Behind The Scenes Of NCECA | PJ Anderson, Antra Sinha, Dara Hartman

PJ Anderson, Antra Sinha, Dara Hartman | Episode 1109

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NCECA is around the corner. NCECA is the largest art conference around and the event takes a massive amount of effort to make it happen. In today’s episode we spend time with three amazing artists who helped to make this year’s conference happen. Our guests, PJ Anderson, Antra Sinha, and Dara Hartman, have spent the last two years organizing, planning, and now executing in order to make this year’s conference take place.

PJ Anderson

Dara Hartman

Antra Sinha

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How should someone prep for going to NCECA? If it’s their first time what should they do to prep for it?

Dareah: Ya, it can be overwhelming just trying to take in all of the information. But I would really recommend looking at the program guide. That’s what I do before attending NCECA, I will download the program guide and highlight the things I want to go to. And then I also look at the exhibition map and really try to plan out my route of which shows I am going to see on which days and how to fit it all together. It’s a puzzle but studying all of that can help.

Dara Hartman

Antra: That’s a really cool question. I totally agree with what Dareah said. I would say find a buddy who has similar interests. Match the programs and don’t have FOMO, don’t have fear of missing out. Talk to the person who is in front of you. Be prepared to not be everywhere that you wished to be.

Antra Sinha

PJ: I have a couple of friends we sink calendars so we put all of the things that we want to see on our calendars. We are coming from Canada so we say so and so will be at this place at this time, so we run into each other at different places but if it’s not something that we have an interest in we don’t meet up that day. We go and meet new friends. But it just gives us a chance to touch base.

PJ Anderson

Is the night life and food venues worth planning for?

Dareh: Absolutely. That is something I always try to prepare for but it’s a little unfamiliar going to a different city so one of the things ENTRA has been working on is a hospitality map where you can find great restaurants on that map and honestly there are a lot of great restaurants in Salt Lake City.

Dara Hartman

Antra: I think for night life concurring with what Dareh said, I will go back to find your buddy, be with your buddy, walk around. The sunsets here are stellar. Salt Lake City blocks are bigger than what I generally see in the US so be prepared to run into amazing architecture and restaurants and bars and run into people and enjoy the conversation.

Antra Sinha

PJ: I like to find the meet ups. They usually have different meet ups at different places. Like the Canadian people’s meet up will be at one particular pub and there will be another group at another. So don’t be afraid to go to your meet ups. Go and find your people. Go out to different places. Go to several different meet ups in a night which is always fun.