Caroline Woolard 2026 Ted Purves Social Practice Lecture
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Timken Hall | California College of the arts | 145 Hooper Street, San Francisco, California, 94107 View map
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Please join us for the 2026 Ted Purves Social Practice Lecture by Caroline Woolard.
Caroline Woolard is a founding co-organizer of Art.coop and Head of Strategy at Pollinator.coop. She is the Area Head of Foundations in the Department of Art and Design at Montclair State University and the co-author of two major reports: Solidarity Not Charity (Grantmakers in the Arts, 2021) and Spirits and Logistics (Center for Cultural Innovation, 2022) and three books: Making and Being (Pioneer Works, 2019), a book for educators about interdisciplinary collaboration, co-authored with Susan Jahoda; Art, Engagement, Economy (onomatopee, 2020) a book about managing socially-engaged and public art projects; and TRADE SCHOOL: 2009-2019, a book about peer learning that Woolard catalyzed in thirty cities internationally over a decade. Woolard’s artwork has been featured twice on New York Close Up (2014, 2016), a digital film series produced by Art21 and broadcast on PBS.
This event will also include the announcement of the 2026 Ted Purves GFA Social Practice Award.
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Cost: FREE*
