For Immediate Release
September 1999
AFA ANNOUNCES PROGRAM FOR 1999 DIRECTORS FORUM
The American Federation of Arts' sixth annual Directors Forum, a
program for directors of small and medium-sized art museums, takes place
at a series of distinctive art-related settings in New York City on
November 7-9, 1999. Titled "Directors Choice," the program features
four sessions led by eminent guest speakers exploring a variety of
timely subjects suggested by previous Directors Forum participants, as
well as gallery tours and receptions.
The Directors Forum provides a singular occasion for colleagues
from across the country and abroad to meet formally and informally with
one another and with representatives from the art, business, academic,
and museum communities. Past participants have lauded the AFA for
providing this opportunity to network and reflect on issues of common
concern.
Sunday, November 7
National Arts Club
Reception and Registration
5:00-6:30 p.m.
Opening Dinner
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Guest speaker: Arthur C. Danto, author and art critic for The Nation
and Johnsonian Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy, Columbia
University, New York, NY
Monday, November 8
The Cloisters at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Morning Session
9:30-11:00 a.m.
"Competing for an Audience: Entertainment versus Education"
David Mickenberg, Director, Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston,
IL, moderates a panel comprising Mary Jane Jacob, independent curator;
Arnold Lehman, Director, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY; Edmund
Pillsbury, art historian and museum consultant; and Van Romans, Director
of Cultural Alliances, Walt Disney Imagineering, Glendale, CA.
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Gallery Tour
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m
Afternoon Session
2:00-3:30 p.m.
"Yours, Mine, or Ours: Intellectual Property Issues"
Annette Blaugrund, Ph.D., Director, National Academy of Design Museum,
New York, NY, moderates a panel comprising Harriet Bridgemen, Director,
The Bridgeman Art Library, London, England; Dr. Theodore Feder,
President, Artists Rights Society and Art Resource, Inc., New York, NY;
Michael Shapiro, Secretary and General Counsel, International
Intellectual Property Institute, Washington, DC; and Jennifer Trant,
Executive Director, Art Museum Image Consortium, Pittsburgh, PA.
Gallery Tour
3:30-5:00 p.m.
Reception (location to be announced)
6:00-8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, November 9
Museum of the City of New York
Morning Session
9:30-11:00 a.m.
"Give and Take: New Trends in Corporate Sponsorship"
Richard Waller, Director, University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, VA,
moderates a panel that includes Stephanie French, Vice President,
Corporate Contributions and Cultural Programs, Philip Morris Companies,
Inc., New York, NY; Saralyn Reece Hardy, Director of Museums and Visual
Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC; and Alice Sachs
Zimet, President, Arts and Business Partnerships, New York, NY. Another
panelist is to be announced.
Gallery Tour
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Christie's
Afternoon Session
2:30-4:00 p.m.
"Collaboration and Conflict: The Relationship between Artists and
Museums"
Marla Berns, Director, University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, CA,
moderates a panel including Claudia Gould, Director, Institute of
Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA; Wynn Kramarsky, Trustee, The Drawing
Center and The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; and Donald Sultan,
artist. Another panelist is to be announced.
Gallery Tour
4:00-5:30 p.m.
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Major support for the Directors Forum is provided by The Joe and Emily
Lowe Foundation, Inc. Additional sponsors include Fortress FAE
Worldwide, Huntington T. Block Insurance Agency, Inc., Philip Morris
Companies Inc., and TIAA-CREF.
The Directors Forum is open to all full-time directors of not-for-profit
art institutions who are not members of the Association of Art Museum
Directors (AAMD). The registration fee is $325 for AFA members and $375
for nonmembers and includes all conference materials, sessions, special
events, and selected meals. A block of rooms is reserved at a special
rate at the Shelburne Murray Hill Hotel, 303 Lexington Avenue.
For more information about the Directors Forum and registration (open
until
October 18), please call John W. Nichols, Director of Museum Services,
AFA, at
212/988-7700, ext. 41. The Directors Forum accommodates up to 100
participants and registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.
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* As program schedules are subject to change, please confirm dates and
speakers before going to press. *
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For more information, members of the press may call:
Lisbeth Mark or Stephanie Ruggiero, Communications Department
The American Federation of Arts
telephone: 212/988-7700 fax: 212/861-2487 email: [log in to unmask]
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