Portland Monuments Project Symposium

Converge 45

The PMP Symposium focuses on deepening public engagement and expanding dialogues about public art and monuments.

Portland Community College Cascade

<h3>Livestream links:</h3> Day 1: Oct 11, 2024 Livestream: <a href="https://portlandcc.zoom.us/j/95637520539?pwd=7GAJ8W1VgaqNWQRLIsT3n2dfQdzxyK.1" title="https://portlandcc.zoom.us/j/95637520539?pwd=7GAJ8W1VgaqNWQRLIsT3n2dfQdzxyK.1" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://portlandcc.zoom.us/j/95637520539?pwd=7GAJ8W1VgaqNWQRLIsT3n2dfQdzxyK.1</a> Day 2: Oct 12, 2024 Livestream: <a href="https://portlandcc.zoom.us/j/93562316906?pwd=34RIZLY7OCaUs6elPb74iFxkjkEf8O.1" title="https://portlandcc.zoom.us/j/93562316906?pwd=34RIZLY7OCaUs6elPb74iFxkjkEf8O.1" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://portlandcc.zoom.us/j/93562316906?pwd=34RIZLY7OCaUs6elPb74iFxkjkEf8O.1</a>

<h3>Schedule</h3> Day 1: Friday, Oct 11th9:30 AM - Registration &amp; Coffee10:00 AM - Welcome Remarks11:00 AM - Panel Discussion No. 1: Policy Making12:00 PM - Lunch Break1:00 PM - Breakout Sessions2:15 PM - Panel Discussion No. 2: Indigenous Perspectives3:30 PM - Breakout Sessions4:30 PM - Hour of Reflection: presented by Soul Business District Association Day 2: Saturday, Oct 12th9:30 AM - Registration &amp; Coffee10:00 AM - Welcome Remarks10:30 AM - Panel Discussion No. 3: Artist Perspectives12:00 PM - Lunch Break1:00 PM - Breakout Sessions2:15 PM - Breakout Sessions3:30 PM - Keynote: Hamza Walker4:30 PM - Closing Remarks

<h4>About the Symposium</h4>This multi-day symposium where community voices, artists, regional arts administrators, and national arts leaders will convene to explore the present significance and future potentials of public spaces, art, and monuments.The Portland Monuments Symposium is the first of a series of public community activities supported by the City of Portland that builds from Portland’s Monuments &amp; Memorials Project, inaugurated in 2021 by Converge 45, which scrutinized the impact of public monuments in Portland, Oregon. The original project comprised a series of online presentations, outdoor experiences, and the creation of temporary art installations on vacant pedestals following the removal of five monuments throughout the City of Portland. The goals of the Portland Monuments Project are to:<ul><li>Engage the community in creating policies about Portland’s public art collection.</li><li>Foster new conversations about the purpose of monuments and memorials in Portland.</li><li>Finalize recommendations for new monuments, updated interpretations, and the future of monuments that were damaged or removed in 2020 and 2021.</li></ul>

What's Happening with the City’s Monuments?Each of the City’s monuments is at a different status. <a href="https://www.portland.gov/monuments/whats-happening-citys-monuments" title="https://www.portland.gov/monuments/whats-happening-citys-monuments" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Click here</a> to learn about each monuments status.

<h3>About the Breakout Sessions</h3> In the breakout sessions, community members will be prompted to consider and discuss the following guiding questions: <ol><li>How can Portland adapt and be open to change with its use of public art to hold memory and history?</li><li>What do Portlanders think about the City’s current monuments?</li><li>The City of Portland has core values. These values are equity, anti-racism, collaboration (working together), communication, transparency (being open and honest), and fiscal responsibility (using money wisely). How can monuments support the City’s values?</li><li>The City of Portland has decisions to make about monuments and public art. These decisions include how to think about our history and how to educate the public about our monuments. What principles and practices should guide these decisions?</li></ol> Virtual Breakout Session info:https://pdx.zoom.us/j/6973929440#success

<h3>About the Keynote Speaker</h3> <h4>Hamza Walker</h4>With a keynote from Hamza Walker, the director of Los Angeles’ nonprofit art space The Brick, the two-day event will explore the evolving role of public monuments and their reflection of societal values.On October 12, Hamza Walker will deliver a keynote lecture on his curatorial project, MONUMENTS, set to debut Fall 2025, which will feature approximately a dozen decommissioned monuments displayed alongside contemporary artworks.His talk will highlight the intersections between decommissioned monuments and contemporary art, drawing from his past exhibitions, Black Is, Black Ain’t (2008) and Several Silences (2009).

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