CreateBaltimore returns...
bringing together the city's arts and tech communities
at a day-long "unconference"

January 21st at the University of Baltimore

Press contacts:

    Scott Burkholder - scott@baltimoreloveproject.com or 443-801-5220
    Andrew Hazlett - a@gb.tc or andrewhazlett@shortmail.com or 410-429-0663

Registration: http://createbaltimore2.eventbrite.com/

Background: http://CreateBaltimore.org

First held in January of 2011, CreateBaltimore is a gathering of people building creative community in Baltimore.

What: CreateBaltimore is a participant-created conference for artists, cultural workers, entrepreneurs, and technologists interested in building a creative community in Baltimore.

When: Saturday, Jan. 21st, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm

Where: University of Baltimore, William H. Thumel Sr. Business Center, 11 W Mount Royal Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21201

Who: CreateBaltimore is for artists, coders, crafters, curators, designers, entrepreneurs, hackers, connectors, activists, makers, educators, museum staff, performers, tinkerers, writers, and others who want to work together to enrich life in Baltimore.

Organized by Scott Burkholder (The Baltimore Love Project), Andrew Hazlett (Greater Baltimore Tech Council), J. Buck Jabaily (Baltimore Open Theatre), and Dave Troy (410 Labs), CreateBaltimore cultivates the unexpected connections between Baltimore’s dynamic arts and tech communities.

Format:  Inspired by the participatory “unconference” model, all participants will have the opportunity to shape and run the event.  The program will be set by the attendees at a pre-conference session. There will be room for concrete, practical projects as well as broader, long-term discussions.

Session topics may include:

• Doing business at the intersection of tech and liberal arts
• Crowdfunding and other alternative financing models 
• Social media for artists
• Planning for Betascape 2012
• New business structures for social impact
• Inclusive innovation: bridging divides in Baltimore's creative/entrepreneurial community
• Makers and manufacturers in Baltimore
• Mapping and visualizing
• Innovation spaces and labs
• New media and the people formerly known as the audience

The final agenda will be determined solely by the conference participants.

 

Sponsors (as of 1/16) include:

The University of Baltimore Center for Digital Communication, Commerce, and Culture

Baltimore Burger Bar

Baltimore Open Theatre

Center for International Theatre Development 

Columbia Association

Direct Dimensions

Feats Inc.

Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance

Greater Baltimore Tech Council

Humanim

Lehmann Strobel

Naden/Lean

Think Big Baltimore

Towson University's Object Lab and School for Emerging Technology

John Cammack, David Pittenger, Hutch Vernon