But Is It Art? Exploring Boundaries and Transforming Communities 
A Spirit and Place Festival Event

Date: Saturday, November 1, 2008
Time: 10:30 a.m - 6:00 p.m.
Venue: Unitarian Universalist Church of Indianapolis , 615 W. 43rd St ., Indianapolis, IN , 46208
www.uui.org
283-4760  

For questions and workshop registration, call 317-251-8099 or e-mail transformarts@gmail.com. Admission is free (except workshop supply fee).  

When does walking become dance? When does clothing become costuming? When does a chair become sculpture? When do natural sounds or speech become music? When does conversation become storytelling? Explore how the everyday becomes art and discover how creativity and spirituality can stoke community transformation.   Participate in one or more of the following activities:  

Panel Discussion - 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Enjoy a panel discussion featuring visual and performing artists, clergy, arts educators, therapists, arts administrators, K-16 teachers, and artists who work with special needs communities.  

Workshops - 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Choose from seven concurrent afternoon workshops in:

• dance and movement
• "found sound"
• fabric arts and costuming
• visual arts storytelling and oral history
• cyanotype photographic process
• theater  

No training or experience needed. Register by October 28; remaining spaces filled on site on a first-come basis. There will be a modest supply fee ($5-$15). Wear comfortable clothing and bring a sack lunch.  

Closing Panel Discussion/Q & A - 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Works created in afternoon workshops will showcase the boundaries and possibilities of the arts and inform the closing panel discussion. Q&A will follow.

Presenters and facilitators
Nan Brooks , actor, writer, and clergywoman; Doreen Fatula, health/recreation educator and Expressive Arts leader; Dr. Sally Childs-Helton, percussionist, ethnomusicologist, and music educator; Martine Faist, social worker, family counselor, and art therapist; Melli Hoppe, dance educator and artistic director of Susurrus; Tim Hubbard, dancer and arts education consultant; Rebecca Hutton and Dante Ventresca, Theater of Inclusion founders; Liza Hyatt, art therapist, storyteller, and poet; Amy Kindred, artist and minister; T.J. Reynolds, Hip-Hop poet and drummer; Stephanie Lewis Robertson, fabric artist and art educator; Ginny Taylor Rosner, photographer and printmaker; and Nina Ryan, dancer and choreographer. Presented by Susurrus Artists, Inc., Stutz Artists Association, and Unitarian Universalist Church of Indianapolis