Marie, thanks for your excellent questions and conclusions about this.  I
think that it would be a real service for AAM to host this type of forum

Margie Searl
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Via, Marie
> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 9:31 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      exhibitions in development
>
> Thanks to those of you who responded to my request for sources of
> information about exhibitions in development.  My conclusion is that,
> while
> there are many sources of information about shows that are prepared and
> ready to book tour dates, there really isn't a central place for museums
> to
> put the word out about shows that are in the very preliminary, even
> tentative, planning stages.  Someone suggested that it might be worth
> asking
> AAM to host such a forum on its website.  What do you listers think?
> Would
> it be useful to know what other institutions are considering doing, either
> to avoid duplication of effort or to have a chance to express early
> interest
> in hosting an exhibition or (for the organizer) to learn about loans that
> might be available?
>
> Marie Via, Curator of Exhibitions
> Memorial Art Gallery
> 500 University Avenue
> Rochester, NY  14607
> Phone: 585.473.7720, x3012
> Fax:  585.473.6266
>
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