CommonGround
2008
Mindful Innovations
April
9 - 11, 2008
Crowne Plaza, Albany
Frequently
Asked Questions
1.
How do I register?
Registration is entirely
online, and takes just
a few minutes. During
registration you will be asked
to choose which workshops you
plan to attend. Please
check out the schedule prior
to starting your registration.
You will be able to print out
your entire personalized schedule.
Registration
is payable by check, credit
card, or purchase order. If
you plan to pay by credit card,
please have your credit card
information ready.
Please
note - your payment must be received
by April
2 to
complete your advance registration.
2.
What about my hotel room?
Attendees book their own hotel rooms.
We recommend you stay at the Crowne
Plaza, where the conference is
held.
We
are able to offer a special conference
rate of $134, so when you book your
room, make sure to include the Group
Booking Code: PAE.
You must book your room by March
19 to receive the special
rate.
If
you are attending the conference
as a representative of a tax-exempt
organization, be sure to bring proof
of your tax-exempt status for check-out.
3.
Who are the keynote speakers?
We are very happy to announce that
Dr. Gail
Burnaford, author of Arts
Integration Frameworks, Research,
and Practice: A Literature Review,
will be speaking at CommonGround
2008, as will Heather
Hitchens, the
Executive Director of the New
York State Council on the Arts, NYS
Deputy Commissioner for Cultural
Education Jeffrey
W. Cannell, and Pamela
Badila,
co-founder of Diata Diata
International Folkloric Theater. See
our previous
keynote speakers.
4.
Who designs the workshops?
YOU do! We have relied on all of the brilliant experts in New York State to get
their proposals to us. You can view the workshops on the conference
schedule, or see a listing
of all the workshops organized by conference
strand, or see
workshops and descriptions listed by session as a Word
document or PDF.
5.
Can I get space to set up a display
about my program?
Display tables, which include electricity and wireless internet connection, can
be reserved as part of the registration process. The cost for conference-goers
is $100 for informational tables. Non-attendee vendor
tables are available for $200. For more information, please contact Kristin at
our office.
6.
I can't attend the conference this
year, but I'd like to stay in the
mix.
We hope, of course, that all our
friends and colleagues will attend
CommonGround. But whether or not
you’ll actually be there, you
can keep in touch by
advertising
in the conference program,
or by donating to the CommonGround
Scholarship Fund.
7. I
can't attend the conference, but I'd
like to see Jaehn Clare's performance.
You can come to Tail
Tell Tail even if you're not coming to the
conference. Click
here for ticket information.
8.
Are scholarships available?
Technical Assistance Program scholarships are
available from PAE again this year. The deadline for applications was February
1, 2008.
9. I'm paying
by check. Who do I make it
out to? Where do I send it?
Make your check out to Partners
for Arts Education. Mail it
to: 501 W. Fayette St., Studio 221,
Syracuse, NY 13204.
10. We cannot
get to Albany this year; where
will CommonGround be in 2009?
CommonGround 2009 will again be
in Albany at the Crowne Plaza. Date
(in early spring) TBD.
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