Updated Schedule


Friday, August 13th

9:00-9:30AM   |   AM Registration and check-in.
                              Continental Lao American Breakfast Slideshow:
                              Laomerica : A Journey, One of Many.

9:30-10:00AM   |   Welcoming Remarks
                                Ilean Her, Executive Director, Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans
                                Sunny Chanthanouvong, Executive Director, Lao Assistance Center
                                Jocelyn Hale, Executive Director, Loft Literary Center
                                Saymoukda Vongsay, on behalf of the Summit Planning Committee

10:00-10:30AM   |   Multicultural Publishing and the Arts: Straight Talk About Tomorrow
                                   Allan Kornblum, Editor, Coffee House Press. Coffeehouse Press is one
                                   of the leading presses in the world for multicultural literature, with an
                                   extensive and successful track record for bringing out works such as
                                   the work of Cambodian poet and diplomat U Sam Ouer, one of the only
                                   survivors of the Killing Fields, and the award-winning Hmong memoir,
                                   The Latehomecomer. What are the emerging trends, and what does it
                                   take for a Southeast Asian American book to succeed and find its place
                                   among the classics? Audience members are encouraged to ask questions.


10:30-11:00AM   |   Lao American Writing: Then and Now
                                   “Every child begins as an artist. The trick is to keep them that way,” said
                                    the painter Pablo Picasso. To build a common baseline for discussion, we
                                    will provide a quick review about Laos and its relationship to the arts and
                                    recent trends and successes among Lao American artists.

15 Minute Break

11:15-Noon   |   Workshops: Finding Inspiration
                            Lao History and Culture: Unexplored Avenues Getting Started: Lao American Absolute Beginners
                            The Lao American Experience: Getting It Right Lao American Imagination and the Future


Lunch Break   |   Keynote Lecture: Taking Lao American Art to the next level

1:30-3:00PM   |   Workshops: Professional Skills and Development Getting published:
                              Preparing and submitting work Grants,     Fellowships and Retreats
                              Professional Organizations and Networks Passing It On, Paying it Forward:
                              Teaching the art

OPEN TIME

GROUP PHOTOS

6:00-9:00PM   |   Dinner


 
Saturday, August 14th

10:00-10:30AM   |   Registration and check-in. Continental Lao American Breakfast Slideshow:


10:30-12:00PM   |   Workshops: Craft and Techniques
                                   Film and Television
                                   Novels and Short Story
                                   Poetry and Spoken Word
                                   Theater and Performance Art

12:00-1:00PM   |   Lunch Break - On Your Own


1:30-3:00PM   |   Workshops: Professional Skills and Development (Tentative)
                              Right spirit, right effort: Positive approaches in Lao American Art Organizing Readings
                              and Special Events Constructive Editing and Revising Multidisciplinary Approaches


OPEN TIME  - Dinner On Your Own

7:30-9:00PM   |   Laos In The House: The National Lao American Writers Reading

SUNDAY AUGUST 15^th

1:00-2:00PM   |   Closing Remarks and Next Steps