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2016 AAMC & AAMC FOUNDATION CONFERENCE & MEETING PROGRAM (IN PROGRESS) MAY 7 – 10, 2016 HOUSTON, TEXAS The AAMC & AAMC Foundation hosts an Annual Conference & Meeting, attracting on average 300 curators and guests. A vital part of our mission, the Conference is our preeminent offering, as it gathers art curators from every discipline and type of organization together to discuss issues facing the profession. Attending the Conference provides a unique opportunity to network across borders, fields and organizational type. Working with The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH); Asia Society Texas Center; The Menil Collection; Project Row Houses; Contemporary Arts Museum Houston; University Museum at Texas Southern University; Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston; DiverseWorks; Rice University Art Gallery; Aurora Picture Show and Rienzi and Bayou Bend Collections and Gardens, both part of MFAH —we will host numerous events over the fourday program, which will include site visits, networking opportunities, panels and workshops, open Roundtable discussions, a Diversity Task Force session, and a full membership meeting. Saturday, May 7: Tours Sunday, May 8: Tours & Awards for Excellence Reception Monday, May 9: Sessions, Keynote, Members’ Reception & Circle Donor Dinner Tuesday, May 10: Sessions

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2016  AAMC  &  AAMC  FOUNDATION  CONFERENCE  &  MEETING  PROGRAM  (IN  PROGRESS)  

MAY  7  –  10,  2016  HOUSTON,  TEXAS  

 The  AAMC  &  AAMC  Foundation  hosts  an  Annual  Conference  &  Meeting,  attracting  on  average  300  curators  and  guests.    A  vital  part  of  our  mission,  the  Conference  is  our  preeminent  offering,  as  it  gathers  art  curators  from  every  discipline  and  type  of  organization  together  to  discuss  issues  facing  the  profession.    Attending  the  Conference  provides  a  unique  opportunity  to  network  across  borders,  fields  and  organizational  type.  

Working  with  The  Museum  of  Fine  Arts,  Houston  (MFAH);  Asia  Society  Texas  Center;  The  Menil  Collection;  Project  Row  Houses;  Contemporary  Arts  Museum  Houston;  University  Museum  at  Texas  Southern  University;  Blaffer  Art  Museum,  University  of  Houston;  DiverseWorks;  Rice  University  Art  Gallery;  Aurora  Picture  Show  and  Rienzi  and  Bayou  Bend  Collections  and  Gardens,  both  part  of  MFAH  —we  will  host  numerous  events  over  the  four-­‐day  program,  which  will  include  site  visits,  networking  opportunities,  panels  and  workshops,  open  Roundtable  discussions,  a  Diversity  Task  Force  session,  and  a  full  membership  meeting.  

           Saturday,  May  7:  Tours    Sunday,  May  8:  Tours  &  Awards  for  Excellence  Reception    Monday,  May  9:  Sessions,  Keynote,  Members’  Reception  &  Circle  Donor  Dinner  Tuesday,  May  10:  Sessions          

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SATURDAY  EVENTS:  REGISTRATION  INFORMATION  • Two  options  for  tours,  each  includes  transportation  and  lunch.      • Registration,  with  fee  payment  is  required  to  participate  in  either  option.      • As  the  tours  run  concurrently,  you  can  only  choose  one  option.      • Please  note  there  is  very  limited  availability,  so  please  register  ONLY  if  you  will  

be  attending.      • Registration  fee  is  non-­‐refundable.  

 SATURDAY,  MAY  7  SCHEDULE  

   TOUR  OPTION  1  10:00  AM  –  6:00  PM    Project  Row  Houses  Visit  of  Project  Row  Houses  with  introduction  by  RICK  LOWE,  Founding  Director,  and  EUREKA  GILKEY,  Executive  Director  and  Round  tour  with  RYAN  N.  DENNIS  Public  Art  Director.  Visitors  will  have  the  opportunity  to  learn  about  the  many  aspects  of  this  community-­‐based  arts  organization  that  has  shaped  our  understanding  of  what  art  can  do.    Rice  Gallery  An  introduction  to  the  gallery,  and  tour  of  installation  with  CHRISTINE  MEDINA,  Manager,  and  self  guided  visit  of  public  art  on  campus.  The  only  university  art  museum  in  the  nation  dedicated  to  site-­‐specific  installation  art,  Rice  Gallery  presents  temporary,  large-­‐scale  environments  that  visitors  can  enter  and  explore.  Artists  typically  use  inexpensive  materials  to  create  stunning  works  of  art.  Currently  on  view  will  be  "The  Great  Cape  Rinderhorn”  by  German  artist  Thorsten  Brinkmann.  He  describes  his  installation  as  a  “decaying  palace.”  Overwhelming  at  first  glance,  this  “palace”  is  full  of  idiosyncratic  and  eccentric  opulence.  The  walls  are  painted  in  angled  swatches  of  pea  green,  teal,  brown,  and  deep  purple  interrupting  densely  patterned  pink  wallpaper.  Lining  these  walls  are  portraits  of  figures  in  the  kind  of  regal  poses  traditionally  reserved  for  richly  attired  knights  and  monarchs.  Here,  however,  their  bodies  and  faces  are  adorned  and  disguised  by  common  objects  (trashcans,  lampshades,  tattered  blankets,  and  ski  gloves)  and  not  the  precious  materials  that  normally  signify  royalty.  At  the  center  of  the  gallery  sits  a  plywood  crate  with  a  huge  animal  horn  inexplicably  perched  atop  it.  A  small  opening  in  the  side  of  the  crate  allows  visitors  entry  to  a  hidden  “cinema,”  where  a  video  shows  a  hapless  king  struggling  to  find  the  right  pose,  and  a  tunnel  leads  to  the  palace  inhabitant’s  secret  room.    Blaffer  Art  Museum  A  brief  tour  and  introduction  by  KATHERINE  VENEMAN,  Curator  of  Education,  Blaffer  Art  Museum,  University  of  Houston,  of  the  Museum  and  the  UH  Public  Art  Collection.  Blaffer  Art  Museum  if  a  non-­‐collecting  contemporary  art  museum  established  in  1973.  The  museum  showcases  work  across  all  media  by  international  artists,  with  an  emphasis  on  emerging  and  

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mid-­‐career  artists.  On  view  will  be  the  Annual  School  of  Art  Student  Exhibition  with  art  from  the  School  of  Art  first  and  second  year  graduate  students  and  undergraduate  seniors.  The  University  of  Houston  Public  Art  Collection  was  established  in  1969  and  includes  over  500  artworks  across  the  UH  System  by  such  artists  as  Frank  Stella,  Marry  Miss,  Carlos  Cruz-­‐Diez,  The  Art  Guys,  Kendall  Buster  and  Jacob  Hashimoto.      University  Museum,  Texas  Southern  University    ALVIA  J.  WARDLAW,  Director  and  Curator  will  lead  a  tour  of  the  University  Museum,  Texas  Southern  University.  For  over  a  decade,  the  museum  has  presented  art  from  African  and  African  American  artists  through  its  permanent  collection  and  special  exhibitions.      DiverseWorks  Join  XANDRA  EDEN,  Executive  Director  &  Chief  Curator;  Rachel  Cook,  Associate  Curator;  and  other  staff  for  an  introduction  to  DiverseWorks,  with  light  refreshments,  tour  of  current  exhibition  and  performance  facilities.  One  of  Houston’s  most  innovative  arts  organizations,  DiverseWorks  has  been  commissioning  and  presenting  experimental  and  multidisciplinary  art  for  over  33  years.  Their  new  location  at  the  MATCH  (Midtown  Arts  and  Theater  Center  Houston)  provides  unique  opportunities  for  artists  to  create  work  and  experiment  with  new  art  forms  in  multiple  gallery  and  theater  spaces.  School  for  the  Movement  of  the  Technicolor  People  is  a  large-­‐scale  installation  and  performance  platform  by  Los  Angeles-­‐based  artist  taisha  paggett.  Developed  in  collaboration  with  artists  Ashley  Hunt  and  Kim  Zumpfe,  the  project  serves  as  an  exhibition,  temporary  dance  school,  and  performance  space  for  dance  company,  WXPT  (We  are  the  Paper,  We  are  the  Trees)  and  its  extended  community  of  participants.    TOUR  OPTION  2  10:00  AM  –  5:45  PM    Project  Row  Houses  Visit  of  Project  Row  Houses  with  introduction  by  RICK  LOWE,  Founding  Director,  and  EUREKA  GILKEY,  Executive  Director  and  Round  tour  with  RYAN  N.  DENNIS  Public  Art  Director.  Visitors  will  have  the  opportunity  to  learn  about  the  many  aspects  of  this  community-­‐based  arts  organization  that  has  shaped  our  understanding  of  what  art  can  do.      The  Menil  house  MICHELLE  WHITE,  curator  at  The  Menil  Collection  will  guide  a  tour  of  the  Philip  Johnston-­‐designed  residence  of  John  and  Dominique  de  Menil.    It  is  the  first  International  style  domestic  building  in  the  southwestern  United  States,  built  in  1949.    The  interiors  are  by  American  courtier  Charles  James,  and  the  house  holds  a  selection  of  work  from  the  Museum’s  collection.            

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Bayou  Bend  Collection  &  Gardens,  Museum  of  Fine  Arts,  Houston  Bayou  Bend  is  the  MFAH  house  museum  for  American  decorative  arts  and  paintings.  Displayed  in  the  former  home  of  Houston  civic  leader  and  philanthropist  Ima  Hogg  (1882–1975),  the  collection  is  one  of  the  finest  showcases  of  American  furnishings,  silver,  ceramics,  and  paintings  in  the  world.  The  house  is  situated  on  14  acres  of  organically  maintained  gardens  in  Houston's  historic  River  Oaks  neighborhood.  BRADLEY  BROOKS,  curator,  Bayou  Bend  Collections  &  Gardens  will  introduce  the  group  before  breaking  out  into  docent-­‐led  tours.      Rienzi,  MFAH      Join  CHRISTINE  GERVAIS,  Associate  Curator,  Decorative  Arts  and  Rienzi  for  an  introduction  to  space  and  guided  visit  of  Rienzi,  which  is  the  MFAH  house  museum  for  European  decorative  arts.  Originally  the  home  of  arts  patrons  Carroll  Sterling  Masterson  and  Harris  Masterson  III,  Rienzi  comprises  a  remarkable  art  collection,  house,  and  gardens.  For  more  than  40  years,  the  Mastersons  collected  European  decorative  arts,  paintings,  furnishings,  and  porcelain  made  from  the  17th  to  mid-­‐19th  centuries.        

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SUNDAY,  MAY  8  –  TUESDAY,  MAY  10  EVENTS:  REGISTRATION  INFORMATION  • Registration  for  full  Conference  is  required  to  attend  the  events  from  Sunday  –  

Tuesday,  individual  registration  for  selected  events  is  not  available.      • Transportation  will  be  provided  to  and  from  events,  but  you  must  register  and  

submit  the  fee  in  advance.      • Welcome  registration  bags  will  be  given  out  as  you  arrive  at  your  hotel,  and  will  

include  your  registration  material  and  transportation  tickets.    Please  be  sure  when  you  register  you  note  which  hotel  you  will  be  staying  at,  it  is  essential.  

• If  you  are  not  staying  at  a  hotel,  your  registration  material  will  be  available  at  The  Menil  Collection,  The  Museum  of  Fine  Arts,  Houston,  and  the  Asia  Society  Texas  Center.  

 SUNDAY,  MAY  8  SCHEDULE    10:00  AM  –  11:30  AM  Mentorship  Program  Alumni  Reception  hosted  by  The  Emily  Hall  Tremaine  Foundation  &  Inman  Gallery    Closed  event,  by  invitation  A  celebration  of  the  Mentorship  Program,  bringing  together  program  alumni  and  AAMC  Board  members,  hosted  by  The  Emily  Hall  Tremaine  Foundation  &  Inman  Gallery.    On  view  at  the  Inman  Gallery  will  be  Haavard  Homstvedt  and  Katrina  Moorhead.  KERRY  INMAN,  owner  and  director,  will  welcome  the  group,  along  with  special  guests  from  the  gallery.    AAMC’s  Mentorship  Program,  launched  in  2012,  reinforces  our  mission  to  foster  the  professional  development  of  curators  at  all  levels,  and  furthers  our  new  strategic  plan  to  aid  and  promote  the  curatorial  profession  by  providing  the  tools  for  our  members  to  grow  in  their  career  and  field.  Each  year,  5  sets  of  established,  senior  curators  (mentors)  and  emerging  to  mid-­‐career  curators  (mentees)  are  paired  and  embark  on  the  yearlong  program.      12:00  PM  –  2:00  PM  Contemporary  Art  Museum  Houston    Join  BILL  ARNING,  Director,  and  DEAN  DADERKO,  Curator,  for  a  tour  of  the  Contemporary  Arts  Museum  Houston  (CAHM).  Founded  in  1948,  CAMH  is  the  oldest  non-­‐collecting  contemporary  arts  space  in  the  United  States.  CAMH  presents  dynamic  exhibitions  by  innovative  and  exciting  international,  national,  and  regional  artists  in  its  Brown  Foundation  and  Zilkha  Galleries.  Located  in  the  heart  of  Houston’s  Museum  District  in  an  iconic  parallelogram-­‐shaped,  steel-­‐clad  building  designed  by  Gunnar  Birkerts  and  inaugurated  in  1972,  CAMH’s  exhibitions  are  always  free  and  open  to  the  public,  and  are  complimented  by  a  full  calendar  of  engaging  programs  for  visitors  of  all  ages.  Each  exhibition  is  accompanied  by  a  full-­‐color  catalogue  that  serves  to  extend  the  exhibition's  reach  and  contribute  to  scholarship.  On  view  are  Mark  Flood:  Greatest  Hits,  the  first  survey  of  Mark  Flood’s  work  dating  from  1980s  to  2015;  and  THE  INTERVIEW:  Red,  Red  Future,  a  

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solo  exhibition  by  the  artist  MPA  featuring  an  entirely  new  body  of  work  commissioned  by  CAMH,  including  a  dynamic  installation  that  combines  sculpture,  light,  and  photography.    3:00  PM  –  4:45  PM  Tacita  Dean’s  Event  for  a  Stage  at  Aurora  Picture  Show  with  the  artist  in  attendance      Commissioned  for  the  19th  Biennale  of  Sydney,  British  artist  TACITA  DEAN’s  latest  film  Event  for  a  Stage  explores  processes  of  stage  acting,  filmmaking,  and  portraiture.  First  performed  live  in  collaboration  with  actor  Stephen  Dillane  with  two  16mm  cameras  recording,  Dean  re-­‐edited  the  films  into  a  new  film  performance,  for  which  this  is  the  Houston  debut.  The  program  includes  a  welcome  to  the  Aurora  Picture  Show—a  non-­‐profit  media  arts  center  that  presents  artist-­‐made,  non-­‐commercial  film  and  video,  dedicated  to  expanding  the  cinematic  experience  and  promoting  the  understanding  and  appreciation  of  moving  image  art—with  SARAH  STAUDER,  Executive  Director  and  MARY  MAGSAMEN,  Curator.    Followed  by  a  brief  introduction  to  the  film  by  MICHAEL  WELLEN,  Assistant  Curator  of  Latin  American  and  Latino  Art,  The  Museum  of  Fine  Arts,  Houston  and  guest  curator  of  the  screening.    The  film  viewing  (approx.  50  minutes),  will  be  followed  by  a  small  reception.    3:00  PM  –  5:00  PM  Board  of  Trustees  Meeting  at  The  Menil  Collection  Closed  event,  by  invitation    6:00  PM  –  8:00  PM  The  Menil  Collection    Awards  for  Excellence  Celebration  and  Welcome  from  The  Menil  Collection    Join  us  for  our  first  Awards  of  Excellence  Celebration,  where  we  will  toast  this  year’s  Award  recipients.  The  AAMC  Foundation  has  honored  more  than  100  curators  for  their  outstanding  work  in  catalogues,  essays,  articles  and  exhibitions  through  our  Awards  for  Excellence.    The  Prizes,  as  they  are  more  informally  known,  are  the  only  of  their  kind  by  which  curators  directly  acknowledge  the  work  of  their  colleagues.    The  Awards  are  highly  valued  and  esteemed  by  our  members,  and  we  are  proud  to  be  formally  honoring  them  with  an  individual  reception.    

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MONDAY,  MAY  9  SCHEDULE    Museum  of  Fine  Arts  Houston  The  Museum’s  collection  galleries  will  be  open  to  conference  attendees  through  5:00  p.m.  in  the  Caroline  Wiess  Law  Building  and  through  7:00  p.m.  in  the  Audrey  Jones  Beck  Building.  Also  on  view  will  be  the  special  exhibition  Sculpted  in  Steel:  Art  Deco  Automobiles  and  Motorcycles,  1929–1940.    Sessions  will  be  in  the  Brown  Auditorium  Theater,  Cullinan  Hall.    7:45  AM  –  8:30  AM  Welcome  Breakfast  Reception      8:45  AM  Introduction  of  GARY  TINTEROW,  Director,  The  Museum  of  Fine  Arts,  Houston;  Trustee  Emeritus,  AAMC  Past  President  by  HELEN  EVANS,  Mary  &  Michael  Jaharis  Curator  of  Byzantine  Art,  The  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art;  AAMC  President    9:00  AM  Welcome  Address    GARY  TINTEROW,  Director,  The  Museum  of  Fine  Arts,  Houston;  Past  President,  Trustee  Emeritus    9:30  AM  Introduction  of  Keynote  Presentation,  in-­‐conversation  with  DARREN  WALKER,  President  of  the  Ford  Foundation,  moderated  by  HILTON  ALS,  staff  writer  &  theatre  critic  for  The  New  Yorker,  by  HELEN  EVANS,  Mary  &  Michael  Jaharis  Curator  of  Byzantine  Art,  The  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art;  AAMC  President    10:00  AM  –  11:00  AM  Keynote  Presentation  DARREN  WALKER,  President,  Ford  Foundation  HILTON  ALS,  staff  writer  &  theatre  critic  for  The  New  Yorker    11:15  AM  -­‐  12:45  PM  Panel:  Lights  in  the  Dark:  Innovative  Strategies  for  Film  and  Video  Exhibitions      “Culturally  and  socially,  we  are  moving  too  fast  and  losing  too  much  in  our  haste….  Analogue,  the  word,  means  equivalent.  Digital  is  not  the  analogue  of  analogue.  At  the  moment  we  have  both,  so  why  deplete  our  world  of  this  choice?”  

–Tacita  Dean        

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Digital  resources  increasingly  enable  curators  to  incorporate  film,  video,  and  new  media  installations  into  their  exhibitions.  However,  the  opportunity  also  brings  a  unique  set  of  spatial  and  technical  challenges.  As  new  technologies  and  computer  advancements  offer  more  cost  effective  methods  for  showing  certain  time-­‐based  media  and  content,  these  same  technologies  have  pushed  earlier  media—particularly  film—into  near  extinction,  making  it  more  difficult  to  locate  the  materials  and  expertise  necessary  to  display  a  wide  range  of  works.  How  best  to  navigate  through  these  challenges?  How  might  working  with  time-­‐based  media  revolutionize  our  methods  of  art  historical  investigation  and  exhibition  display?    This  panel  brings  artist  Tacita  Dean  together  with  several  curators  adventurously  engaging  and  integrating  new  and  historical  film  and  video  into  different  exhibition  settings  (including,  but  not  limited  to  museum  galleries,  biennials,  site-­‐specific  installations).      Jointly,  the  panel  makes  a  case  for  how  exhibitions  can  become  best  positioned  for  innovating  new  technologies  and  for  appreciating  and  preserving  the  old.        Moderator/Organizer:  MICHAEL  WELLEN,  Assistant  Curator  of  Latin  American  and  Latino  Art,  Museum  of  Fine  Arts,  Houston      Panelists:  TACITA  DEAN,  artist  and  founder,  savefilm.org    ALMA  RUIZ,  Senior  Fellow  in  the  Center  for  Management  in  the  Creative  Industries,  Latin  American  Specialist,  Sotheby’s  Institute  of  Art  and  Claremont  Graduate  University  DEAN  DADERKO,  Curator,  Contemporary  Arts  Museum  Houston  MICHAEL  MANSFIELD,  Curator,  Film  &  Media  Art,  American  Art  Museum,  Smithsonian  Institution    12:45  PM  -­‐  2:45  PM    Roundtable  Discussions  and  Lunch    The  Roundtable  discussions  are  intended  to  generate  conversation  among  members  by  dedicating  several  tables  to  assigned  topics.    We  anticipate  participants  joining  tables  with  questions  and  ideas  to  share,  and  seeking  guidance  and  feedback  from  the  table  leaders  as  well  as  other  attendees.  We  hope  that  these  discussions  will  open  up  dialogues  between  curators  at  all  stages  of  their  careers.    Roundtables  are  filled  on  a  first  come  basis,  for  more  information  on  the  Roundtable  topics:  please  visit  artcurators.org.    2:45  PM    –  4:15  PM  Workshop:  It’s  Complicated:  The  Curator-­‐Patron  Relationship    This  workshop  is  aimed  at  helping  curators  prepare  for,  initiate,  and  maintain  vital  connections  with  individual  museum  donors  while  also  dealing  with  the  ethical  and  practical  concerns  they  may  encounter.    

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There  are  many  questions  that  arise  when  considering  the  delicate  dance  of  patron  and  curator.    For  instance:  How  should  your  relationship  evolve  as  the  patron’s  or  the  museum’s  needs  change?    How  can  you  best  communicate  that  an  offered  donation  is  not  wanted  by  the  museum?        Panelists  will  offer  −  through  information  exchange  and  an  extensive  question  and  answer  period  −  wisdom,  etiquette  suggestions,  and  guidelines  for  effective  interactions  that  will  both  strengthen  your  personal  relationship  with  key  supporters  and  the  relationship  between  them  and  your  institution.        Moderator/Organizer:  AL  MINER,  Assistant  Curator  of  Contemporary  Art,  Museum  of  Fine  Arts,  Boston      Panelists:  CODY  HARTLEY,  Director  of  Curatorial  Affairs,  Georgia  O’Keeffe  Museum  RENÉ  PAUL  BARILLEAUX,  Chief  Curator/Curator  of  Contemporary  Art,  McNay  Art  Museum;  Finance  &  Audit  Committee  &  Fundraising  Initiatives  Member  PAUL  C.  HA,  Director,  MIT  List  Visual  Arts  Center  MARIA  ROBINSON  GLOVER,  Associate  Director  of  Development  Office  of  Strategic  Advancement  at  the  Southern  California  Institute  of  Architecture  (SCI-­‐Arc)    4:15  PM  –  4:30  PM    Mentorship  Program  Announcement    4:30  PM  –  5:00  PM  Members’  Meeting      5:00  PM  End  sessions    5:15  PM  -­‐  7:15  PM  Members’  Reception  hosted  by  Sotheby’s  in  the  Sarah  Campbell  Blaffer  Foundation  Gallery  –  214    6:30  PM  Circle  Donor  Dinner    Hosted  by  Hiram  Butler  and  Andrew  Spindler-­‐Roesle  Closed  event,  by  invitation  For  more  information  on  becoming  a  Circle  donor,  please  contact  AAMC.          

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TUESDAY,  MAY  10  SCHEDULE    Asia  Society  Texas  Center  Galleries  will  be  open  during  our  Conference.    7:30  AM  –  8:15  AM  Breakfast  Reception    8:20  AM  Introduction  of  BONNA  KOL,  Executive  Director,  Asia  Society  Texas  Center  by  HELEN  EVANS,  Mary  &  Michael  Jaharis  Curator  of  Byzantine  Art,  The  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art;  AAMC  President    8:30  AM  Welcome  Address    BONNA  KOL,  Executive  Director,  Asia  Society  Texas  Center    8:45  AM  –  10:15  AM  Diversity  Task  Force  Session:  Diversifying  the  Curatorial  Profession:  How  the  Internship/Fellowship  Track  Can  Be  Our  Essential  Path  Toward  Change    Organized  by  AAMC’s  Executive  Director  and  Diversity  Task  Force,  this  panel  has  three  goals:  1)  cite  analysis  on  diversity  gaps  caused  by  barriers  to  entry  in  the  curatorial  field;    2)  present  experts  on  successful  internship  and  fellowship  opportunities  currently  available  to  historically  underrepresented  minorities;  and  3)  propose  key  points  on  why  and  how  to  develop  one  at  your  own  institution.      Panelists  will  speak  from  experience  on  both  sides  of  these  internship/fellowship  opportunities,  as  both  mentors  and  mentees,  program  developers  and  participants.  Their  presentations  will  address  consequences  of  lack  of  diversity,  and  highlight  resources  to  research  toward  making  change.  This  panel  makes  the  case  that  while  targeted  internships  and  fellowships  are  but  one  step  among  many  to  address  hiring  disparities,  they  can  be  a  productive,  and  essential,  first  step  to  diversify  the  field.        Moderator:  JEN  MERGEL,  Robert  L.  Beal,  Enid  L.  Beal  and  Bruce  A.  Beal  Senior  Curator  of  Contemporary  Art,  Museum  of  Fine  Arts,  Boston;  AAMC  Board  of  Trustees,  Professional  Development  Committee  Co-­‐Chair,  Diversity  Task  Force  Co-­‐Leader      Panelists:  RENÉE  FRANKLIN,  Director  of  Audience  Development,  Saint  Louis  Art  Museum    

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AUNTANESHIA  STAVELOZ,  Supervisory  Program  Manager,  Office  of  Community  &  Constituent  Services,  Smithsonian  Institution,  National  Museum  of  African  American  History  &  Culture  and  also  Vice  President  at  Association  of  African  American  Museums  ANNE  COLLINS  SMITH,  Curator  of  Collections,  Spelman  College  Museum  of  Fine  Art  CHON  A.  NORIEGA,  Professor,  University  of  California,  Los  Angeles    10:15  AM  –  10:45  AM  Curatorial  Slam  Presentations  (TBA)    11:00  AM  –  12:30  PM  Panel:  Exhibiting  Controversy:  Promoting  Debate    The  visual  arts  are  particularly  effective  for  thinking  about,  shaping,  and  sharing  perspectives  on  the  pressing  issues  of  our  day.  This  panel  invites  artists  and  curators  who  have  intentionally  organized  exhibitions  on  subjects  that  take  on  the  big  questions  and  issues  of  today  to  present  on  their  experiences  and  strategies,  from  exhibition  concept  and  design,  to  public  engagement,  to  the  expected  and  unexpected  responses  of  peers,  stakeholders,  and  the  wider  public.  When  handled  adeptly,  exhibitions  can  create  avenues  for  exploring  socially  relevant  and  even  “hot-­‐button”  topics—whether  they  are  divisive,  emotionally  charged,  socially  taboo,  or  merely  uncomfortable—in  ways  that  break  through  the  circularity  of  entrenched  opinions  and  make  space  for  reflection,  empathy,  and  critical  inquiry.      Moderator/Organizer:  KATHLEEN  BICKFORD  BERZOCK,  Associate  Director  of  Curatorial  Affairs,  Mary  and  Leigh  Block  Museum  of  Art,  Northwestern  University    Panelists:  HEATHER  IGLOLIORTE,  Assistant  Professor,  Department  of  Art  History,  Concordia  University    ROCK  HUSHKA,  Chief  Curator  &  Curator  of  Contemporary  &  Northwest  Art,  Tacoma  Art  Museum  GRAHAM  C.  BOETTCHER,  Deputy  Director  and  The  William  Cary  Hulsey  Curator  of  American  Art,  Birmingham  Museum  of  Art;  AAMC  Vice  President,  Finance,  Board  of  Trustees,  Finance  &  Audit  Committee  Chair  &  EC  Representative    KELLI  MORGAN,  Doctoral  Candidate,  W.E.B.  Du  Bois  Department  of  Afro-­‐American  Studies,  University  of  Massachusetts  Amherst  SILVIA  FORNI,  Curator  of  Anthropology,  Royal  Ontario  Museum      12:30  PM  –  2:00  PM  Bonhams  Sponsored  Lunch  Reception  &  Committee  Meetings    2:00  PM  –  2:30  PM  Curatorial  Slam  Presentations  (TBA)    

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2:45  PM  –  4:15  PM  Panel:  When  All  Art  Is  Contemporary:  The  Institutional  Push  for  Relevance    Given  museums’  increasing  focus  on  “what’s  now,”  how  can  curators  best  respond?  Should  we  view  as  inevitable  the  institutional  directives  to  show  more  contemporary  art,  or  to  emphasize  the  relevance  of  historical  works  to  the  present?  This  panel  will  invite  curators  working  at  a  range  of  museums  to  tackle  these  questions  both  philosophically  and  practically.  Panelists  may  share  case  studies  of  how  they’ve  displayed,  interpreted,  or  recontextualized  earlier  art  from  their  museum’s  permanent  collection.  They  may  offer  perspectives  on  the  institutional  forces  that  guide  decision-­‐making  about  the  collections  and  exhibitions  “menu”,  and  how  curators  can  ensure  that  they  continue  to  play  a  decisive  role  in  those  strategic  discussions.    Key  takeaways  will  be  how  contemporary  and  non-­‐contemporary  curators  alike  can  think  more  creatively  to  avoid  blunt  characterizations  of  periodization  and  to  preserve  the  dynamic  and  essential  historicity  of  objects.    Moderator/Organizer:  ANNE  LEONARD,  Curator  and  Associate  Director  of  Academic  Initiatives,  Smart  Museum  of  Art,  University  of  Chicago    Panelists:  PAUL  R.  DAVIS,  Curator  of  Collections,  The  Menil  Collection  TULIZA  FLEMING,  Curator  and  Art  Historian,  Smithsonian  National  Museum  of  African  American  History  and  Culture  OLIVER  TOSTMANN,  Susan  Morse  Hilles  Curator  of  European  Art,  Wadsworth  Atheneum      4:30  PM  Closing  Remarks    JUDITH  PINEIRO,  Executive  Director,  AAMC  &  AAMC  Foundation    4:45  PM  Conference  Ends      The  information  in  this  document  is  subject  to  change  without  notice  and  should  not  be  construed  as  a  

commitment  by  AAMC  and/or  AAMC  Foundation.  AAMC  and/or  AAMC  Foundation  assume  no  responsibility  for  any  errors  that  may  appear  in  this  document.  In  no  event  shall  AAMC  and/or  AAMC  

Foundation  be  liable  for  incidental  or  consequential  damages  arising  from  use  of  this  document  or  other  conference-­‐related  material.  This  document  and  parts  thereof  must  not  be  reproduced  or  copied  

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