Saturday Tour 1: Studio Museum in Harlem, Morris-Jumel Mansion, The Laundromat Project's Kelly Street Collaborative, Museum of the Chinese in America*

5/6/2017 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM

TOUR 1

Please note there is very limited availability, and event tickets are sold on a first come first serve basis.

Event tickets are non-refundable, so ONLY register if you will attend.

We cannot accept walk-on attendees on this tour, so if you did not register in advance you will not be admitted.

Studio Museum in Harlem
Tour The Studio Museum in Harlem’s inHarlem with Hallie Ringle, Assistant Curator. inHarlem, a new set of initiatives designed to explore dynamic ways to work in the community and take the Studio Museum beyond its walls, encompasses a wide range of artistic and programmatic ventures, from site-specific artists’ projects to collaborative presentations with civic and cultural partners in the Harlem neighborhood. The first inHarlem projects are specially commissioned sculptural works by artists Kevin Beasley, Simone Leigh, Kori Newkirk and Rudy Shepherd, to be realized in Morningside Park, Marcus Garvey Park, St. Nicholas Park and Jackie Robinson Park, respectively. The groups will tour two installation sites, to be followed by lunch at The Studio Museum in Harlem.

Morris-Jumel Mansion
Carol Ward, Executive Director, will lead members on a tour of the Morris-Jumel Mansion, the oldest remaining house in Manhattan, built in 1765, and its museum, which catalogs over 200 years of New York history, art, and culture. Ward will also lead the group on a tour through the Mansion’s period rooms, normally not accessible to the public. Through historic site tours and education programs, the museum interprets the mansion in the context of domestic life in New York City from 1765 until 1865, the influx of European immigrants to Washington Heights in the late 1800’s, the City Beautiful movement at the turn of the century, the life of the Jumel Terrace Historic District, and more recent immigration.

The Laundromat Project's Kelly Street Collaborative
Join Kemi Ilesanmi, Executive Director, & Hatuey Ramos-Fermin, Director of Programs & Community Engagement, for an introduction to The Laundromat Project (The LP), and the Kelly Street Collaborative. In partnership with Workforce Housing Group, Kelly Street Garden, and Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association, The LP has transformed a two bedroom-apartment on historic Kelly Street in the South Bronx into a thriving creative community hub, with artist studios, arts programming, and community partnerships that allow The LP to engage the larger Kelly Street community. The LP’s mission is to amplify the creativity that already exists within communities by using arts and culture to build community networks, solve problems, and enhance our sense of ownership in the places where we live, work, & grow.

Museum of Chinese in America
Founded in 1980, the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) is dedicated to preserving and presenting the history, heritage, culture and diverse experiences of people of Chinese descent in the United States. Andrew Rebatta, Assistant Curator, will lead members through the special exhibition Sour, Sweet, Bitter, Spicy: Stories of Chinese Food and Identity in America. Sour, Sweet, Bitter, Spicy weaves together complex stories through a dynamic video installation featuring pioneering chefs such as Cecilia Chiang, Ken Hom, Anita Lo, Ming Tsai, and Martin Yan; new restaurateurs like Peter Chang, Vivian Ku, and Danny Bowien; and persevering home cooks like Biying Ni, Yvette Lee and Ho-chin Yang. In Chinese the saying Sour, Sweet, Bitter, Spicy refers not only to the delicate balance of flavors that defines Chinese cooking but also the ups and downs of life. Set in an immersive video installation, the tapestry of tales that emerges will be rich with immigration experiences, food memories, favorite dishes and cooking inspirations that define the culinary—and personal—identities of these chefs, drawing visitors into the middle of a conversation about how food defines Chinese in America. In the center of the gallery will be a monumental dinner table, with each chef represented by personally selected artifacts from their kitchens and place settings featuring unique ceramic vessels that will link cooking styles to regional culinary traditions.

Artist Talk and Reception with William T. Williams

5/6/2017 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Artist Talk and Reception with William T. Williams 
Hosted by the Michael Rosenfeld Gallery
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery
100 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10011

 

Please only register if you will be able to join us for this very special occasion.

Join Michael Rosenfeld Gallery and artist William T. Williams for a reception and artist-led gallery discussion of Things Unknown, a survey of Williams’ painting from 1968 to 2008 and Williams’ first gallery exhibition since the 1970s. The exhibition will trace the artist’s devotion to abstraction; work ranges in style from early geometric abstractions, to almost-monochromatic explorations of texture, to an abstraction that derives its force from productive tension among colors and forms. A master of brushwork and color, Williams creates his paintings in series, working through a labor-intensive process that often includes drawings, watercolors, and prints. 

Sunday Tour - Long Island City: Socrates Sculpture Park, Mark di Suvero's Studio, Noguchi Museum*

5/7/2017 9:45 AM - 1:15 PM

Morning in Long Island City

Please note there is very limited availability, and event tickets are sold on a first come first serve basis.

Event tickets are non-refundable, so ONLY register if you will attend.

We cannot accept walk-on attendees on this tour, so if you did not register in advance you will not be admitted.

Socrates Sculpture Park
Jess Wilcox, Director of Exhibitions, will lead members on a tour of Nari Ward: G.O.A.T., again, an exhibition of newly commissioned works that expand on the artist’s exploration of social mobility, the performance of identity, belonging, and greatness. Ward recasts tropes of outdoors structures – the monument, the playground, lawn ornaments, the architectural barricade, and the advertising sign – into surreal and playful creations. Socrates Sculpture Park is the only site in the New York Metropolitan area specifically dedicated to providing artists with opportunities to create and exhibit large-scale sculpture and multi-media installations in a unique outdoor environment that encourages strong interaction between artists, artworks and the public. The park’s existence is based on the belief that reclamation, revitalization and creative expression are essential to the survival, humanity and improvement of our urban environment.

Mark di Suvero Studio
Tour the studio of international renowned sculptor Mark di Suvero, one of the most important American artists to emerge from the Abstract Expressionist era, and a pioneer in the use of steel. Mark di Suvero's architectural-scale sculptures - many with moving elements that invite viewer participation - have been exhibited in the United States, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Germany, Australia, Japan and the United Kingdom. His studio is adjacent to Socrates Sculpture Park, which he established in 1986 on the site of a former landfill, working with a coalition of artists and community members to create the open studio and exhibition space.

The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum
Join Dakin Hart, Senior Curator, for a tour of The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum’s “Self-Interned, 1942: Noguchi in Poston War Relocation Center." This exhibition explores Noguchi’s extraordinary decision—despite being exempt from internment as a resident of New York—to enter the Poston War Relocation Center, in the Arizona desert, hoping to contribute something positive to this forcibly displaced community, to which he had never felt more connected. Curated by Hart, "Self-Interned, 1942" brings together about two dozen works from the Museum’s collection, dating from before, during, and after Noguchi’s time at Poston, along with a substantial selection of archival documents. Together these evoke this harrowing moment in the history of American democracy, while revealing the impact that his experience at Poston had on Noguchi’s art. Founded and built by internationally renowned, Japanese-American artist Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988) for the display of what he considered to be representative examples of his life’s work, The Noguchi Museum is an open-air sculpture garden ensconced within a building that houses ten galleries. 

Evening Awards for Excellence Celebration at the International Center of Photography

5/7/2017 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

AAMC & AAMC Foundation Awards for Excellence Reception
Event co-hosted in part by the International Center of Photography - ICP Museum
250 Bowery, New York, NY 10012

Welcome remarks from Mark Lubell, Executive Director, International Center of Photography
Galleries will be open until 8:00 PM.

Join us for our Awards for Excellence Celebration, where we will toast this year’s Award recipients. Mark Lubell, Executive Director of the International Center of Photography, will welcome the group to the Center’s new facility, which opened in June of 2016. The AAMC Foundation has honored more than 100 curators for their outstanding work in catalogues, essays, articles, and exhibitions through our Awards for Excellence. The Prizes, as they are more informally known, are the only awards of their kind by which curators directly acknowledge the work of their colleagues. The Awards are highly valued and esteemed by our members, and we are proud to be formally honoring them with an individual reception.

Attendance for this program is part of the overall Conference registration ticket but we do ask that you RSVP.

Welcome Breakfast

5/8/2017 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM

Welcome Breakfast Reception
Great Hall
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10028

Please RSVP for this event by marking you will attend so that we have proper catering available.

Roundtable Discussions & Lunch: Session One

5/8/2017 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Roundtable Discussions & Lunch: Session One
Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10028

There are two one-hour lunch sessions - please register for only one session. Tickets will be provided for the lunch session you register for and you will only be admitted for that time slot. If you do not register for a lunch session, you will not be provided with lunch. 

For each lunch session, there will be both roundtable and non-roundtable seating. Seating at each table is on a first come first serve basis. 

Roundtable Discussion topics & leaders include:

Advocating for your Project
Melissa Buron, Associate Curator, European Art, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Best Practices in Utilizing Historic Archives
Daniel Belasco, Executive Director, Al Held Foundation

Engaging your Community in Your Permanent Collection
Beth Citron, Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art, Rubin Museum of Art; Professional Development Committee Co-Chair; Tanya Paul, Isabel & Alfred Bader Curator of European Art, Milwaukee Art Museum; Career Support Committee Member

Loans Across Boarders
Andrea Bayer, Jayne Wrightsman Curator, Department of European Paintings, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Managing & Mentoring
Dita Amory, Associate Curator, Robert Lehman Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Grace Stewart, Collections & Exhibitions Manager, Metal Museum; Professional Development Committee Member

Museum as Resource in Academic Settings
Elizabeth A. Williams, PhD, David and Peggy Rockefeller Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design; Career Support Committee Member

Negotiating for Salary & Benefits
Catherine Whitney, Chief Curator and Curator of American Art, Philbrook Museum of Art; Career Support Committee Member

Small Budget Exhibitions Without Catalogs
Michelle Jacques, Chief Curator, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria; Career Support Committee Co-Chair

Traveling Exhibitions
Michelle Hargrave, Curator, American Federation of Arts; Board of Trustees Member; Mark Scala, Chief Curator, Frist Center for Visual Art; Goverance and Nominating Committee Co-Chair

Working with New Leadership
Theresa Papanikolas, Curator of European and American Art, Honolulu Museum of Art; Membership Committee Member

AAMC Members’ Reception

5/8/2017 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

AAMC Members’ Reception
Co-Hosted in part by Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Sponsored by Lead Conference and Members’ Reception Sponsor, Sotheby’s
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Arthur Ross Terrace and Garden at East 90th Street between 5th Avenue and Madison Avenue, Manhattan, NY

Open to AAMC members and special guests. Welcome remarks from our co-host Caroline Baumann, Director, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, and Hannah Byers, Vice President, Museum Services, Sotheby's. For the first hour of the reception, AAMC members and invited guests are welcome to enjoy hors d’oeuvres in the garden. For the second hour, galleries will be open for self-guided tours.

Please RSVP for this event by marking you will attend so that we have proper catering available.

Breakfast Reception

5/9/2017 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM

Breakfast Reception
Beaux-Arts Court
Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238

Please RSVP for this event by marking you will attend so that we have proper catering available.s.

 

 

Curator-Led Tours, Committee Open Forums & Lunch

5/9/2017 12:50 PM - 3:00 PM

Lunch
Curator-Led Tours with Brooklyn Museum Curators
AAMC & AAMC Foundation Committee Open Forums

Beaux-Arts Court
Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238

Please register for lunch if you plan on attending. If you do not register for lunch, you will not be provided with lunch. Please note that tours are limited in capacity and will fill on a first-come first-served basis. Galleries will not be open for self-guided tours. 

Our Committee Open Forums are for all members that wish to learn more, bring ideas, and share comments.  By joining a table you are not required to become part of that Committee or Task Force, so don't be timid--come and voice your thoughts!

1:50 PM - 3:00 PM - Lunch
1:00 PM - Curator-Led Tours
2:00 PM - Committee Open Forums & Curator-Led Tours