CHANGING FROM WITHIN:
Welcoming New Perspectives to Our Institutions
A program organized by Historic Cherry Hill, Albany in collaboration with
the
Museum Program, NYSCA.
Friday, May 31, 2002
9:00 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Scheuer Auditorium
The Jewish Museum
1109 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York
How do challenging ideas become implemented in history and art museums?
What impact do new approaches have upon the staff? How does change effect
the museum's public dimension? These questions have confronted museum
professionals for more than 20 years and recently, a number of museums in
the greater New York area have launched innovative initiatives to ensure
that new voices and new perspectives are embraced. This daylong program
will highlight some of the latest work being done, and will explore the
internal and external issues that often arise as risks are taken.
Participants will have the opportunity to exchange ideas and share
experiences during each session.
This program is funded in part with a grant from the New York State Council
on the Arts, a state agency.
9:00-9:30 Registration and Coffee
9:30-10:30
Introductory Remarks
Brian Wallis, Chief Curator & Director of Exhibitions, International Center
of Photography. Having recently moved from its old facility in a mansion
on upper Fifth Avenue to a new midtown campus that includes a new school
and renovated museum space, the International Center of Photography has
radically altered its approach to exhibition practices. How has this new
ideological slant updated the institution's historic engagement with
photojournalism and "concerned photography"? In this introductory session,
Wallis will show the impact of this revised mission with regard to museum
staffing, collections, archives, exhibitions, online information resources,
inter-museum collaboration, fundraising, and installation design, setting
the stage for the discussion of particular projects later in the day.
10:45-11:45
Case Study Presentation
Bill Adair, Director of Education, The Rosenbach Museum and Library.
Located in Philadelphia, the Rosenbach was the home of two brothers who
were dealers and collectors of rare books, manuscripts, fine and decorative
arts. When founded in 1954, the mission of the museum was to preserve the
two brothers' personal collections and since then, the holdings have
continued to grow. As Director of Education, Adair's challenge has been to
establish relevancy of the collections for contemporary audiences in a
major urban center. He will describe a variety of educational initiatives
he has undertaken, including work with contemporary artists, and school-age
students.
12:00- 1:00 Lunch (provided)
Participants will have the opportunity to have lunch with a presenter of
their choice.
1:00-2:00
Case Study Presentation
Fatima Bercht, Chief Curator, El Museo del Barrio, NYC. El Museo del
Barrio was founded over 30 years ago as a community based organization by a
group of concerned educators, artists and activists who saw a void in the
preservation and interpretation of Puerto Rican cultural heritage. Today,
the museum's 8,000-piece collection is comprised of Caribbean and Latin
American art, including pre-Columbian domestic and ceremonial artifacts,
traditional arts, paintings and works on paper. Because the cataloguing
process informs future exhibitions and publications, incorporating multiple
perspectives can lead to exciting programming possibilities. Bercht will
describe the unusual approach El Museo del Barrio has taken to catalogue
its collections, including research by outside anthropologists, art
historians and others as well as the incorporation of oral histories.
2:15-4:00
Case Study Presentation
Program participants will view The Jewish Museum's exhibition, Mirroring
Evil: Nazi Imagery/Recent Art. Norman Kleeblatt, the Susan and Elihu Rose
Curator of Fine Arts, Carol Zawatsky, Director of Education, and Joanna
Lindenbaum, Assistant Curator of the exhibition, will then discuss several
issues related to the mounting of the show, which has drawn extensive media
attention. The works of art in the exhibition use images from the Nazi era
as a paradigm for evil in contemporary life. They also show how pervasive
images of the Nazi era have become in popular culture. The exhibition
includes two works acquired for the museum's collections and seventeen
borrowed pieces. The staff will discuss the evolution of the exhibition,
the museum's partnerships with other institutions in New York, and the
benefits of the public and private dialogues that the museum has hosted in
relation to the exhibition.
Changing From Within is organized by Historic Cherry Hill, a historic house
museum located in Albany, New York, in collaboration with NYSCA's Museum
Program.
$35 (2nd registration from same institution $25) ____
Name(s)______________________
Title(s)________________________
Institution____________________________
Address_______________________________
Telephone_______________ Fax_________________
E-Mail_______________________________________
Mail Registration form and payment to:
Historic Cherry Hill
523 ? South Pearl Street
Albany, New York 12202
For more information, contact Historic Cherry Hill at (518) 434-4791;
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Kristin Herron
Director, Museum Program
New York State Council on the Arts
175 Varick Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10014
Phone: 212-741-7848
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url: www.nysca.org
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