[Fredslist] Fabulous Conference for Art Collectors

[Geri Thomas]

Dear Colleagues:

I write to call your attention to the upcoming conference, "Crossing
Boundaries and Meeting New Challenges: Displaying Fine and Decorative Arts,'
which will take place Friday – Saturday, June 3 – 4, 2005. Please note that
for those of you who know or are full-time students, NYU offers a student
discount of $150 for the conference.  A full brochure and registration
information on the conference can be downloaded at www.scps.nyu.edu/display.
You can also fax registrations to 212-935-6911.

Formal sessions will be complemented by an evening event at Gill & Lagodich
Fine Period Frame Gallery. A list of speakers appears below.  Should you
have any difficulty in registering, please email Lisa Koenigsberg at
lisa.koenigsberg at nyu.edu. You can also leave a message at 212-998-7137, and
it will be returned. I hope to see you at the upcoming conference.  Cheers!

Geri Thomas, President
Thomas & Associates, Inc.
www.artstaffing.com

Presenters

Carrie Rebora Barratt, curator, American Paintings and Sculpture and
manager, The Henry R. Luce Center for the Study of American Art, The
Metropolitan Museum of Art; co-curator and co-author, “Gilbert Stuart"
(2004 – 2005); Jared Bark, founder of Bark Frameworks in 1969, who in
collaboration with several museums across the country, has designed new
frames for important works of this period; Teresa A. Carbone, Andrew W.
Mellon Curator and Chair, American Art, Brooklyn Museum, who served as
project director for the innovative permanent installation “American
Identities: A New Look” (2001); Elizabeth Easton, chair, Department of
European Painting and Sculpture, Brooklyn Museum, who is engaged in a
long-term project on Impressionist frames; Patricia J. Ellenwood, president
of Crystalizations Systems Inc. (CSI); her company has focused on
collections storage solutions for over 25 years, working with over 200
museums, designing manufacturing and installing proprietary lines of art
storage systems; Anita J. Ellis, director of curatorial affairs and curator
of decorative arts, Cincinnati Art Museum; an authority on Cincinnati
decorative arts, especially ceramics, she originated and was the Project
Director for “The Cincinnati Wing: The Story of Art in Cincinnati,” a
permanent cross-media display in a renovated wing in the Museum; Colin
Griffiths, media arts specialist for 25 years, whose primary activity is the
design and installation of projected contemporary artworks in collaboration
with the artist. He consults to international institutions for exhibition
development, technical infrastructure and tour management; Pamela
Hatchfield, Head of Objects Conservation, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Her
publications include Pollutants in the Museum Environment:  Practical
Strategies for Problem Solving in Design, Exhibition and Storage (2002);
Jerry Podany, Conservator-Department Head, Antiquities Conservation, The J.
Paul Getty Museum and adjunct professor, University of Southern California.
His publications include “Emergency and Disaster Response Plans”
(1998-1999); “Risk Preparedness for Cultural Property: Developments of
Guidelines for Emergency Response (1999); and “Preparing for Earthquakes and
Other Emergencies” (1997); Mervin Richard, Deputy Head of Conservation, the
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Vice-Chair of the Board of
Heritage Preservation: The National Institute for Conservation, he is also
former Co-Chair of the ICOM Working Group for Preventive Conservation,
Co-Chair of the ICOM Working Group for Works of Art in Transit; Brian
Wallis, director of exhibitions and chief curator, International Center of
Photography, who curated the current Larry Clark retrospective at ICP
(2005); among his publications are Only Skin Deep (2003); Land Art (1998);
Art Matters: How the Culture Wars Changed America (1999); and Constructing
Masculinity (1995); and Steven Weintraub, founder and principal, Art
Preservation Services (APS); which specializes in environmental preservation
of collections in museums, archives, and historic buildings and in research
on the preservation of museum collections, focusing on topics relating to
relative humidity, light and air pollution.


Geri Thomas, President
Thomas & Associates, Inc.
6 East 39th Street #1200
New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212.779.7059
Fax:  212.779.7096
www.artstaffing.com