Open Dialog IX

Open Dialogue IX

Photographic Report
July 18th-20th, 2003
San Jose, California

A Spiritually Up-Lifting Three Days with Arts Workers
of Color from Across the Nation.

Presented by the Association of American Cultures, TAAC

The Next Steps:

Where We Have Been, Where We Are Going

Theme:
What is the impact of national arts policy on people of color?

Jam Night

Jam Night

 Listening

Listening

 Policy Discussion

Policy Discussion

 Keynote Speaker

Keynote speaker
Rick Hill

Rick Hill

 Peter Huri

Peter Huri

 Betty Switzer

Betty Switzer

 Biala

Biala
Bob Lynch and John Paul

Bob Lynch and
John Paul

 Maria Dadgar

Maria Dadgar

 Quetzal

Quetzal

 Mexican Plaza

Mexican Plaza
Mayumi Tsutakawa

Mayumi Tsutakawa

 Karol, SuAndi and Abel

Karol, SuAndi and Abel

 Veronica Enrique

Veronica Enrique

 E'Vonne

E'Vonne
Get Off the Bus

Get Off the Bus

 Eric and Adrianne

Eric and Adrianne

 Lori Robishaw

Lori Robishaw

 Diem Jones

Diem Jones
Director on National Indian Arts Service Organization

Maria Dadgar—Atlatl
We safeguard artworks of the indigenous people of this land.

 Founder of TAAC 1985-2003

Barbara R Nicholson, Ph.D
MLK Center–Performing Arts
TAAC is real, it is power.

 Founder of TAAC 1985-2003

Louis LeRoy
Yuma Fine Arts
We can play a role in public arts policy in this country.

 National Arts Activist

Colleen Jennings–Roggensack
ASU Public Events
I found the early Dialogues to be insightful and wonderful.
Retired Director, Texas Commission on the Arts

John Paul Batiste
Avoi Consulting
Open Dialogue remains a possibility
for poetic growth.

 Black Womens Art Alliance—England

SuAndi
Manchester, England
Home is a special place,
I like coming home to TAAC!

 Indian-Brazil, Mesa, Arizona

Carmen DeNovis
Zum Zum Zum
…As artists of colors we are challenged
to be more than artists.