Register
Registration for Open Engagement 2014 is now closed and spaces are full.
There will be no extra registration available on the days of the conference. The Wait List is also full and closed. Thanks everyone!
PLEASE NOTE THAT ONCE YOU REGISTER THERE ARE NO REFUNDS.
Please note: Some OE2014 sessions with limited space will have a sign-up system. These will be indicated in the online Program, along with directions on how to sign up. All other sessions will be on a first come, first serve basis.
Support Programs
Welcome Families!
Open Engagement and the Queens Museum are committed to intergenerational spaces and will support children, parents, and caregivers to the best of our ability. The Queens Museum is stroller-friendly throughout the museum and our bathrooms have baby-changing stations.
The conference will feature a Kids Art Camp by Wooloo with ongoing activities for children ages 4-12. Parents and young children are also invited to come play in the Kids Lounge, an interactive play-space facilitated by Regeneración Childcare NYC in the Queens Museum atrium space for the duration of the conference. People who would like to drop by the Kids Lounge to tell a story or play a game are also welcome to stop by! This space is a central hub of the conference activities and also plays host to our Open Platform presentations and keynote lectures.
Though we provide space and activities for children, we do not require kids to remain only within these spaces. We ask all conference participants to be supportive of kids, parents and caregivers wherever they are, as we do not discourage them from attending any part of the conference, including workshops. As prison abolitionist Jason Lydon of the Community Church of Boston said, “kid noises are the sign of a growing movement,” so please join us in the community responsibility needed for a supportive, and truly intergenerational environment!
[language adapted from the NYC Anarchist Book Fair Collective's statement on childcare]
Human Hotel - Wooloo
Wooloo’s Human Hotel in NYC provides free private housing for visiting cultural workers traveling with children. During Open Engagement 2014, the Human Hotel project will accommodate out-of-town presenters traveling with children in the private homes of New Yorkers.
Wooloo’s contribution to Open Engagement 2014 addresses a primary need at the conference, as well as explores the ways in which areas of support and cooperation are essential to allow for structures of full participation in society.
Art Camp - Wooloo
Open Engagement 2014 is collaborating with Queens Museum staff and the Danish art collective Wooloo to provide an art camp to children of conference attendees on site during the conference. Sixten Kai Nielsen and Martin Rosengaard of Wooloo, both fathers, will personally run a free camp at the Queens Museum open to conference attendees with children aged 4-12.
Wooloo’s Art Camp addresses a primary need at the conference, as well as explores the ways in which areas of support and cooperation are essential to allow for structures of full participation in society.
—Camp is open to children ages 4-12 who’s parents/guardians are registered for Open Engagement
—Parents/caretakers and children are expected to abide by all museum and camp policies including dropping off and picking their children on time.
—Camp will be Saturday and Sunday 9:30AM to 5:30PM.
—There are limited camp spots, if you are interested in participating, you will need to pre-register. Online registration is closed, but if interested, please email [email protected] .
Shuttle Bus
A shuttle bus will be available for OE attendees running between the Queens Museum and the City Field/Willet’s Points stop on the 7 train subway line for the following times: Friday 3:30-11:30, Saturday 3:30-10:00, and Sunday 3:30-11:30.
Access
As part of Open Engagement’s commitment to widening the field of accessibility we will be providing Spanish language translation for all Immigrant Movement International Sessions. We will also be providing ASL interpreters and Spanish language translation for all major conference events (opening remarks and the two keynotes) and requested sessions by request. Requests must be made by May 2. Please email [email protected]
All Queens Museum campus conference locations are ADA accessible.
Accommodations
Walking Distance
Holiday Inn Hotel – LaGuardia Airport Hotel
Double – $219/night (+tax)
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Corona Hotel
2 double beds or 1 king bed – $166 / night (+tax)
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Other (in order of recommendation)
Sheridan La Guardia East Hotel
2 double beds or 1 king bed – $219/night (+ tax)
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Asiatic Hotel
Deluxe Double -$159/night (+tax)
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Holiday Inn Express LaGuardia Airport
Double or King – $160/night (+tax)
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Paris Suites NYC
King – $140/night (+tax)
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