For questions regarding the Imagining America’s 2021 National Gathering, The Shape of Us: Water Ways and Movements, please contact gathering@imaginingamerica.org

You can register for the event here.

Thank you for your interest in joining Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life! Current members include 70+ colleges and universities across the U.S., including public and private, two-year and four-year, rural and urban, and minority-serving institutions. These institutions share a commitment to IA’s mission and values. Students and employees of our member institutions can take advantage of a variety of member benefits.

To join, we require a signed participation agreement, institutional contacts, and membership dues payment. Please reach out to Membership Director, Trina Van Schyndel, at tlva@ucdavis.edu for more information and to get started with membership today.

With permission from the presenters, plenary sessions will be recorded and uploaded to IA’s social media channels.

We recommend having the latest version of  Zoom downloaded onto the device you will be using to attend the event sessions prior to Oct 21th. If you are unfamiliar with Zoom and its features, you can review them here. A high-speed internet connection is also highly recommended. For the best audio quality, using a set of headphones will be helpful.

If you registered, you should have received a confirmation email from Eventbrite, so check your spam if you don’t see it.

If you cannot find your confirmation email, please contact gathering@imaginingamerica.org.

An email with links to join each session will be sent on October 20th. If you do not receive the email within that time frame, please check your spam. Still not seeing it? Contact us at gathering@imaginingamerica.org.

Your registration covers access to all events on the calendar with the exception of Jellyfish Joy, which is limited to 24 participants and which will require advanced registration. Information on how to register for this session will be sent to all registered participants the week of October 11.

The calendar of events is shown in Central Daylight Time (CDT).

All cancellation requests must be received in writing no later 11:59 pm PT on Friday, October 15, 2021. Cancellations received later than this date will not be refunded. Requests should be e-mailed to gathering@imaginingamerica.org.

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