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Buckhorn Sculpture Park, the private home of legendary collectors Joel and Sherry Mallin (Fall 2011 Lecturers), photo by Paul W.H. Kan
The Professional Practices Series is a casual and informative platform offered exclusively to Academy students and alumni. Each program begins with conversation between the lecturer and faculty member Sharon Louden, in front of Academy students and alumni. The conclusion of the program is an opportunity for questions from audience.
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SPRING 2013
JANUARY
- 01/29 (6:00pm) WORKING WITH MUSEUMS – Anne Goodyear, Ph.D. (Associate Curator, National Portrait Gallery; Professorial Lecturer, George Washington University)
FEBRUARY
- 02/26 (1:00pm) ADVICE FROM CRITIC MARTHA SCHWENDENER – Martha Schwendener (Writer and Critic, New York Times)
MARCH
- 03/05 (1:00pm) ON COLLECTING – Phil Rosenbloom (Partner, Bearence Management Group, Twin Cities)
Inquiries: Elizabeth Hobson ehobson@nyaa.edu / 212-842-5966
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FALL 2012
SEPTEMBER
- 09/11 (7:15–8:30pm) GALLERIES, ART WORLD – Adam Sheffer (Partner, Cheim and Read Gallery, NYC)
- 09/25 (5:30–6:30pm) TAKING THE PULSE OF THE ART WORLD: ART CRITISCM AND THE PRESS – Benjamin Genocchio (Editor and Chief for Artinfo.com, critic, writer, NYC)
OCTOBER
- 10/02 THE ARTIST STATEMENT – Alan Bamberger via Skype (Consultant, Art Advisor, San Francisco, CA)
- 10/30 MULTIPLE HATS IN THE ART WORLD – Simone and Bo Joseph (Simone is an art advisor; Bo is an artist and dealer, NYC)
NOVEMBER
- 11/13 GALLERIES, ART WORLD – Steven Sergiovanni (Director, Mixed Greens, NYC)
- 11/20 PUBLIC ART – Brian Clyne and Brian Tolle (Artists, NYC)
- 11/27 PEDAGOGY – Brian Bishop (Professor, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA)
DECEMBER
- 12/11 (7:00-8:15pm) NON-PROFIT ORGS/ALTERNATIVE SPACES – Michelle Grabner & Adrienne Outlaw (Granber is an artist, the founder/director of Poor Farm and The Suburban, and Chair of the Painting and Drawing Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL. Outlaw is an artist, founder/director of Seed Space, Nashville, TN)
SPRING 2012
JANUARY
- 01/24 BLOGS, ON-LINE MAGAZINES, & CONTEMPORARY ART CRITICISM, Paddy Johnson (Founding Editor of the popular Art Fag City)
FEBRUARY
- 02/07 WORKING WITH A GALLERY, Dede Young (Director of Marlborough Gallery's Contemporary Art Department in Chelsea)
02/21 TAXES & BOOKKEEPING FOR THE ARTIST, Steven Goldglit (Managing Partner of Goldlit & Compan & Accountant to the Art World)
MARCH
- 03/06 WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE ARTWORLD TODAY, Josh Baer (Publisher and Writer for the Weekly Art Newsletter, the Baerfaxt)
03/07 LIVING A SUSTAINABLE CREATIVE LIFE, Panel discussion with Ellen Harvey, Amanda Church, Tony Ingrisano, Blane de St. Croix
FALL 2011
SEPTEMBER
- 09/15 COLLECTING, Sherry and Joel Mallin (Collectors)
09/22 REVIEWS & THE CRITIC, Walter Robinson (Artist and Editor of Artnet.com)
OCTOBER
- 10/06 WRITING A WRITING A BUSINESS PLAN, Susan Schear (President, Artisin, LLC)
10/13 BLOGS & SOCIAL MEDIA, Sharon Butler & Joy Garnett (Artists, curators, and bloggers)
10/20 GRANT WRITING, Gigi Rosenberg (Author, “Artists Guide to Grant Writing”)
10/27 POP–UPS & CURATING, Austin Thomas (Artist and Curator)
NOVEMBER
- 11/03 ALTERNATIVE PROJECTS, Anne Pasternak (Director, Creative Time)
11/16 GALLERIES, Bill Carroll & Dennis Christie (Bill Carroll: Former Art dealer, Consultant, and current Head of EFA studio program; Dennis Christie: Gallery owner, DCKT Gallery, New York, NY)
