OPTION 2

Ticket price ($50) includes transportation to all sites and lunch, registration is extremely limited, so please do not register if you are not going to attend.

10:00 AM - 5:15 PM 

Project Row Houses
Visit of Project Row Houses with introduction by Rick Lowe and Eureka Gilkey, and Round tour with Ryan N. Dennis. Visitors will have the opportunity to learn about the many aspects of this community-based arts organization that has shaped our understanding of what art can do.

The Menil house
Join Michelle White, curator at The Menil Collection for a tour of the Philip Johnston-designed residence of John and Dominique de menil.  It is the first International style domestic building in the southwestern United States, built in 1949.  The interiors are by American courtier Charles James, and the house holds a selection of work from the Museum’s collection.

Bayou Bend Collection & Gardens, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Bayou Bend is the MFAH house museum for American decorative arts and paintings. Displayed in the former home of Houston civic leader and philanthropist Ima Hogg (1882–1975), the collection is one of the finest showcases of American furnishings, silver, ceramics, and paintings in the world. The house is situated on 14 acres of organically maintained gardens in Houston's historic River Oaks neighborhood. Bradley Brooks, curator, Bayou Bend Collections & Gardens will introduce the group before breaking out into docent-led tours.

Rienzi, MFAH 
Join Christine Gervais, Associate Curator, Decorative Arts and Rienzi for an introduction to space and guided visit of Rienzi, which is the MFAH house museum for European decorative arts. Originally the home of arts patrons Carroll Sterling Masterson and Harris Masterson III, Rienzi comprises a remarkable art collection, house, and gardens. For more than 40 years, the Mastersons collected European decorative arts, paintings, furnishings, and porcelain made from the 17th to mid-19th centuries.

Tacita Dean’s Event for a Stage at Aurora Picture Show with the artist in attendance

Commissioned for the 19^th Biennale of Sydney, British artist Tacita Dean’s latest film Event for a Stage explores processes of stage acting, filmmaking, and portraiture. First performed live in collaboration with actor Stephen Dillane with two 16mm cameras recording, Dean re-edited the films into a new film performance, for which this is the Houston debut. The program includes a welcome to the Aurora Picture Show—a non-profit media arts center that presents artist-made, non-commercial film and video, dedicated to expanding the cinematic experience and promoting the understanding and appreciation of moving image art—with Sarah Stauder, Executive Director and Mary Magsamen, Curator.  Followed by a brief introduction to the film by Michael Wellen, Assistant Curator of Latin American and Latino Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and guest curator of the screening.  The film viewing (approx. 50 minutes), will be followed by a small reception.

Space is limited to 40 members.

Lunch and Roundtables
Location: Cullinan Hall
Roundtable Discussions  (12:45 PM- 1:45 PM)
Lunch (full two hours)

Join a Roundtable Discussion during the first half of lunch. Discussion topics & leaders will include:

Museum Responses to Conflict Zones
Aimée Froom, Curator, Art of the Islamic Worlds, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; & Peter J. Schertz, Jack & Mary Ann Frable Curator of Ancient Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; Finance & Audit Committee & Fundraising Initiatives Memeber

Small Budgets: Lean is Good
Valerie Cassel Oliver, Curator, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston; Conference Committee Member; & Xandra Eden, Executive Director & Chief Curator, DiverseWorks; Conference Committee Member

Cultural Diversity within the Academic Art Museum
Mary-Kay Lombino, The Emily Hargroves Fisher '57 and Richard B. Fisher Curator and Assistant Director, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College; Career Support Committee Co-Chair; & Elizabeth A. Williams, David and Peggy Rockefeller Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design; Career Support Committee Member 

Crowd Sourcing Exhibitions: Pros and Cons
Marina Pacini, Chief Curator and Curator of American, Modern and Contemporary Art, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art; AAMC Board of Trustees, Professional Development Committee Member; & Sharon Matt Atkins, Vice Director, Exhibitions and Collections Management, Brooklyn Museum; Marketing & Communications Committee Member

Navigating Gifts of Art: The Enjoyment and Frustration
Marisa J Pascucci, Curator of Collections, Boca Raton Museum of Art; Professional Development Committee Member; Hilliard T. Goldfarb, Senior Curator-Collections, Curator of Old Masters, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; Conference Committee Member; & E. Carman Ramos, Curator for Latino Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum; Conference Committee Member

Working with New Leadership
Michelle Jacques, Chief Curator, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria; Career Support Committee Member; & Christina Nielsen, William & Lia Poorvu Curator of the Collection, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; Career Support Committee Member

Conducting & Giving Interviews
Cindi Strauss, Assistant Director, Programming & Curator, Modern & Contemporary Decorative Arts & Design, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; & Joanna Montoya Robotham, Neubauer Family Foundation Assistant Curator, The Jewish Museum; Conference Committee Member

Managing & Mentoring
Catherine L. Futter, Director, Curatorial Affairs, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; AAMC Board of Trustees, Career Support Committee; & Jennifer Scanlan, Exhibitions and Curatorial Director, Oklahoma Contemporary; Professional Development Committee Co-Chair

Positive Self Promotion
Julie N. Pierotti, Curator, Dixon Gallery and Gardens; & Melissa Buron, Associate Curator of European Art, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Conference Committee Member

Special Exhibitions
Jerry N. Smith, Hazel and William Hough Chief Curator, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida; Career Support Committee; & Paula Bradstreet Richter, Curator for Exhibition and Research, Peabody Essex Museum; Career Support Committee

Registration for specific tables is not required. Seating at each table is a first come/first serve basis.   

Also during lunch, explore the open galleries at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston in the Caroline Wiess Law Building (open until 5pm) and the Audrey Jones Beck Building (open until 7pm). Also on view will be the special exhibition Sculpted in Steel: Art Deco Automobiles and Motorcycles, 1929–1940.

Bonhams Sponsored Lunch Reception & Committee Meetings
Location: The Edward Rudge Allen III Education Center
Committee Meetings (12:30 PM – 1:15 PM)
Lunch (full 90 minutes)

Committee Meetings are open to all members. Please sit at a committee table if you are interested in learning about joining. The galleries in Asia Society Texas Center will also be open.