Conference for Global Transformation
AGENDA TESTING
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Artist & Title |
Artist Summary |
| 1 | Abby Lederman – Imagination | The art I am currently creating is colorful, spiritual, and joyful — a message to the world that unconditional love prospers and grows in art and in people who care about others. Last year I met people from other cultures, forged new connections, and strengthened bonds with old friends. My renewed passion for painting is an expression of the expanding community I am now sharing my joy with. |
| 2 | Andy Monks – EyeRis | This work is composed of empty vials from daily eye-drop medication taken to prevent the loss of my sight. After being diagnosed with pigment dispersion syndrome in 2025, the prognosis of eventual blindness profoundly frightened me. The drops are a lifelong commitment to slow that process. While they protected my vision, the medication caused difficult side effects, and I withdrew, reluctant to speak about what I was facing. Through sharing openly, I found new treatment and a new chapter. Arranged in the form of an iris, the piece records what has preserved vision and restored connection, beauty, and life. |
| 3 | Bettina Bufé – Cloud Moments | Cloud moments is a musing on the nature and significance of emotions. It was inspired by a conversation with someone who used to lead the Landmark Forum for Young People. It contains a gentle persuasion to share your internal world. |
| 4 | Bruce Campbell – Moments of Connection | The video captures a spontaneous artistic response to a soundscape, highlighting the connection between auditory experiences and visual expression. By commissioning a piece from a sound artist colleague, their sharing gives me the opportunity to express my creative response. Sharing the resulting video allows me to present this concept to the world, inspiring others to explore their own creativity. This video invites viewers to engage with their surroundings. |
| 5 | Corrina Sephora – Where Have I Come From, and What Will I Leave Behind? | My work explores emotion, memory, and ritual, using nautical and celestial forms suggesting cycles of transformation, loss, and renewal. In “Where I Have Come From, What Will I Leave Behind,”I hold questions of purpose and legacy. Forged in metal through processes requiring patience and strength, the sculpture carries the physical weight of inquiry — gathering, releasing, holding, and offering. What began as personal inquiry became a shared experience. |
| 6 | Gita Sootarsing – Hidden Talent | This video charts my discovery of myself as an artist. Part of my commitment to the world is that people have opportunities to fulfill their potential — I didn’t know I had any as an artist! It showcases how I started and what I produced at the end of a short online course, which came my way after sharing on social media. The intention of this video is to inspire others. |
| 7 | Jeannette Lazet – Portal | In 2025, my husband started peritoneal dialysis for stage 5 chronic kidney disease. The waste plastic of the dialysis bags is not recyclable, and curiosity about using it alongside my commitment to the environment became a point of exploration. The sharing of this journey has engaged the world and caused miracles I could never have imagined. The quilt, inspired by an aerial photograph of the Biblioteca degli Alberi gardens, symbolizes sharing as an access to engaging the world — and uses some waste PVC piping! |
| 8 | Judy-Lee Chen Sang – Lumergence: Becoming Exquisitely Beautiful | This piece exposes what culture teaches all of us to conceal: the altered body. By sharing my transformed chest, we confront the belief that only untouched bodies deserve visibility. This act becomes a global doorway — inviting anyone carrying scars to step from hiding into recognition, connection, and the possibility of reclaiming our own expression, aliveness, and power. |
| 9 | Lisa Pulliam – Sharing Self | A video featuring a poetry or poetry-like piece that’s autobiographical, with photography that was a part of the journey of self-discovery and growth. |
| 10 | Melissa Gold – Sharing My Words is Easy, Sure | Writing doesn’t lend itself to visual presentation. But … what if there was a way? PowerPoint allows me to share a prose poem visually and even to doodle in the margins to illuminate the written message. This work expresses what some might experience when daring to talk about something new or important to them. Those who struggle to speak up will feel heard, seen, and maybe inspired to share themselves. |
| 11 | Michelle Mechem – I Dream of Lodi Street: An ode to my childhood home | Through my video work Lodi Street, I explore how place shapes identity and our capacity to engage the world. Reflecting on my family’s 200-year-old home, now in disrepair, the piece considers what endures beyond physical structures. Though the house has faded, the conversations, values, and relationships formed within it continue to ripple outward. Blending poetry with historical and generated imagery, the video becomes an act of sharing itself. |
Social Commons: The memory you forgot
Public Persona: Who do they think I am?
Measures: The art of comparison
Living as a Created Self: Carving out new pathways for life
Discourses: The building blocks of meaning
Contribution: Why busy people listen
