“Arts, Culture, and the Media”
Day Sponsored By:
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March 17, 2016
The McDowell Colony
100 High Street
Peterborough, New Hampshire 03458
http://www.macdowellcolony.org/
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8:30 Arrival –Refreshments
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9:00 Day begins – “Homeroom”
Welcome
Introduction of the LNH Trustees
Introduction by Session Day Sponsor – Byron Champlin ('99), Program Officer, Lincoln Financial Group
Goals for the day – Steve Reno
• To become familiar with the challenges and opportunities the
media and the arts face today
• To reflect on your own use of media outlets (including social media)and the effect of that use
• To learn how you can engage with media and the arts in new
ways
9:15 Overview of The McDowell Colony
David Macy, Resident Director
A Resident Artist's Remarks - TBA
10:15 "The Role of the Humanities in Our Lives"
Susan Hatem, LNH'14, Associate Director, NH Humanities Council
11:15 Break
11:30 Chamber Music Performance
Apple Hill String Quartet
Introduced by Lenny Matczynski LNH’16
12:30 Lunch
1:15 “The Creative Economy"
Byron Champlin, LNH'99, Associate Vice President, Lincoln Financial
Group
2:15 Break
2:30 “The Impact of Film and Social Media to Create Civic Awareness”
Dan Habib, Filmmaker and Project Director, University of New
Hampshire Institute on Disability
4:45 Debrief
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3:45 “The Public Media”
Betsy Gardella, LNH’08, President, New Hampshire Public Radio
Homework Action Assignment
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It is probably fair to say that our understanding of “art” is a function of our
experience of art, whether we are patrons, observers, attendees,
participants, critics, or creators. In advance of this program day, we ask you
to attend an arts event of your choosing and be ready to talk about the
experience in terms not just of what the artistic event was (e.g., a play.
Film, exhibition, performance, etc.), but the setting in which it took place,
the audience attending/participating, the atmosphere of the occasion, the
nature of the organization putting it on, whether financial support was
solicited, and, overall, how you would judge the “health” of the venture.
We might suggest you experience an art form that isn’t one of your
regulars, in other words, something outside your usual experience.
In addition, we would also ask you to:
1. For one week, keep a log of the media outlets you use. For example,
from what sources do you get news and analysis, feature stories,
general information? Document the sources you go to and how long
you engage them. Please be as detailed in logging your use as you
can, e.g., number of hours, frequency within a day, week, etc.
2. Visit a media outlet that is totally new to you, in other words, one
you never use (e.g., al jazeera news, local talk radio, The Union
Leader, The Huffington Post, etc.) Visit the outlet at least twice and
record your impressions.