ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting, open to all members, fosters the profession's cohesiveness by addressing issues of national relevance, by assisting in professional development, and by promoting dialogue and exchange among curators. To date, there have been six annual meetings, with an average attendance of 225- 250 curators each year.
The 2008 Annual Meeting of the AAMC will be held in Los Angeles, CA from May 11-13th. For more information, please check back later in the year.
2007 Annual Meeting:
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Audio - Day 1:
Keynote Address: Axel Rüger, Director, Van Gogh Museum [Audio 1]
Training the Next Generation [Audio 2]
The Artist & the Curator [Audio 3]
Creating a Legacy [Audio 4]
Audio - Day 2:
Fundraising Collaborations: Lessons Learned [Audio 5]
Dynamic Duos: Teaming with Education to Create Dynamic Exhibitions [Audio 6]
Past Annual Meetings:
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES, RECEPTIONS AND OTHER AAMC PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Professional development conferences, receptions and other AAMC panel discussions provide members with opportunities for professional development and networking. They also allow the AAMC to reach out to members and affiliated museum professionals outside of the Annual Meeting.
In February 2008, the AAMC held is third 90-minute session during the College Arts Association meeting in Dallas. Below, please find information about this session. To listen to the audio from this panel discussion, please click here.
Session Title: What Makes a Collector a Philanthropist? Lessons from the Miracle in Dallas.
Session Description: The Dallas Museum of Art has a remarkable group of trustee collectors who have recently made exceptional commitments to enhancing the museum's collections—from Impressionism and Modernism to the latest in Contemporary Art. A panel of museum professionals and benefactors will discuss the dynamics of the relationship between the curator and the collector—which has yielded such impressive results in Dallas.
Chair: George T.M. Shackelford, Chair, Art of Europe, and Solomon Curator of Modern Art, MFA, Boston and President, Association of Art Museum Curators
Panelists:
- Marguerite Hoffman, Art Collector & Philanthropist
- Jack Lane, outgoing Director, Dallas Museum of Art
- Dorothy Kosinski, Senior Curator and The Barbara Thomas Lemmon Curator of European Art, Dallas Museum of Art and incoming Director, Phillips Collection
