist and festival presenter Millie Chen
  • Complimentary first drink for festival attendees and snacks
  • Cash bar with proceeds supporting Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
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