Schedule

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Expo open to the public September 19th through the 22nd, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
and September 23rd from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Conference Schedule

Speaker Schedule 
Friday, September 23 & Saturday, September 24
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
 BREAKFAST  WOODCLIFF HOTEL & SPA  7:00 – 8:45
Speakers 8:15 – 8:45
  • Mark DeCracker, MC
  • Serge Malenfont, Pres. GMACTA
  • Fritz May, Mayor, Fairport
  

 
  • Opening Remarks
  • Introduction to GMACTA & M.U.R.I.R.S
  • Welcome to Fairport
MOBILE TOUR  Bus to Canandaigua 8:45-9:15
  • Mural Dedication
  • Walking Mural Tour
  Canandaigua
  • 9:30 – 10:00
  • 10:00 – 11:00
  • Welcome/Mural Dedication
  • Living History Presentation at Train Depot/Shop
MOBILE TOUR  Bus to Lyons  11:00 – 11:45
LUNCH Ohmann Theater Annex, Lyons 12:00-12:30
  •  Dr. Daniel F. Ward
  • Larry Ann Evans
  • Bruce Schwendy
  • George Fritz
 Ohmann Theater
  • 12:30-1:30
  • 1:30 – 1:45
  •   1:45 – 2:10
  • 2:10 – 2:40
  • Movie: Boom and Bust
  • Wayne County History
  • Erie Canal HIstory
  • Navigating the Path from Idea to Community Treasure
BREAK  OHMANN THEATER ANNEX 2:40 – 2:55
  • Kyle Pierce
 Ohmann Theater
  • 2:55 – 3:25
  • Tourism in the Digital Age: OnCell and Public Art
  • Mark DeCracker
  Downtown Lyons
  • 3:35 – 4:05
  • 4:05 – 4:20
  • Mural Walking Tour
  • New Mural Dedication, MVP Auto Parts building
MURAL TOUR

  • Newark – Drive by
  • Bill Lawton
  • Laurel Wemett

Newark – Palmyra – Macedon

 

4:30 – 5:45

 

  

  • Erie Canal Bridge
  • Palmyra: Aldrich Change Bridge
  • Macedon: Lock 30, Elmer Clark Pavilion

FRIDAY EVENING

  • Cocktails
  • Dinner
 BUS DRIVE TO

LONG ACRE FARM

5:45 – 6:00

  • 6:00 – 6:45
  • 7:00 – 7:30
 Speakers:

  • Pieter Smeenk, Board Chairman, Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor
  • Michael Bopp, Director, Canal Recreationway Commission, New York State Canal Corporation
 Long Acre Farm  

7:30 – 8:30

 

 

 

 
  • Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor: A World Class Destinatoin
  • New York State’s Canal System: Celebrating 200 Years in the Making
RETURN TO HOTEL WOODCLIFF HOTEL & SPA 8:30 – 9:00
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
BREAKFAST WOODCLIFF HOTEL & SPA

7:00 – 9:00
Speakers:

  • Joe Concra, Co-Founder O+ Festivals
  • Mark Golden, CEO, Golden Paints
  • Erich Lehman, Co-Curator

 

 Woodcliff Hotel & Spa  

  • 9:00 – 9:30
  • 9:30 – 10:00
  • 10:00 – 10:30
  

  • O+ Exchanging the Art of Medicine for the Medicine of Art
  • Golden’s Support for the Arts
  • WALL\THERAPY-A Visual Intervention through Muralism
BREAK   Woodcliff Hotel & Spa  10:30 – 10:45
Speakers:

  • Timothy Madigan, Director, Irish Studies, St. Fisher Collage
  • G. Peter Jemison, Seneca Artist & Historic Site Manager, Ganondagan

Woodcliff Hotel & Spa

  

  • 10:45 – 11:15
  • 11:15 – 11:45
  

  •  The Frederick Douglass Mural Story
  • Ganondagan: A Cultural Message of Art and Peace
LUNCH  WOODCLIFF HOTEL & SPA 12:00 – 12:45
Lunch Speaker: Kathryn (Kady) Perry 12:30 – 1:00
  • Roadblocks and Red Tape
 

 

  • Cim McDonald
  • Gigi Alvare, Artist Director, The Rockwell Museum; Dave Quackenbush, Leader Teacher; Brad Leiby, Artist in Residence
  • Elizabeth Hall Dukin
  • Carol Yost, Assistant Curator of Academic Programs, School Services, at the Memorial Art Gallery. Rochester
  • 1:00 – 1:45
  • 1:45 – 2:05

 

  •  2:05 – 2:25
  • 2:25 – 2:45
  

  • Mural Restoration
  • The Alley Art Project

 

  • WPA Murals
  • Art for the People: Carl W. Peters & the Rochester WPA Murals

 
BREAK  WOODCLIFF HOTEL & SPA 2:45 – 3:00  

 
  • Ellen McHale, Executive Diretor, New York Folklore Program & Pomeroy Foundation
  • Michelle Truett, Owner, 484 Design
  • Amy Colburn and Artists
 Woodcliff Hotel & Spa
  • 3:00 – 3:30

 

  • 3:30 – 4:00
  • 4:00 – 4:30
  •  Folklore & Art: A Catalyst for Change & William G. Pomeroy Foundation Historic Marker Program
  •  Three Murals: One Historic Utica Neighborhood
  • Artist Panel Discussion
RELAX – FREE TIME 4:30 – 6:00
COCKTAIL HOURS/MUSIC WOODCLIFF HOTEL & SPA 6:00 – 7:00
DINNER – GALA

  •  MC – TBA
  • Presentations
  • Lorene Benson, Executive Director
  • Damien Mitchell, Artist
  • Musical Entertainment
  WOODCLIFF HOTEL & SPA 7:00  

  • Door Prizes
  • Announcement – Host of 2018 GMC
  • Cobblestone Art Center
  • Spray Painting Demo
  • Crossmolina Band sponsored by Woodforest National Bank