AAMC Foundation’s Art Curators Conference, now held virtually, register now
Registration Open for AAMC & AAMC Foundation’s Art Curators Conference
May 1, 4 and 5, 2020 – Online
Deadline to register: Monday, April 27, Register Now!
The 2020 Art Curators Conference will be held virtually. Originally planned for Seattle in May, ten sessions and keynotes will take place online with a revised schedule available here, accommodating varying time zones as best as possible.
The interactive platform will enable attendees to participate virtually in presentations, including live discussion-driven sessions, with opportunities for audience questions. In addition, each session will be recorded and accessible for attendees on artcurators.org for later viewing.
The 2020 Art Curators Conference schedule includes:
FRIDAY, MAY 1
- Panel: Curating in a De-Centered World
- Panel: Curating Indigeneity: Identity, Presence & Narratives
- Panel: Shifting Curatorial Practice Across Borders
MONDAY, MAY 4
- Keynote: Kaywin Feldman, Director, National Gallery of Art and Sasha Suda, Director and CEO, National Gallery of Canada, moderated by Judith Pineiro, Executive Director, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
- Panel: Latinx Art is American Art
- Panel: Local Voices
TUESDAY, MAY 5
- Workshop: Inclusive Hiring Workshop
- Keynote: Vishakha Desai, President Emerita Asia Society and Senior Research Scholar in Global Studies, Columbia University, and Barbara Earl Thomas, Visual Artist and Writer, moderated by Chiyo Ishikawa, Susan Brotman Deputy Director for Art and Curator of European Paintings and Sculpture, Seattle Art Museum; Conference Benefit Committee Co-Chair
- Panel: Problematizing the “Global”
Registration is open to both AAMC members and non-members through April 27. For more information about the schedule and speakers, visit our website HERE or contact us at aamc@artcurators.org.
About the Association of Art Museum Curators
Founded in 2001, the Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) advances the curatorial field through forward-looking leadership in development and educational opportunities for learning and connecting at every stage of a curator’s career. In partnership with more than 1,300 members, we serve as a resource for the profession’s best practices, codes of conduct and ethical standards. We provide a platform for the exchange of a broad range of information on critical issues driving the field, including diversity and inclusion, digital innovation, artistic voices and histories, and marketing and audience engagement. Our members include independent curators and staff members from 500+ art organizations and museums in eighteen countries, ranging from leading national institutions to community-based art organizations. Through our work we serve members, professional colleagues, and the public, and our outreach reflects diverse perspectives within the field, often examining strategic directions of curatorial practice and art organization management. With a network spanning the globe, we are an ambassador and advocate for all art curators and the leading champion of their significant contributions.
