Back for its 2nd year with workshops, panels, and performances exploring improvisation across disciplines. In a city bursting with festivals, few focus on ideas. This year’s conference includes sessions on urban planning; foodways and resilience; cinema arts; race, identity and improvisation, and New Orleans drumming!

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:

• 9am: IMPROV & IDENTITY: EXPLORING RACE BEYOND FIXED CATEGORIES

• 11am: FOODWAYS AND RESILIENCE: IMPROVISING AFTER DISASTER

• 2pm: WHERE IMPROV LIVES: URBAN PLANNING & IMPROVISATION

• 3:30pm: DRUM IMPROV: ORGANIZED CHAOS?

Sessions are free and open to the public, but guests are strongly advised to pre-register.