The program includes 24 panels and 6 speakers, beginning with a Wednesday night opening reception at the Weisman Museum. Thursday evening bus tours will see exhibitions at the Minneapolis Art Institute, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, the College of Visual Arts, and Macalester College and the new U of MN Regis Center of the Arts. The main events include a Friday evening keynote address by Vito Acconci with reception, and Saturday tours of the new Regis Center for the Arts on the U of MN campus. The conference will conclude with the closing of the "Box Fresh" exhibition at the Soap Factory with food and music on Saturday evening.

Co-sponsored by the Mid-America College Art Association, College of Liberal Arts Special Events Fund [U of MN], The Humanities Institute [U of MN], Department of Art [U of MN], McKnight Arts and Humanities Fund [U of MN], Minneapolis College of Art and Design, College of Visual Arts [St. Paul], Macalester College [St. Paul], Carleton College [Northfield MN], and St. Olaf College [Northfield, MN].

Other participating organizations include: Department of Art History [U of MN], the Weisman Museum [U of MN], Northern Clay Center, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minnesota Center for Photography, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minnesota Textile Center, Forecast Public Artworks, Soap Factory, Franconia Sculpture Park, St. Croix Potters Association, Mellon Faculty Life Cycle Grant at Carleton and Macalester Colleges, and the Hopkins Center for the Arts.