Credibility, Culpability, and the Public Trust: Current Issues in University and College Museums
Saturday May 12, 2007
Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60208-2410
Conference Agenda
8:00a.m.
Transportation via NWU bus departs from AAM Conference Hotel
8:10a.m.
Transportation via NWU bus departs from North Michigan Avenue (Tribute Building)
9:00a.m.
Registration, 1st floor lobby, Block Museum
9:30a.m
Welcome
Lisa Hanover, President
Lawrence Dumas, Provost of Northwestern University
9:45-10:30a.m
Outline of Issues and Introduction of Keynote Speaker, David Robertson
Keynote Address: “The College Art Museum: Reflections on History and Mission”
Dr. Neil Harris, The Preston and Sterling Morton Professor of History and Art History, University of Chicago
10:45a.m.-2p.m.
Panel Session: “Keeping Collections in the Public Trust: Success Stories”
Moderator: Dan Mills
Speakers
Jeff Chapman, Director of the McClung Museum, University of Tennessee, “How Collections Are Used ? A General Overview”
Rebecca Massie Lane, Director of the Sweet Briar College Art Galleries, “Academic Credibility, Relevancy, Indispensability: A Student Curatorial Project”
Marilyn Zeitlin, Director/Chief Curator, ASU Art Museum, “The Global Engagement Initiative” -or- “Multicultural Links to the Region: Southwestern, Latino, Latin American, and Art of the Americas.”
12-1:15p.m.
Buffet Luncheon, Allen Center, NWU
1:30-2:30p.m.
Panel Session, “Keeping Collections in the Public Trust: Issues, Strategies, Tools”
Speakers
Julie Hart, Assistant Director, Accreditation Program, American Association of Museums, “Stewardship of Collections: The AAM Perspective”
Jill Hartz, Director, University of Virginia Museum, “Museum Quality Collections Not Owned by the Gallery/Museum”
Karol Lawson, Director, Maier Museum, Randolph Macon Woman’s College, “The Museum Under Threat: Positive Action Taken by the Museum Board, Volunteers, Alumni, and Staff Faced with Selling the Collection”
C. Michael Norton, Attorney-at-Law, Bone McAllester Norton PLLC, Nashville, “Legal Aspects of De-Accessioning of Art Works by a College or University”
2:45-3:30p.m.
Breakout Sessions [on these same themes]
Auditorium, Print Study Room, Classroom
[ACUMG Board Members will serve as facilitators/note-takers]
3:45-4p.m.
Reconvene, Auditorium
4p.m.
Tour of Galleries
Cocktail Reception, Lobby
5p.m.
First bus departs for hotels (North Michigan Avenue, Conference Center)
5:30p.m.
Second/last bus departs for hotels (North Michigan Avenue, Conference Center)
