This three day conference looks at artists working in the public realm and engaging communities within their art practices.
Community Public Art, Interventions, Relational Art and Art Engaged Activism are among the practices that will be explored. Delegates will look at the history of these practices from across Canada over the past 30 years, how they have evolved and new developments and strategies. The emphasis is on an artists' definition of these practices, where the different practices intersect and how they diverge in intention and focus. Central to this conference are four panel discussions and an Open Space discussion occurring over three days on the following topics:
1 Roles - What are the different roles artists employ working in community practices and engaging non art audiences? 
2 Expectations - The expectations that are brought to and develop from participatory engagement in creative processes between artists and communities.
3 Risks - The risks inherent in practices which engage communities.
4 Breakthroughs - The breakthroughs that have developed over the last few years and the new directions artists are taking the practice.