The Art Museum Partnership has just released the program and registration 
materials for the 2006 Directors Forum. The program will be held in New 
York City from Sunday, October 22 through Monday, October 24 for the 
leaders of art museums nationwide. For more information visit us at: 
www.ArtMuseumPartnership.org 

Open to full-time directors of not-for-profit art museums and galleries, 
the the Art Museum Partnership's inaugural conference will take place at a 
series of distinguished art-related settings in New York City. The 2006 
Directors Forum will begin with an opening dinner at the historic National 
Arts Club, followed by two days of informative sessions at the American 
Folk Art Museum, Rubin Museum of Art and Dahesh Museum of Art. Participants 
will also enjoy a private luncheon at Christie’s in Rockefeller Center, an 
exclusive screening of the film “Who Gets to Call It Art?” from Palm 
Pictures, plus special evening receptions at the Charles Cowles Gallery and 
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery. Eminent guest speakers will explore a variety of 
timely subjects including disaster management, collaborations with 
consultants, and new audience development.

The purpose of the Art Museum Partnership and its programs is to identify 
and provide networking opportunities that facilitate the sharing of 
information, resources and collections among the leaders of nonprofit art 
institutions. These initiatives were established to primarily benefit the 
directors of small to medium-sized art museums that, while they make up the 
largest segment in the field, are not represented by any other dedicated 
professional organization. Leaders of large museums are encouraged to 
participate, since they may have challenges and issues in common and can 
benefit from the knowledge and experience of peers. John W. Nichols, 
director of the Art Museum Partnership commented, “We are delighted to 
launch an annual program created for and by art museum directors to address 
the concerns and interests of smaller institutions. The Directors Forum is 
the first Art Museum Partnership program and we expect to announce more 
initiatives in the near future.”

The keynote speaker at the opening dinner is Robert Workman, director of 
the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, which is being developed by the 
Walton Family Foundation on 100 forested acres in Bentonville, Arkansas. 
Workman is a thirty-year museum veteran with a comprehensive background in 
all aspects of museum administration. Before joining the Crystal Bridges 
project, he was deputy director of the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, 
Texas. During his eight-year tenure there, he led the museum’s $39 million 
renovation and expansion project. Workman also has extensive traveling 
exhibition experience, including the American Federation of Arts, in New 
York City as the director of exhibitions. 

In addition to Mr. Nichols, members of the 2006 Directors Forum Advisory 
Board are: Katherine B. Crum, independent curator, New York, NY; Laura 
Gorham, Director, Bermuda National Gallery, Hamilton, Bermuda; Kevin 
Grogan, Director, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA; Bruce Katsiff , 
Director, The James A. Michener Museum, Doylestown and New Hope, PA; Joseph 
T. Ruzicka, Director, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, 
MD; Geri Thomas, President, Thomas & Associates, Inc., New York, NY; Susan 
Visser, Director, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN.

To participate in the Directors Forum, individuals must be full-time, paid 
professional directors of nonprofit art museums or galleries that are open 
to the public on a regular schedule. Registration fee is $295, which 
includes all sessions, receptions and selected meals. For a preliminary 
program, registration form and additional information, visit the Art Museum 
Partnership at: www.ArtMuseumPartnership.org

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