Please note: This is a separate platform from the SECAC membership database, and the two systems DO NOT share information. You will need to set up an account if you have not submitted to a SECAC Call for Sessions before 2018. You can choose to use the same Username and Password as your SECAC membership login.

If you have submitted through this platform previously, your profile information below will auto-populate from the user profile you used to log in to this site. If you do not remember your login password, please contact the SECAC Executive Director, Rebecca Parker. Do not start a new account, as this will create an issue with the system being able to find the correct submission form.

Greenville 2027

Under the guiding theme of Bridging, SECAC invites artists, designers, educators, and scholars to gather in Greenville, South Carolina, in 2027. Inspired by the city's iconic Liberty Bridge, which spans the historic Reedy River that once anchored Greenville’s industrial economy, SECAC 2027 invites creative and scholarly exchanges that explore how art and design foster meaningful connections across cultural, disciplinary, and socioeconomic divides. 

Serving as a conduit for connecting communities experiencing revitalization, the theme Bridging acknowledges the unique roles of community-engaged studio practices, socially responsive design, public art, and scholarship in uncovering marginalized narratives, fostering meaningful dialogue, and building equity through collaborative public engagements. Reflecting on Greenville’s rich industrial history and its current transformation, SECAC 2027 also welcomes conversations that traverse media and disciplines, examining, for example, the hybridization and porous boundaries of (contemporary) practice, as well as the intersection of analog craftsmanship, emerging technologies, and redefined materiality. Equally encouraged are scholarly and pedagogical discussions addressing the structural gaps within art education, the significance of creative and transferable skills in society, and pathways for fostering more equitable educational ecosystems.

SECAC 2027 asks us to consider what it means to build, sustain, or challenge the connective tissue that bridges communities. We invite session proposals and papers that engage deeply with these themes, as well as those that reflect the broad and diverse range of independent inquiry that defines our community. 

Come explore these bridges in Greenville.

For the Call for Session Proposals, SECAC invites submissions for 105-minute sessions to be presented in-person during the conference. Session proposals will be reviewed by a panel of peers, and all accepted proposals will be included in the Call for Papers to solicit individual presentations. Alternative session styles are welcome. If you have an idea that does not fit the traditional session model and would like to discuss it before submitting a proposal, please contact the Academic Conference Director at ehawley@secacart.org.

Sessions are 105 minutes and are organized by a session chair. Sessions may take various forms: chairs are encouraged to think about alternative modalities in addition to academic presentations. This could be a roundtable discussion among invited speakers; a series of demonstrations or performances; a collection of presenters selected from the call for papers; or a panel of speakers pre-selected by the chair. Other creative approaches to the session format are also welcome. Each prospective chair or co-chair may submit only one proposal. Each conference participant may chair one session and may present one paper. Undergraduate students are not permitted to serve as session chairs.

Dr. Elizabeth (Betsy) Hawley
Academic Conference Director, SECAC 2027
Greenville, SC
ehawley@secacart.org

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