Join us on Saturday, December 1 from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm for Improvisation: New Orleans' Gift to the Modern World, a dynamic conference bringing together internationally known performers, artists and scholars in an exploration of improvisation across the arts – cuisine, music, literature, visual arts, politics and oral history.

Keynote and sessions are free, with first-come, first served seating. 

To guarantee access to programs, we recommend that you pre-register here: improvconferencenola.com/panels

Featuring:

Zahouhie Abdalian | Courtney Bryan | Ben Burkett Mel Chin | Theo Eliezer | Randy Fertel | Ham Fish Paul Goussot | Chris Kaminstein | Richard McCarthy | Stephen Nachmanovitch | Davia Nelson Jenna Sherry | Gwen Thompkins | Rob Wallace | Alice Waters | Matt Wuerker

Schedule:

9:00am OPENING KEYNOTE/LITERATURE

10:00am THINKING AS NATURE THINKS 

11:30am EXPERIMENTAL PRESENTATION/THEATER

2:00pm DIALOGUE & DEMONSTRATION: A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY EXPLORATION

3:30pm VISUAL ARTS/AUGMENTED REALITY 

4:30pm THE DARKER SIDE OF IMPROV: POLITICS

Learn more about the Improvisation Conference: improvconferencenola.com