***Breakfast Conversations***
POWarts’ popular breakfast series Colleagues and Friends returns Wednesday, October 24th. Independent Registrar and Art Management Consultant, Andrea Wood will be joined by Raina Mehler, Registrar at Pace Gallery, and John Thomas Robinette III, Manager of Storage and Installation at Coleccion Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, for a conversation about their career paths, the role of registrars in institutional settings, and diversity in the field.
When: October 24th, 8:30 – 10 am
Where: Emigrant Savings Bank
6 East 43rd Street
New York, NY
This edition of Colleagues and Friends is produced in partnership with ARCS. We are pleased to offer ARCS members the POWarts member ticket price.
Members: $5 / Non-Members: $15
The Colleagues and Friends breakfast series invites established women in the art world to have conversations about their current positions, career paths, and professional relationships. The program is generously hosted by Emigrant Bank Fine Art Finance, a subsidiary of Emigrant Bank (Member FDIC, founded 1850) and its subsidiary, Fine Art Asset Management (Member APAA, AAA). Emigrant Bank Fine Art Finance is a leading provider of loans secured by paintings, drawings, sculpture, wine, classic cars, stringed instruments, and other passion assets. Fine Art Asset Management provides independent, conflict-free, expert art advisory services, and USPAP compliant appraisals.
**#ARCSChat November 6**
When governmental budgetary constraints prohibited proper maintenance of the facilities in Brazil's national museum in Rio de Janeiro, politics collided with collections management in a very real way to disastrous effect. In November 6th’s #ARCSChat, which will take place on Election Day in the United States, we'll discuss this precarious intersection, identify the problems, and discuss ways to manage our situations so that more disasters can be avoided. Join us at 8 PM ET on Twitter-
https://twitter.com/arcs4all
**ARCS Forum Highlights**
Did you know that you can share an event on the ARCS Forum? Simply go to the Forum page, and on the right there is a link with an easy-to-use template to add your event. You can also search the Forum specifically for events. It’s a great way to share your museum or groups’ activities with a wider audience, and to find collections-related learning and networking opportunities.
https://www.arcsinfo.org/forum
**Meet Your Board Member**
This week we would like to introduce you to Board member Mark Ryan. Mark has over twenty years of experience working in the registration and collections management profession in art, historical and natural history institutions. He has been the Assistant Director for Collections & Exhibitions at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum since 2016 where he is responsible for the care and management of the museum’s collections and exhibitions program as well as overseeing the security and facilities departments while also currently guiding the museum through a major expansion project. Prior to his current position Mark was the Director of Collections & Operations at the Plains Art Museum in Fargo, ND where he had similar responsibilities.
His formal education includes a B.S in Biology and a B.A. in History from the University of Wyoming and an M.A. in Museum Science from Texas Tech University.
He is an active participant, leader and advocate for collections care through a number of current and past organizations and associated activities. In addition to his role as Recording Secretary for the Association of Registrars and Collections Specialists (ARCS), Mark has served multiple terms on the boards of the Midwest Art Conservation Center (including a current term) and the Registrar’s Committee of the Mountain Plains Museums Association and has served as a reviewer for both IMLS and NEH.
When not at the museum, Mark can be found motorcycle touring, hiking, cycling and generally just trying to keep up with his three young sons.
**Newsflash >From a Member**
On October 29th, ARCS Founding Board Member Suzanne Quigley, along with ARCS Member Maura Kehoe Collins, will be doing a session titled “10,000 Hours? Collections Management and the Art Appraiser” at the Appraisers Associations’ 2018 National Conference, Of Value.
**Important Dates**