We believe the loose confederation of the network will allow us to seek funding jointly for some aspects of the project while permitting individuals to shape their efforts to suit local conditions. The funding potential for the project is promising. We are exploring a number of protocols for collaborating on projects via the internet. This will allow us to initiate the interaction at different sites here and overseas with the convenience and flexibility afforded by technology. For example, artists or educators working at two locations here, or here and in Shanghai, or in Shanghai and Italy will be able to collaborate in this fashion.
Workshops can serve an important function for the project.
Workshops have taken place during the summer at New York University, Beijing, Shanghai, and Taipei. Additional workshops could take place summers and in special times designated throughout the academic year with special arrangements for teleconferencing different participating sites when appropriate. As the project progresses we hope to include the work of professional artists, academics who teach the arts, and students of the arts in such programs as those in the School of Education. We have focused our initial efforts with faculty and students in our programs. In other places, Taiwan, for example, efforts are being made by the Art Education Institute and the Museum of Modern Art to enlist professional artists for the first stage of the project.