Virtual | Let's Connect! Spring National Networking Event
2022-05-26 18:00 (America/New_York)
3pm PT / 4pm MT / 5pm CT / 6pm ET

We invite all ArtTable members to join us for our next virtual national networking event! Join us as we reflect on both our successes and failures in our professional lives, and what we can learn from both.

Our first national networking event took place in May 2021 and allowed members from all over the world to share ideas and make new connections. We are thrilled to offer our members this opportunity to connect with each other worldwide! Participants will go into breakout rooms to chat, connect, see old friends and make new ones. This is an exclusive opportunity for ArtTable members to form new connections and find ways to collaborate with one another.

This program is free for all ArtTable members. Not a member? Join today!

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SoCal | Behind-the-Scenes Tour - Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College
2022-06-03 13:00 - 15:00 | Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College, 20 West Bonita Avenue, Claremont, CA, 91711, United States
Please join us for a private behind-the-scenes and gallery tour of the new Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College. The Benton Museum is a space for the region’s most compelling and innovative exhibitions. Building on a long tradition of excellence at the alma mater of such artistic pioneers such as James Turrell, Helen Pashgian and Chris Burden, the BMA will host the next wave of groundbreaking artists and offer a state-of-the-art site for a growing permanent collection, ranging from Native American art to Renaissance panel paintings to works by such artists as Karl Benjamin, Rico Lebrun and José Clemente Orozco. Senior Curator, Rebecca McGrew will provide us with a tour of the permanent collection galleries as well as their current exhibitions. Steve Comba, Associate Director & Registrar will provide us with a behind-the-scenes portion of the tour of the museums’ collection spaces.

This program is open to ArtTable members only for $15. Space is limited.

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Health & Safety Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed. All guests are required to wear a face mask and practice social distancing during your visit. Accessibility All of the museum’s galleries, entrances, and courtyard are accessible to wheelchair users and other visitors who cannot use stairs. Accessible parking and drop-off can be found on College Avenue in front of our courtyard closer to Second Avenue. All restroom locations include an accessible restroom with a changing table. Trained service animals are welcome in all spaces throughout the museum. We welcome other supervised and leashed domesticated animals only in the museum’s courtyard. If you would like more information about accessibility or need particular accommodations for this program, please email Haley at programs@arttable.org. Getting There The Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College is located at 120 West Bonita Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711. Driving Directions From the 10, exit Indian Hill Blvd, then go north and turn right on Bonita Avenue.From the 210, exit at Towne Avenue and go south to Foothill Blvd. Turn left on Foothill and continue east to College Avenue, then turn right. Go about 1 mile to Bonita.By Rail The Metrolink train station in Claremont is three blocks from the museum. Take the San Bernardino line east from Union Station in Los Angeles, or west from San Bernardino.

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About the Speakers

Rebecca McGrew is the Senior Curator at the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College. Her current exhibitions include Alison Saar: Of Aether and Earthe (2020-21, co-curated with Irene Tsatsos, Armory Center for the Arts), Sadie Barnette: Legacy & Legend (2021, co-curated with Ciara Ennis, Pitzer College Art Galleries); Alia Ali: Project Series 53 (2020-21), and Helen Pashgian: New Work (2020-21).

McGrew is the recipient of the Fellows of Contemporary Art’s 2020 Curator’s Award, a Getty Curatorial Research Fellowship (2007), and Getty Foundation grants under the Pacific Standard Time initiatives in 2009–11 and 2014–16. McGrew has held curatorial positions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and the Center for the Study of Political Graphics. She received her B.A. from Pomona College and an M.A. in art history from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Future exhibitions include Each Day Begins with the Sun Rising: Four Artists from Hiroshima (2022), Christina Fernandez: Under the Sun (2022), Kameelah Janaan Rasheed: Worshipping at the Altar of Certainty (2022, Williams College Museum of Art), June Harwood: A Retrospective (2023), and Fred Eversley (2024, co-curated with Glenn Phillips as part of Getty Foundation’s PST).

Recent exhibitions include Todd Gray: Euclidean Gris Gris (2019-20); Marcia Hafif: A Place Apart (2018); Project Series 52: Hayv Kahraman (2018); and Prometheus 2017: Four Artists from Mexico Revisit Orozco (2017). She has organized many other exhibitions including the award-winning and critically acclaimed It Happened at Pomona: Art at the Edge of Los Angeles 1969–1973 (2011–12, co-curated with Glenn Phillips).

Steve Comba is the Associate Director/Registrar at the Benton Museum of Art at PomonaCollege. He received his BA from the College of Creative Studies at UC Santa Barbara and hisMFA from Claremont Graduate University. In addition to being a practicing studio artist, he hasalso worked in the museum field for the past 36 years. His experience in the field includesadministrative, registrarial, and curatorial projects ranging from historical to contemporary art. In2011, he designed and opened the Native American Collection Study Center at Pomona College.In 2012 he was elected to the Board of Directors of the Western Museums Association. In 2015he was awarded the Peter W. Stanley Distinguished Staff Award from Pomona College.

Thank you to ArtTable Southern California Chapter Leader Jacqueline Cabrera for organizing this program.

Image: The Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College, Photo by Richard Barnes

AT Tours - Scandinavia Art Experience 2022
2022-06-04 - 2022-06-13
Interested in this program? Please email travel@arttable.org for more information.

The light! In Scandinavia this has been an inspiration for artist throughout the ages. This alone is a reason to visit the splendid art capitals of this region. The art worlds are truly exciting with the new Munch Museum and the Twist in Oslo. Helsinki has its first Biennial this year and as a result the art world is more vibrant than ever. And of course we dive into the wonderful art scene of Copenhagen. Exceptional clean Nordic design and the amazing equally ‘clean’ cuisine are further draws. Add the stunning natural beauty and we have a ‘not-to-be missed’ destination. It is no coincidence that the three countries we will visit are home of the Top-3 of Happiest People in the world.
ITINERARY
HELSINKI, FinlandThe Biennial of 2020 (postponed to 2021) really put Helsinki on the art world map. We ‘dive into’ the thriving art scene and see the best it has to offer. We will meet fantastic artists and collectors in their studios and homes. Of course we will include design from the world-renowned Aalto studio. We will enjoy a special behind-the-scenes tour in the Kiasma museum. And in contrast we visit the most beautiful examples of Finnish Jugendstill architecture.
OSLO, Norway‘Oslo is Europe’s next great Art Capitol’ according to ARTnews.com. And we agree. The new Munch Museum is set be open this fall. It promises to be a fabulous tribute to the artist and of course we will enjoy a special visit. The Oslo art scene is booming and we include the best galleries, museums and private collections in the program. We also make a spectacular trip north to visit the Twist Museum and the sculpture garden surrounding it. Then it is time to take in the natural beauty from the water. We board the cruise-ferry and leave Oslo behind with stunning views of the Norwegian fjords. On board we enjoy a great dinner and spend the night in a first class cabin.
COPENHAGEN, DenmarkWe wake up arriving in wonderful Copenhagen. The hugely successful contemporary artist Olafur Elliason was born here and we meet some of his contemporaries. We will visit intriguing private collections. And we will enjoy visits to the Hirschsprung Collection for masterpieces from the Danish Golden Age as well as the fantastic modern and contemporary Louisiana Museum and sculpture garden. There is also time for some great (design) shopping. Of course we will eat what could be the best food you have ever tasted in some of the 25+ Michelin star restaurants of the Danish capital. A fantastic last stop on what promises to be a truly magical tour.
Monday, June 13Flight back home or on your way for further experiences….*Subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances

TRIP DETAILS
DATESJune 4-13, 2022
DURATION9 days / 9 nights
STAYPerfectly located luxury hotels; First class cabin on the ferry from Copenhagen to Oslo
MEALSBreakfast, lunches, dinners included (alcohol not included)
TRAVELIncluded:Local transport by luxury coachFlight from Helsinki to OsloOvernight ferry Oslo to Copenhagen
Not included:Trans-Atlantic flights (Artigo will advise on preferred flights)
PRICING / ROOM TYPES– Single occupancy – $8,450– Double occupancy – $7,750
PAYMENT SCHEDULE (Payable to Artigo Tours):
September 1, 2021 | 1st payment – $2,000February 1, 2022 | 2nd payment – $3,000April 1, 2022 | 3rd payment – (dependent on type of room, see below)– Single Occupancy: $3,450– Double Occupancy: $2,750
ARTTABLE TAX-DEDUCTIBLE CONTRIBUTION
Due by September 1, 2021Click here to submit payment.
Members: $750Guests: $1100
All payments made to ArtTable are final and non-refundable.
Please contact ArtTable at travel@arttable.org with any questions. All payments are non-refundable.

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Amos Rex by JKMM Architects in Helsinki. Photo: Mika Huisman
Helsinki Biennial brings Janet Echelman’s artwork 1.78 to Senate Square from 31 July to 31 August.
estudio Herreros’ long-awaited Munch Museum is opening its doors on October 22, 2021. Photo: Adrià Goula, courtesy estudio Herreros.
Interior of the Hirschsprung Collection. Photo: Jakob Hunosøes

Virtual | Reading at the (Art)Table - 'The Loft Generation,' by Edith Schloss
2022-06-05 14:00
11am PT / 12pm MT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET

All ArtTable members are welcome to join the Northern California chapter for the next Reading at the (Art)Table program, where we will be discussing Edith Schloss’ memoir, The Loft Generation: From the De Koonings to Twombly Portraits and Sketches 1942 — 2011. We will savor the moods and comings and goings of the New York artists recounted by a member of this tight-knit art world of the forties and fifties.

This program is free and open to ArtTable members only. Donations are always appreciated!

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Image: The Loft Generation: From the De Koonings to Twombly Portraits and Sketches 1942 — 2011, by Edith Schloss

Thank you to ArtTable member Jan Wurm for organizing this program.

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Virtual | Curatorial Perspective: 'Cartier and Islamic Art' at the Dallas Museum of Art, with Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, Sarah Schleuning
2022-06-07 13:00
10am PT / 11am MT / 12pm CT / 1pm ET

Please join us for a virtual presentation of highlights from the exhibition Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity led by Sarah Schleuning, Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at the Dallas Museum of Art.

This major exhibition traces Islamic art’s influence on the objects created by Louis Cartier and the designers of the great French jewelry Maison from the early 20th century to today. The exhibition explores how Cartier’s designers adapted forms and techniques from Islamic art, architecture, and jewelry, as well as materials from India, Iran and the Arab lands, synthesizing them into a modern stylistic language unique to the house of Cartier.

Co-organized by the Dallas Museum of Art and the Museé des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, in partnership with the Maison Cartier, Cartier and Islamic Art presents over 400 objects from major international collections, including the Department of Islamic Arts at the Louvre Museum and the Keir Collection of Islamic Art on loan to the Dallas Museum of Art.

Admission:

ArtTable Circle Members – FreeAll Other ArtTable Members – $10Member Guests/Non-Members – $20

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About the Curator
Sarah Schleuning is dedicated to presenting and promoting the power and impact of design to the public through exhibitions, publications, and programming. Schleuning has a record of organizing thoughtful exhibitions and programs that are not only high profile and highly popular, but also recognized for their contributions to scholarship. She has more than two decades of expertise in forming relationships with living designers and artists, bridging the gap between historical and contemporary design, and exploring how engaging with art and design can extend beyond museum walls. She is the Margot B. Perot Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at the Dallas Museum of Art, and her recent exhibitions and publications include the upcoming Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity, Electrifying Design: A Century of Lighting, and Curbed Vanity: A Contemporary Foil by Chris Schanck.
As Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, Schleuning oversees the decorative arts and design collection, internationally recognized as one of the foremost decorative arts collections in the United States. The collection includes more than 8,000 works of art from the 15th century to the present, with a strength in European and American decorative arts, most significantly 18th-century English silver, 19th- and 20th-century American silver and ceramics, and modern and contemporary jewelry and design. As the Museum focuses on the expansion of its contemporary holdings, Schleuning’s deep experience in working with and maintaining relationships with contemporary designers and artist is a significant asset, as is her interest in connecting design’s past and present. Among her other responsibilities, Schleuning also oversees the decorative arts and design collection planning, development, scholarship, and acquisitions.
Schleuning served as Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, from 2011 until 2018. She organized numerous exhibitions, including two of the 10 most attended exhibitions in the museum’s history. She was co-organizing curator for the nationally touring exhibition Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion, which broke attendance records and became the eighth most-attended show at the High Museum of Art. Other notable exhibitions that ranged from historical scholarship to pushing the conceived boundaries of what defines a museum exhibition were Technicolor: New Works by Jaime Hayon (2017); Dream Cars: Innovative Design, Visionary Ideas (2014), the 10th most-attended show at the High Museum; Earl Pardon’s Portable Art: Jewelry & Design (2015); and Bangles to Benches: Contemporary Jewelry and Design (2013). From 2013 to 2018, she curated five dynamic and highly acclaimed designer interventions/playscapes that engages the community by activating the High’s Sifly Piazza, and through that established the designer-in-residency project.
Prior to joining the High Museum, Schleuning served as Curator at The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, having previously held positions as a Fellowship Coordinator and Assistant Curator at the institution, where she produced exhibitions, publications, and programs with a focus on highlighting the power and impact of art and design in daily life. Before that, she worked at the Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, beginning in 2000 as Curatorial Collections Fellow, advancing to Assistant Curator with a focus on art, architecture, craft, and design.
Schleuning graduated from Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences with a Bachelor of Arts. She received her Master of Arts in the History of Decorative Arts from Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in conjunction with Parsons School of Design. In 2015 she was a fellow at the Center for Curatorial Leadership. She frequently contributes to scholarly publications and serves as a leading resource for decorative arts and design, delivering lectures and speaking at symposiums and public programs throughout the country.

Images: Bandeau, Cartier Paris, special order, 1923. Platinum, diamonds. Made as a special order for Madame Ossa Ross. Cartier Collection. Vincent Wulveryck, Cartier Collection © Cartier / Bib necklace, Cartier Paris, special order, 1947. Twisted 18-karat and 20-kar-at gold, platinum, brilliant- and baguette-cut diamonds, one heart-shaped faceted amethyst, twenty-seven emerald-cut amethysts, one oval faceted amethyst, turquoise cabochons. Cartier Collection. Nils Herrmann, Cartier Collection © Cartier / Bracelet, Cartier Paris, 1923. Platinum, diamonds. Cartier Collection. Vincent Wulveryck, Collection Cartier © Cartier

Thank you to ArtTable member Sarah McNaughton for organizing this program.

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Virtual | New Member Orientation
2022-06-09 16:00 - 16:30 | Zoom
1pm PT / 2pm MT / 3pm CT / 4pm ET
Welcome new ArtTable members! Please join us for a virtual orientation session where you will meet other new members and learn how to take full advantage of all the ArtTable community has to offer. This program is free and open to all ArtTable members, regardless of when you joined – it’s always a good time for a refresher!
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(You will receive an email confirmation containing the Zoom link.)
Accessibility: Please note that this program will offer live closed captioning. If you require additional accommodations, please email programs@arttable.org.
Can’t join us for this new member orientation? Don’t worry, we host virtual orientation sessions on the 2nd Thursday of each month! In the meantime, we hope you can join us for another upcoming virtual program or support other ArtTable initiatives!

Northwest | Joint MeetATs in Seattle & Portland
2022-06-09 19:00
Join ArtTable’s Northwest Chapter in Seattle or Portland for a simultaneously occurring Happy Hour! This free networking event is for current and prospective members alike. Come meet your local arts leaders and learn about ArtTable’s member benefits!

This program is free and open to all current and prospective ArtTable members, but registration is required due to capacity restrictions. When registering, please select which location you will be attending. You may register for yourself and up to 1 guest.

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Health & Safety Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed. Seattle - While not required, masks are encouraged while indoors at Helios.Portland - Deadshot requires all guests to show proof of vaccination. Please come prepared to do so. Accessibility Both MeetAT locations are fully ADA accessible. Please email Haley at programs@arttable.org if you have any questions or to request specific accommodations. Getting There In Seattle, we will be meeting at the Helios Rooftop, 1600 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA 98101. Click here for directions from any location. In Portland, we will be meeting at Deadshot, 2133 SE 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97214. Click here for directions from any location.

Thank you to the ArtTable Northwest Chapter Leaders for organizing this program.

Image: Portland, Oregon. Photo by David Gn Photography/Getty Images; Seattle, Washington. Photo by Agnieszka Gaul/Shutterstock.

DC | BreakfastTable with Tomora Wright
2022-06-10 08:00 | 1310 Kitchen & Bar, 1310 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC
Join ArtTable’s DC Chapter for June’s BreakfastTable with Tomora Wright, Hamiltonian Artists’ Fellowship Director.

Tomora Wright is a dedicated curator and arts manager committed to advancing the contemporary art field by prioritizing intersectional voices and diversifying program and engagement strategies within art institutions. Wright is Hamiltonian Artists’ first Fellowship Director, where she cultivates new opportunities and support to help build a dynamic community of innovative artists and effective visual art leaders in DMV’s thriving creative ecosystem.

Before joining Hamiltonian, Wright worked as the Marketing Manager at Prince George’s African American Museum and Cultural Center. Most recently she served as Glen Echo Park’s Visual Arts Exhibition Manager, also in Maryland. Wright has curated exhibitions in the DC region at Prince George’s African American Museum and Cultural Center (2018), College Park, Maryland’s MilkBoy ArtHouse (2018), Banneker–Douglass Museum (2020), Higgins Gallery (2020), Glen Echo Park (2019–2021), Hamiltonian Artists (2021), and BlackRock Center for the Arts (2022). She holds a master’s degree in Art Management from American University and a BA in Communications from Howard University.

This program is free and open to ArtTable members only. Not a member? Join today!

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Health & Safety Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed. Accessibility 1310 Kitchen and Bar is wheelchair accessible. If you would like more information about accessibility or need particular accommodations for this program, please email Haley at programs@arttable.org. Getting There We will meet at 1310 Kitchen and Bar, located at 1310 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20007. It is accessible via Metrobus and street parking is available.

About Hamiltonian

Hamiltonian Artists is a dynamic catalyst for DC’s creative economy and a vibrant center for contemporary art in Washington, DC. Through its unique investment into the next generation of cutting-edge artists, Hamiltonian helps artists to develop important business skills, professional experiences and visibility to support and sustain their art career. Through artist talks, public events and its membership program, the organization contributes to the vitality of DC’s burgeoning arts scene by deepening the appreciation for contemporary art and culture throughout Washington, DC and beyond.

Image: Tomora Wright, courtesy of the speaker.

Thank you to ArtTable member Ashley Templeton for organizing this program.

DC | MeetAT at 1310 Kitchen & Bar
2022-06-16 17:30 | 1310 Kitchen & Bar, 1310 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC
All current and interested ArtTable members are invited to join us for a cocktail hour to kickoff the summer season! We encourage members to bring friends and colleagues to engage over refreshments and conversation and to learn more about ArtTable and our lively and active chapter in the Washington, DC region.

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Health & Safety Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed. Accessibility 1310 Kitchen and Bar is wheelchair accessible. If you would like more information about accessibility or need particular accommodations for this program, please email Haley at programs@arttable.org. Getting There We will meet at 1310 Kitchen and Bar, located at 1310 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20007. It is accessible via Metrobus and street parking is available.

New York | Cristina Iglesias' 'Landscape and Memory' Tour & Reception at Madison Square Park
2022-06-21 18:00 | Madison Square Park (Exact meeting spot TBA), Madison Square Park, New York, NY, 10010, United States
Please join us for an in-person tour of Cristina Iglesias’ Landscape and Memory, on view at Madison Square Park in New York City. The tour will be led by ArtTable Member Brooke Kamin Rapaport, Deputy Director and Martin Friedman Chief Curator at Madison Square Park Conservancy. Drinks will also be served.

Spanish artist Cristina Iglesias invites the public to consider the forgotten terrains and geographic history of New York City in a new public art installation opening this June, her first major temporary public art project in the United States. Landscape and Memory places five bronze sculptural pools, flowing with water, into Madison Square Park’s Oval Lawn, harkening back to when the Cedar Creek coursed across the land where the park stands today. Building on Iglesias’ practice of unearthing the forgotten and excavating natural history, Landscape and Memory resurfaces in the imaginations of contemporary viewers the now-invisible force of this ancient waterway. More information about the exhibition can be found below.

Landscape and Memory is organized by Brooke Kamin Rapaport, Deputy Director and Martin Friedman Chief Curator; Tom Reidy, Deputy Director of Finance and Special Projects; and Truth Murray-Cole, Curatorial Manager. Keats Myer is the Conservancy’s Executive Director.

This program is open to ArtTable Members only for $15. Capacity is limited.

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Health & Safety Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed. Face masks are not required in outdoor settings but are encouraged when in large groups. Fully vaccinated individuals do not need to wear masks or be socially distanced, however, unvaccinated children and adults should wear a face cover and practice social distancing while in the park. Accessibility Madison Square Park, as a public, open green space, is free and fully accessible to patrons of all abilities; including by not limited to individuals with physical, visual, and auditory disabilities, owners of special care animals, and wheelchair users. There are no steps or stairs within Madison Square Park, or between the sidewalk and the park. Ramp access for wheelchairs and strollers as well as access for individuals with impaired mobility is available for all the park’s pathways and lawns, in compliance with ADA regulations. Please note that there are no public restrooms inside the park, but you can find a DOT-owned restroom on Madison Avenue between 23rd Street and 24th Street. For more information or to request accommodations, please call 212.520.7600. Getting There Madison Square Park is located at Fifth Avenue & Madison Avenue and 23rd & 26th Streets. The nearest subway stations are at 23rd Street (R, W station and 6 station). There are 2 CitiBike drop-off points at 26th & Madison and Broadway & 25th.

About Brooke Kamin Rapaport

Since joining the Conservancy in 2013, Brooke Kamin Rapaport has curated and overseen its program of commissioned public-sculpture exhibitions, which has included such artists as Diana Al-Hadid, Tony Cragg, Abigail DeVille, Leonardo Drew, Teresita Fernandez, Josiah McElheny, Ivan Navarro, Giuseppe Penone, Martin Puryear, and Arlene Shechet. Through the Conservancy, she established Public Art Consortium, a national initiative of museum, public-art-program, and sculpture park colleagues. In 2019, she served as Commissioner and Curator of the United States Pavilion at the 58th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, with a representation of artist Martin Puryear.

Rapaport has worked as a museum curator, independent curator, and art writer. During her 13-year tenure at the Brooklyn Museum, she organized numerous exhibitions and wrote corresponding catalogues in her roles as assistant and then associate curator of contemporary art. As part of the Brooklyn Museum’s Grand Lobby series of installations, she worked with contemporary artists to realize their projects. As guest curator at The Jewish Museum, New York, she organized Houdini: Art and Magic (2010), an interdisciplinary exhibition on the life and enduring significance to contemporary artists of the magician and escape artist Harry Houdini, and the retrospective exhibition Louise Nevelson: Constructing a Legend (2007). Rapaport has also held positions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and the Jamaica Arts Center in Queens, New York. She is a contributing editor and frequent writer for Sculpture magazine and a regular lecturer, moderator, panelist, and catalogue essayist on contemporary art and public art.

Rapaport received her B.A. cum laude in art history from Amherst College and completed her M.A. in art history from Rutgers University. She is also the recipient of a Helena Rubinstein Fellowship in Museum Studies from the Whitney Museum’s Independent Study Program. She sits on the Board of Directors of Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City, Al Held Foundation, von Rydingsvard and Greengard Foundation and is Vice President of the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation in New York. She currently serves on the board of the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College.

About the Artist

Cristina Iglesias shapes large-scale, site-specific sculpture and installations that probe the tension between past and present, ancient and contemporary. Resisting the asceticism of the Minimalist movement, Iglesias initially created grid-like structures in natural materials that were suspended to assemble pavilions and architectural spaces. Beginning in the 2000s, Iglesias began to incorporate water into her permanent outdoor projects and sculptures.

Iglesias’s work has been the subject of solo presentations at museums internationally, including Centro Botín, Santander, Spain (2018); Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid (2013); Ludwig Museum, Cologne (2006); Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (2003); and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (1997). She additionally has been commissioned to create major projects and installations at Bloomberg headquarters, London (2017); Fondaciòn Botin, Santander (2017); Tres Aguas at Toledo, Spain (2014); Mexican Foundation of Environmental Education, Baja, California (2010); Museo del Prado, Madrid (2007); and Royal Museum of Fine Art, Antwerp (2006). The Museum of Fine Arts Houston opened Iglesias’ major permanent outdoor commission, Inner Landscape (the lithosphere, the roots, the water) (2020) in front of the new Kinder Building. Last summer she realized Hondalea (2021), transforming a lighthouse into a sculpture on Santa Clara Island in the Bay of Donostia, San Sebastián, Spain.

Iglesias represented Spain at the Venice Biennale (1986, 1993) and at the Biennale of Sydney (1990, 2012); at the Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh (1995); the Taipei Biennial (2003); at the SITE Santa Fe Biennial (2006); and at the Folkstone Triennal (2011).

Iglesias was born in San Sebastián, Northern Spain in November 1956. She studied Chemical Sciences in the University of the Basque Country (1976 – 1978), and ceramics and sculpture at the Chelsea College of Art in London (1980 – 1982). She was granted a Fulbright scholarship to study at Pratt Institute (1988) and was appointed Professor of Sculpture at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich (1995).

Her studio is in Madrid, Spain.

About the Exhibition (Continued)

For Landscape and Memory, Iglesias digs deep into the park’s lawns to install five subterranean bronze sculptures carved with intricately patterned bas-reliefs. A subtle stream of water continuously trails across the sculptures’ hollowed surfaces. This evokes the constancy of water slowly eroding rocky surfaces across millennia. The installation conjures the existence of unseen ancient streams that continue to run beneath modern cities, connecting the urban present with its primordial past. It connects us to abstract ideas of what lies beneath.

Nodding to historian Simon Schama’s major 1995 volume of the same name, which surveyed the history of landscape across time and terrain, Landscape and Memory is informed by Iglesias’ research into the history of the site. For the project, Iglesias located and studied historic maps that document the water flow through Madison Square Park, where the Cedar Creek once coursed. With nineteenth-century industrialization, streams like the Cedar were buried underground to create additional land for building sites, underground drains, or sewers. Through Landscape and Memory, Iglesias renders this history visible again, inviting viewers to contemplate centuries of transformation of urban sites that were once natural.

About Madison Square Park Conservancy

Madison Square Park Conservancy cultivates and enlivens Madison Square Park, a dynamic seven-acre public park in New York City’s Flatiron District and one of the city’s most treasured green spaces. Through its public art commissions, horticultural stewardship, and engaging programming, the nonprofit creates an urban oasis that welcomes a diverse community of over 60,000 visitors each day. Keats Myer is the Conservancy’s Executive Director.

Since 2004, the Conservancy has become a leader in commissioning new works of public art, curating and presenting over 40 major site-specific installations and solo exhibitions through its art programming. Led by Brooke Kamin Rapaport, Deputy Director and Martin Friedman Chief Curator, the program invites leading artists to push the boundaries of their practice and create risk-taking new works that experiment with materiality, scale, and theme in response to the park’s unique environment. The ambition of the commissioning program expands each year alongside the diverse range of innovative artists including Diana Al-Hadid, Tony Cragg, Abigail DeVille, Leonardo Drew, Maya Lin, Iván Navarro, Martin Puryear, Arlene Shechet, Ursula von Rydingsvard, and Krzysztof Wodiczko.

In 2019, the Conservancy served as the commissioning institution for the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, marking the first time that an organization whose visual art program focuses exclusively on public art has received this honor. With Rapaport serving as Commissioner, the Conservancy presented new work by Martin Puryear.

Image: Cristina Iglesias overseeing the installation of Landscape and Memory, courtesy of Madison Square Park Conservancy

New York | Curator’s Talk with Cecilia Alemani, Artistic Director of the 59th Venice Biennale, on “The Milk of Dreams”
2022-06-22 17:00 | The James Howell Foundation, New York, New York, 10014, United States
The James Howell Foundation and ArtTable present a special curator’s talk with Cecilia Alemani, Artistic Director of the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, on this edition’s theme: “The Milk of Dreams.” Alemani will be in conversation with Laura Bardier, Executive Director of the James Howell Foundation.

Organized around Leonora Carrington’s The Milk of Dreams, the exhibition reflects on what it means to be human today. It focuses on three thematic areas in particular: the representation of bodies and their metamorphoses; the relationship between individuals and technologies; and the connection between bodies and the Earth.

This program is free and open to ArtTable Circle, Board, and Executive level members only. Registration is required. ArtTable Circle and Board members receive priority registration. Registration for Executive level members will open on Wednesday, June 8, 2022.

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Health & Safety Face masks are optional though recommended inside the gallery. Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with the James Howell Foundation and ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed. Accessibility The James Howell Foundation is wheelchair accessible. If you would like more information about accessibility or need particular accommodations for this program, please email Haley at programs@arttable.org. Getting There The James Howell Foundation is located in the West Village neighborhood of New York City. The nearest subway station is Christopher Street (1 and 2 trains). The exact address will be shared with attendees upon registration.

About the Cecilia Alemani

Cecilia Alemani is an Italian curator based in New York. Currently, she is the Artistic Director of the upcoming 59th International Art Exhibition (2022) in Venice. Since 2011, she has been the Director & Chief Curator of High Line Art, the public art program presented by the High Line in New York. In 2018, Alemani served as Artistic Director of the inaugural edition of Art Basel Cities: Buenos Aires. In 2017, she curated the Italian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

About the James Howell Foundation

The James Howell Foundation is a proud sponsor of the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia “The Milk of Dreams.” The James Howell Foundation supports Howell’s vision of committed investigation of like-minded endeavors through a variety of professional programs and projects. The Foundation creates and furthers philanthropic initiatives that empower art professionals, curators and artists, as a contribution to cultural and humanistic advancement.

About The Milk of Dreams

“The Milk of Dreams” takes its title from a book by Leonora Carrington (1917–2011) in which the Surrealist artist describes a magical world where life is constantly re-envisioned through the prism of the imagination. The exhibition The Milk of Dreams takes Leonora Carrington’s otherworldly creatures, along with other figures of transformation, as companions on an imaginary journey through the metamorphoses of bodies and definitions of the human.

This exhibition is grounded in many conversations with artists held in the last few years. The questions that kept emerging from these dialogues seem to capture this moment in history when the very survival of the species is threatened, but also to sum up many other inquiries that pervade the sciences, arts, and myths of our time. How is the definition of the human changing? What constitutes life, and what differentiates plant and animal, human and non-human? What are our responsibilities towards the planet, other people, and other life forms? And what would life look like without us?

Thank you to ArtTable Board member Laura Bardier for organizing this program.

Image: Cecilia Alemani; Cover art for the 59th Venice Biennale Catalog

A Day in Baltimore
2022-06-25 00:00 - 23:59 | Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, United States
ArtTable is going to Baltimore!

Please join us for a day of art and exploration in Baltimore, Maryland. This trip will feature visits to two of Baltimore’s leading arts institutions, a private collection, and a contemporary gallery. Enjoy a lovely early summer’s day with members and friends exploring this vibrant city!

Please note: Transportation to and from Baltimore is not included in this trip. We will meet at the first location on the itinerary, after which a private bus will provide transportation between other locations on the itinerary. We will also utilize ride-sharing apps for the final visit of the day. Recommended transportation to/from the city can be found below.

ITINERARY

10:45 AM – Meet us at the American Visionary Art Museum for a tour of Healing and the Art of Compassion (and the Lack Thereof!) with the museum’s Founder & Director, Rebecca Hoffberger. This will be Rebecca’s last exhibition before she retires in the fall.12:15 PM – Our shuttle bus will take us to the residence of Keith Eric Timmons for a private viewing of his collection, which includes works by Amy Sherald, Jerrell Gibbs, and many more.1:30 PM – We will enjoy a delicious lunch at Gertrude’s Chesapeake Kitchen.3:00 PM – After lunch, we will have time at the Baltimore Museum of Art to see dozens of works from public and private collections in an exploration of the full arc of Joan Mitchell’s artistic practice. Entry includes access to the whole museum in addition to the Joan Mitchell exhibition. Attendees will have time to explore at their leisure.4:15 PM – Finally, we will end our day with a private tour and reception at Goya Contemporary/Goya-Girl Press, where the exhibition, The Soul Selects: Louise Fishman and her Heroes, Mitchell, Martin and Hesse, will be on view.

This program is open to ArtTable members only $165, and non-members for $195. Your ticket includes entry to both museums, lunch, and transportation (from the American Visionary Art Museum, to the private collection, to the Baltimore Museum of Art, and to Goya Contemporary).

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Health & Safety American Visionary Art Museum All visitors over the age of 2 must wear a face covering.All visitors are required to maintain 6 feet of social distancing at all times, including in the elevators and restrooms. Parties/families may remain together. Children must remain with adults at all times.Coat check and water fountains are temporarily suspended. Please limit your bags to 12”X12” in size. Coats and strollers are allowed.No food or drink allowed in the museum.Frequent hand washing is encouraged, or use of hand sanitizer stations located throughout the museum when hand washing is not possible.Restrooms and high-touch surfaces, such as doorknobs, are frequently cleaned all day.Photo and video without flash for personal use is welcome!If you’re not feeling well, please stay home and visit us another time!​Private Residence Our host has requested that visitors wear a face covering for the duration of the tour.Gertrude's Gertrude's currently does not have any COVID guidelines in place. Staff have the option to wear a mask, but it is not mandatory. Guests do not have to wear a mask while on the premises.Baltimore Museum of Art More information to come.Goya Contemporary Masks are encouraged but not required.Please email Haley at programs@arttable.org if you have any questions! Accessibility American Visionary Art Museum The main entrance is the accessible entrance.Mobility Aids: The museum and its campus are accessible to wheelchairs and those with limited mobility. Wheelchairs are available free of charge at Visitor Services on a first-come, first-served basis.Service animals are welcome in the museum.For visitors who are hearing impaired, films are either captioned, or transcripts are available upon request at Visitor Services.Private Residence There are 2 steps to enter the residence, and multiple staircases inside. Please prepare accordinglyIf you will require accommodations for this portion of the trip, please email Haley at programs@arttable.org.Gertrude's The restaurant is wheelchair accessible. Once you get up the small curb into the museum building (and there's even a ramp for that curb), the entire ground floor is one level without any steps.Baltimore Museum of Art More information to come.Goya Contemporary The gallery is wheelchair accessible, though there is not a wheelchair available on site. The ramp is to the left of the entrance. Staff can meet the individual(s) at the entrance to assist with entry if needed.Please email Haley at programs@arttable.org if you have any questions! Getting There To Baltimore from: Washington, DC Amtrak has several train options available that will get you to Baltimore in time for our tour at 11:00 AM. The first train departs Washington, DC's Union Station at 8:12 AM and arrives at 8:54 AM. The next train departs at 9:15 AM and arrives at 9:56 AM. The following train does not arrive in Baltimore until 11:00 AM, so not in time for the first tour of the day. You may also look into bus options via Peter Pan, Megabus, or Greyhound.Philadelphia Amtrak has two train options available that will get you to Baltimore in time for our tour at 11:00 AM. The first train departs Philadelphia's William H. Gray III 30th Street Station at 8:54 AM and arrives at 10:02 AM. The next train departs at 9:13 AM and arrives at 10:21 AM.New York City Amtrak has two train options available that will get you to Baltimore in time for our tour at 11:00 AM. The first train departs New York Moynihan Trail Hall at 7:17 AM and arrives at 10:02 AM. The next train departs at 8:00 AM and arrives at 10:21 AM.To the American Visionary Art Museum The AVAM is located at 800 Key Hwy, Baltimore, MD 21230. From Baltimore Penn Station, it is approximately a 12 minute drive, or you can utilize local public transportation by taking the CityLink Green Bus Downtown from the train station to the Light Street & Redwood Street stop. Then switch to the 71 Bus at 71 Patapsco Station and ride 4 minutes to the Key Hwy & Covington NS EB stop, just a 2 minute walk from the museum. To Baltimore Penn Station (from Goya Contemporary) Depending on traffic, the drive from Goya Contemporary to Baltimore Penn Station is approximately 6-9 minutes. Public transportation is also available by walking approximately 6 minutes from the gallery to 33RD Street & Chestnut Avenue, where you can pick up the 94 bus towards Fort McHenry, and get off at the Howard St & North Ave stop. From there it is about a 9 minute walk to the train station. From Baltimore to: Washington, DC Our day ends at 5:30 PM, but yours doesn't have to! We encourage all members to stick around the city and explore at their leisure. When you're ready to head back, Amtrak has plenty of trains departing Baltimore Penn Station at 5:53 PM (arrive 6:35 PM), 6:13 PM (arrive 6:51 PM), 6:55 PM (arrive 7:41 PM), and 7:57 PM (arrive 8:45 PM).Philadelphia Amtrak's Northeast Regional Train 192 departs Baltimore Penn Station at 5:53 PM and arrives in Philadelphia at 7:16 PM. If you want to stick around Baltimore a bit longer, the next train departs at 6:44 PM and arrives in Philadelphia at 8:02 PM.New York City Amtrak's Northeast Regional Train 192 departs Baltimore Penn Station at 5:53 PM and arrives in New York City at 8:45 PM. If you want to stick around Baltimore for a bit longer and don't mind getting home late, the next train departs at 6:44 PM and arrives in New York City at 9:45 PM.Please email Haley at programs@arttable.org if you have any questions!

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Image: Baltimore skyline, courtesy of tripsavvy

Florida | Artist Reception with Sara Schroeder
2022-06-25 14:00 | Art at the Citadel, 8300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, Florida, 33138, United States
Join ArtTable in Miami for an afternoon reception with artist Sara Schroeder. Schroeder will speak to us about her first Miami solo show From Here to There at Art in the Citadel, curated by ArtTable member Amanda Baker as part of the international Taking Up Space Initiative. Refreshments will be served!

Admission:

ArtTable Members – $15Member Guests – $20

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Health & Safety Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed. While there are no guidelines currently in place in Miami in regards to Covid-19, face masks are optional and encouraged if you are considered to be in a high risk category. Accessibility Art at the Citadel is located on the ground floor and easily accessible by wheelchair. Getting There Art at the Citadel is located at 8300 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33138. Click here to get directions from your location.

About the Artist

Born in Washington and raised in Idaho, Sara Schroeder is a contemporary painter currently living in Miami, Florida. She dedicated time to her formal fine art education until 1998, when she decided to take an extended break to raise young children. She has since furthered her education and established her artistic practice. In her works, Schroeder explores the interplay between corporeal experience and ethereal space through highly gestural and bright abstract paintings. In 2019, the Miami Design Preservation League selected Schroeder as the Art Deco Museum’s “Featured Local Artist,” and in 2021 she was chosen as Alto’s Featured Miami Artist for the luxury ride-share company’s “Alto + The Arts” initiative. Schroeder’s work is collected by many art enthusiasts and has been included in multiple group exhibitions across Florida.

About the Taking Up Space Initiative & From Here to There

Jamie Smith of Thrive Artist Network and Kaylan Buteyn of Artist/Mother Network co-launched the Taking Up Space Initiative. As part of this initiative, female artists are challenged to put on solo or group shows in their communities to actively take up space within the world. Within this context, Sara Schroeder’s exhibition focuses on the passage of time from the onset of the Covid pandemic until now. It investigates interactions and conversations between physical and emotional experiences.

Each of the 100 small mixed media works on paper represents one such conversation, expressed through the abstract interplay of two forms of information. Holistically, the continuous body of work presents a narrative of the “there” of intuition and senses, and the “here” of our immediacy and awareness.

To Schroeder, seeing how world events affected her sense of stability, and watching her temperament and her understanding of her painting vocabulary transform over time, is a reminder that every individual has their own story. With this awareness, the artist created works that built on the idea of continuously moving forward, with glimpses of ideas and small steps moving us along towards a larger whole.

“From There To Here is a visual journey through one of the strangest times in my own life and in the history of the world,” says Sara Schroeder. “Showing this collection feels like sharing hope and encouragement, and I’m thrilled to be doing it at Art at the Citadel and under the umbrella of the Taking Up Space Initiative, joining hundreds of female artists around the world to do exactly that: contribute a small piece to help build something massive.”

Ridgefield, CT | Curator-led Exhibition Tour - '52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone' at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
2022-07-09 11:00 - 14:00 | The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 258 Main Street, Ridgefield, Connecticut, 06877, United States
Please join us for a special tour of 52 Artists – A Feminist Milestone at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, with Senior Curator Amy Smith-Stewart. After our tour, enjoy free time exploring the rest of the museum and join us for a no-host lunch at Bailey’s Backyard in Ridgefield’s Cultural District (which also includes bookstores, sweet shops, and more!).

52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone celebrates the fifty-first anniversary of the historic exhibition Twenty Six Contemporary Women Artists, curated by Lucy R. Lippard and presented at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in 1971. 52 Artists will showcase work by the artists included in the original 1971 exhibition, alongside a new roster of twenty-six female-identifying or nonbinary emerging artists, tracking the evolution of feminist art practices over the past five decades. 52 Artists will encompass the entirety of the Museum (approx. 8,000 sq. ft)—the first exhibition to do so in The Aldrich’s new building which was inaugurated in 2004.

The exhibition is organized by The Aldrich’s Senior Curator Amy Smith-Stewart, who selected the emerging twenty-six artists, and independent curator Alexandra Schwartz, with The Aldrich’s Curatorial Assistant and Publications Manager Caitlin Monachino.

Admission:

ArtTable Members – $15Member Guests/Non-Members – $25

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Please note that transportation to The Aldrich is not included in this program. We will meet at the museum by 11:00 AM. See ‘Getting There’ below for directions.

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Health & Safety Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed. The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum is a private institution devoted to serving the public. The museum requires that visitors adhere to the protocols and Code of Conduct outlined below, which apply to the Museum’s galleries and grounds. If you are feeling ill, the museum asks that you please wait to visit the Museum at a later date. No outside food or beverages are permitted inside the museum. In an effort to keep our visitors safe, The Aldrich has taken the following precautions: An acrylic panel has been placed at the Front Desk to keep staff and visitors apartTouchless hand sanitizing stations are installed throughout the MuseumThe coat room and water fountains are closedIf you're sick, please stay home! By registering for this program, you are affirming that you are currently not exhibiting symptoms consistent with COVID-19. If, after this registration you become ill, please contact Haley at programs@arttable.org. If you become ill with COVID-19 following your visit we ask that you kindly notify us so that we may inform the museum. Liability Statement from the Museum: I am aware that visiting The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum includes risks arising from possible exposure to communicable diseases including COVID-19. I knowingly and voluntarily accept this risk and assume full responsibility for any injury, illness or other loss that I may sustain as a result. Accessibility The Aldrich is committed to providing a welcoming and accessible environment for all. The museum extends an inclusive and respectful invitation for visitors to engage, learn, and be inspired by their visit. The Aldrich is fully accessible to visitors who use mobility assistive devices. There is a ramp from the parking lot onto the walkway. There are no steps from the parking lot to the front doors of the Museum. Elevators are available to access both floors. Wheelchairs are available and disinfected before use; please ask the Front Desk for options. Service animals are welcome to visit the Museum. Gender inclusive restrooms are located on the first floor and are ADA compliant. For visitors who are blind or have low vision: the Museum is equipped with braille directional signage. These signs have been included in our cleaning protocols for health and safety. Our staff are available to give verbal descriptions of the artwork on view and assist with any way-finding. For visitors who are deaf or hard of hearing: The Museum works to ensure that all multimedia exhibitions are captioned, if possible. Please ask about captioned works upon arrival. For visitors with Autism: the Museum is often less crowded during open hours on weekdays and mornings and late afternoons on weekends. Please call ahead to find out about your visit date. The galleries are kept between 68 and 72 degrees Fahrenheit. If you need quiet space during your visit, please ask a Museum staff member to help you locate a suitable place. You may also step outside into the Sculpture Garden through the doors located in the Museum’s lobby on the first floor. If you would like more information about accessibility or need particular accommodations for this program, please email Haley at programs@arttable.org. Getting There The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum is located at 258 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT 06877. Driving Directions The Aldrich is a short drive from many major metropolitan areas – 1.5 hours from New York City, 3 hours from Philadelphia, and 3 hours from Boston – and is located near I-95 and I-84. Free parking is available on site. Use Google Maps for driving directions.By Rail from New York City Take Metro North’s Harlem Line to the Katonah Station. The train ride is approximately one hour. From the train station, take a 20-minute car ride (via Katonah Taxi, Uber, or Lyft) to the Museum. If taking Uber or Lyft, please note that there may be a wait time for your car to arrive due to limited availability in the area. If taking Katonah Taxi, you may schedule your pick-up time in advance.

About Amy Smith-Stewart

Amy Smith-Stewart is Senior Curator at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. Since 2013 she has organized forty-two exhibitions and projects at the Museum. Her unique perspective has brought artists to The Aldrich during important stages of their careers including first time solo museum presentations with artists Milano Chow, Lucia Hierro, Genesis Belanger, Eva LeWitt, and Jessi Reaves, and survey shows with Jackie Winsor, Ruth Root, Suzanne McClelland, Harmony Hammond, and Karla Knight. Harmony Hammond: Material Witness, Five Decades of Art was named one of the best exhibitions of 2019 by the New York Times. The show traveled to the Sarasota Art Museum and was accompanied by the artist’s first monograph. Her upcoming curatorial project is 52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone. It revisits the historic exhibition, Twenty Six Contemporary Women Artists, curated by Lucy R. Lippard in 1971 and joins it with a new roster of twenty-six female identifying and nonbinary emerging artists to track the evolution of feminist art practices over half a century.

Smith-Stewart has organized more than seventy exhibitions in museums, collections, galleries, and temporary spaces. She is founder of the eponymous nomadic curatorial project, Smith-Stewart, previously located on the Lower East Side from 2007–2009. She began her career as a curator at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center (now MoMA PS1), where she mounted nineteen exhibitions and projects including first time solo museum presentations with artists Adrian Paci, Mika Rottenberg, Taryn Simon, and Aleksandra Mir, as well as group exhibitions including Day Labor and Greater New York 2005 (co-curator). From 2006–2007, she was a Curatorial Advisor for the Mary Boone Gallery, where she organized a series of group exhibitions introducing a new generation of artists to the Gallery. She has organized exhibitions at Socrates Sculpture Park and the Noguchi Museum and was the 2006–2008 Guest Curator for the Peter Norton Collection. She has served on faculty at the School of the Visual Arts, MFA Fine Arts department, and the Sotheby’s Institute of Art MA Contemporary Art program. Her writing has appeared in books and catalogues published by Taschen, Gregory R. Miller & Co., Revolver Publishing, Bates College Museum of Art, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Charta, among others.

Images: Merrill Wagner, Untitled, 1969. Courtesy of the artist and David Zwirner, New York. / Tourmaline, Coral Hairstreak, 2020. Courtesy of the artist and Chapter NY, New York Photo: Dario Lasagni

Portland | Studio Visit with Christine Bourdette
2022-07-14 17:00 | Portland, OR, Portland, Oregon, 97209, United States
Join ArtTable’s Northwest Chapter for a special studio visit with Portland-based artist, Christine Bourdette. We will get to tour her studio and learn more about her inspiration and process. From there, join us afterwards for conversation and a no-host summer cocktail at the Emerald Line.

Admission:

ArtTable Members – $10Member Guests/Non-Members – $15

Please note that space is limited.

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Health & Safety Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed. Face masks are required for the duration of the studio visit. Accessibility The studio is accessible by elevator. Getting There The studio is located in the Pearl District in Portland, OR. The exact address will be relayed to registrants upon registration. Please note that parking in the area can be challenging, so it is suggested you allow extra time if driving. Prompt arrival is necessary.

About the artist

Christine Bourdette is a Portland, Oregon-based visual artist who maintains studio and public art practices. Her studio work includes sculpture, drawing, prints, and installation. Over the course of her career she has cultivated a three-dimensional vocabulary incorporating a wide repertoire of materials and a dedication to craft. She has simultaneously built an expansive drawing practice that feeds and is fed by her sculptor’s sensibilities. Bourdette’s work has commented on social, political, or simply human predicaments, often seasoned with compassion and humor.

Geologic features and fracturing earth, the land as an uneasy topography, informs her recent work. She views the accretions, erosion, and metamorphosis of Earth throughout geologic time as inversely analogous to our relatively compacted experience as human beings. The cumulative distortions, upheavals, erratic shifting of terrain, seem to her as metaphors for this era we inhabit, for a sense of surviving instability through instability. Though they reflect qualities of landforms, she considers her works to occupy a zone between representation and abstraction; it utilizes the transformation and synthesis of materials imagery, and ideas, essentially aestheticizing the residue of earthly fragility and decomposition and, in turn, the potential for regeneration.

Bourdette earned her BA from Lewis and Clark College where she studied art and languages. She was the first recipient of the Bonnie Bronson Fellowship, and has received a Visual Artist Fellowship from the Regional Arts & Culture Council and a Golden Spot award from The Ford Family Foundation. She has held residencies at Playa, Caldera, the Ucross Foundation, and the Tamarind Institute.

Bourdette has exhibited in the United States and France, including solo exhibitions at Elizabeth Leach Gallery (Portland, OR), The Art Gym at Marylhurst University (Portland, OR), The Tyler Museum of Art (Tyler, TX), Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, WA), Klein Gallery (Chicago, IL), The Alexandria Museum, (Alexandria, LA), and Galerie L’Aire du Verseau (Paris, France). Her sculpture and drawings are in many public and private collections nationwide. Bourdette has also completed public art commissions in Oregon, Washington, North Carolina, Arizona, and Florida. Her art has been featured in Sculpture magazine and reviewed in Art in America, Artweek, and Visions Quarterly. She frequently collaborates on visual design for performance, dance, and film, including the animated short film, Bunnyheads, with filmmaker Jim Blashfield. She is represented by the Elizabeth Leach Gallery in Portland, Oregon.

Images: Christine Bourdette, Simmer, 2021; graphite, water-soluble pigment and pigment-based ink on paper; Courtesy of the artist and Elizabeth Leach Gallery / Christine Bourdette, Shift, 2021; vellum and pigment based ink; Courtesy of the artist and Elizabeth Leach Gallery

This program is generously supported by the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. The Pollock-Krasner Foundation has been a leader in providing grants enabling emerging and established artists to focus on their work. Funding helps artists to create new work, acquire art supplies, rent studio space, and prepare exhibitions. The Foundation also provides grants to organizations that directly engage with artists, such as artist residency programs. Please visit www.pkf.org for more information.

NoCal | Tour of 'Elegies: Still Lifes in Contemporary Art' at the Museum of the African Diaspora, with Monique Long
2022-07-17 16:00 | Museum of the African Diaspora, 685 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
Join curator Monique Long for a tour of Elegies: Still Lifes in Contemporary Art, an exhibition that brings together an international group of artists who have disrupted or extended the traditional presentation of still lifes. The artists have appropriated the genre in order to create works within a framework of Black diasporic identities, histories, and collective experiences. Their works are expressed through various mediums including painting, photography, sculpture, printmaking, performance, and installation. A central discourse in this exhibition considers Blackness in relation to the question, “How does an artist create work about the body without the body being present?”

After the tour, join us for no-host drinks at Delarosa.

Admission:

ArtTable Members – $15Member Guests/Non-Members – $25

Please note that museum admission is included in the ticket price.

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Health & Safety Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed. All visitors must wear a face mask over nose and mouth when inside the Museum. Please note that the following are not permitted to be worn instead of a face mask: gaiters, bandanas, scarves, ski masks, balaclavas, or masks with an exhalation valve. Face shields are also not allowed instead of a mask, but may be worn over one. All visitors, regardless of age, are required to show proof of full COVID vaccination or of negative test results from a COVID PCR test (taken within 72 hours) for entry into the Museum. “Fully vaccinated” means entry into the Museum is at least 14 days after your final vaccine dose. We ask that you provide your physical vaccination card, a photo or copy of your card, or California’s digital vaccine record. Proof of vaccination is not required for outdoor dining. If you are feeling ill on the day of the tour, please stay home and rest.‍‍No food or beverages are allowed to be consumed in the museum during general admission hours. Maintain social distance during your visit. Stay six feet apart from others and follow distancing signage. Wash or sanitize your hands frequently. Sanitizer dispensers are located within the Museum. Bag and coat check is temporarily closed. Backpacks may not be worn on your back; they must be carried by hand (below the waist) or worn on the front of your body at all times. Please don’t gather for prolonged periods in one area — People generally spend anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour or more visiting the galleries, depending on the exhibitions. Any behavior or activity that disrupts the safe or orderly use of the Museum, or that affects the staff’s ability to provide services, is prohibited. Please treat each other and our staff with respect — no profanity and/or engaging in rude, inconsiderate, or abusive behavior. We can all use a little kindness. Visitors not following the COVID-19 Safety protocols will be promptly asked to leave MoAD. COVID-19 Pre-screening Questions:‍1. Within the past 10 days, have you been diagnosed with, or tested positive for, COVID-19?‍2. Have you had close contact or live in the same household with someone who in the past 14 days has been in isolation for, or tested positive for, COVID-19?3. Have you had any of the following in the last 24 hours?- Fever (100.4°F/38°C or greater) or chill- Cough- Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing- FatigueMuscle or body aches- HeadacheNew loss of taste or smell- Sore throatCongestion or runny nose- Nausea or vomiting- Diarrhea‍By entering the building, you acknowledge that you have reviewed and answered “no” to all these questions. The City of San Francisco requires these questions be posted. Please review them, and if you answer yes to any, return another day. Our Visitor Experience Team can help you reschedule your ticket for an alternative date at no charge. Accessibility Museum of the African Diaspora is ADA accessible to all visitors Access to Galleries & Theatre - MoAD is fully accessible via wheelchair. Our elevator makes it easy to move between floors. We have one wheelchair you may borrow during your visit, subject to availability. Wheelchair seating is available at events and within the Freedom Theater for visitors using wheelchairs and for their companions. All Museum galleries and the theatre are accessible via large stairways.Accessible Toilets & Water Fountain - Our restroom is equipped with a diaper-changing table and a unisex stall for helping a companion. Water fountain on the second floor. (Water fountains are currently out of service to comply with health and safety measures)Museum Guides & Audio Accessibility - Guided audio tour available on the exhibitions pages on this website. Visual descriptions audio tour offers detailed descriptions of selected works on display within our galleries. Films in the Freedom Theater are shown with open captioning in English.Assistance & Companion Animals - Service animals, such as guide dogs for the blind, are welcome at MoAD. Pets are not allowed. Getting There The Museum of the African Diaspora is located at 685 Mission Street (at Third) San Francisco, CA 94105. By Car Get driving directions (Google maps)Find parking information (Google maps)‍By Public Transportation BART‍MuniAdditional public transit information can be found here

About Monique Long

Monique Long is an independent curator and writer based in New York City. An alumna of the ArtTable fellowship program, she was the mentee of curator Lowery Stokes Sims, PhD at the Museum of Arts and Design in 2010.

Image: Brittney Leeanne Williams, Untitled (Birds of Paradise), 2018, Acrylic on canvas, 10 x 10 in., Courtesy of the artist and Alexander Berggruen, NY

Seattle | ArtTable Reception at the Seattle Art Fair
2022-07-23 11:00 | Seattle Art Fair, Lumen Field Event Center, 800 Occidental Ave S, Seattle, Washington, 98134, United States
Join ArtTable members from around the country for a private half-hour brunch reception, followed by a tour of the Seattle Art Fair with Director Kelly Freeman. The tour will highlight woman-owned galleries and their artistic programs.

Admission:

ArtTable Members – $45Member Guests/Non-Members – $65

Registration includes a complimentary fair pass which allows access for one person starting at 6:00pm on Thursday, July 21 and all fair hours, July 22-24, 2022.

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Health & Safety Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed. All attendees to the fair are required to show proof of vaccination and wear a face mask while visiting the fair. Ticket holders may present any one of the following in paper form (original documents) or by digital application (photo of vaccination card, Clear application, State of California Digital COVID-19 Vaccination Record QR) to gain entry to the event: Proof of full vaccination, which means your final dose of the COVID-19 vaccine has been administered at least 14 days before you plan to attend.Ticket holders, ages 12 and older, will be required to show either a government-issued (i.e. driver’s license, passport) or school-issued photo ID that matches the name on your COVID-19 proof of vaccination. Guests under 12 do not require ID, but must be accompanied by an adult who meets the above requirements. Entry will be denied for ticket holders who do not provide the documentation as required above. Everyone, ages two (2) years and older, must wear a face always covering within the event.Face coverings must cover the nose and mouth.Cloth, surgical/3-ply, KN95, and 95 masks are permitted.Cloth face coverings should be made of tightly woven fabric and ideally composed of two or three layers of material. Cloth masks must fit snugly around the nose and chin to prevent leakage of air; a nose wire may be helpful in achieving a close seal. They may not be made of lace or similarly open or web-like material.Face shields can be used in addition to face coverings, but are not an acceptable alternative to face coverings, as described above.Gaiters, bandanas, and face coverings with an exhalation valve are not permitted.Masks will be made available if you do not bring your own.Non-compliance with face covering guidelines will result in immediate dismissal from the event. Refunds will not be administered.Art Market Productions will require a valid e-mail address at time of ticket purchase should contact tracing need to be administered.We encourage you to alert us by email or in person upon your arrival if you are concerned about any of the following. We would be glad to refund your tickets. That you may have been in contact with a person has tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 7 days.That you are experiencing any symptoms of fever or chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, the new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion, or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, or diarrhea.Hand sanitizer stations will be available throughout the event for your use. Signage will promote proper hand washing and hygiene practices. Staff will clean and sanitize the restrooms frequently. Please note that the regulations and recommended protocols continue to evolve, and Art Market Productions reserves the right to revise these measures and requirements as needed, in order to comply with federal and state regulations, as well as to ensure the utmost safety of all visitors and staff onsite. Accessibility The Lumen Field Event Center is fully ADA accessible. Getting There The Seattle Art Fair will take place at the Lumen Field Event Center, located at 800 Occidental Ave S, Seattle, WA 98134.

About Kelly Freeman
Kelly Freeman directs AMP’s suite of art fairs, sourcing and placing domestic and international galleries. She develops special projects and exhibitions – opportunities to appeal to a high end, collecting audience, shaping unique spaces and events to retain visitors year after year. Kelly also oversees all marketing and communications, focusing on reaching the right audience for each event. Kelly also consults across AMP immersive events business, working to develop strong content and drive quality attendance.Kelly previously worked with UBS and Citigroup’s Business Development Departments and has also managed the sales teams of several New York City contemporary art galleries.

Image: Courtesy of the Seattle art fair

Virtual | Meet the 2022 ArtTable Fellows!￼
2022-07-28 12:00 - 13:30
9am PT / 19am MT / 11am CT / 12pm ET

Please join us for a virtual meet & greet with the 2022 ArtTable Fellows! This year ArtTable was able to award 17 fellowship positions to emerging professionals throughout the country, all thanks to generous donations from individuals, foundations, and corporations. The fellows will discuss their projects and overall experience with the ArtTable Fellowship Program so far. We are also thrilled to have Alana Hernandez, Executive Director & Curator CALA Alliance (Celebración Artística de las Américas) and former ArtTable Fellow, join us to share her perspective on her ArtTable Fellowship experiences, and to offer valuable advice to the current fellows. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet our current fellowship cohort and learn more about the ArtTable Fellowship Program and the opportunities it provides to emerging professionals. We are pleased to celebrate over 20 years of this impactful program in which we have partnered with 64 leading arts organizations nation-wide, supported 127 women-identifying fellows, and dispersed over $371,000 in stipends for the fellows since its inception. Click here to read more about our Impact initiatives!

Registration for this program is free and open to all, with a suggested donation of $15.00 to continue to support the program. We hope to see you there!

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About the ArtTable Fellowship Program
Since the year 2000, ArtTable has conducted a Fellowship Program to address the marked lack of diversity in arts employment. The Fellowship provides quality experiences and mentorship to women-identifying graduate students and emerging professionals from backgrounds generally underrepresented in the field to aid their transition from academic to professional careers. Through one-on-one mentoring relationships at select museums and cultural organizations, fellows have the opportunity to work with established leaders and gain exposure to a range of professional activities.
The 2022 ArtTable Fellows
Cheyene Adams | The Studio Museum in Harlem | New York, NYLara Arafeh | The Baltimore Museum of Art | Baltimore, MDAlexandria Bingham | Capital One Art Program | Tysons, VACandace Borders | Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis | St. Louis, MOAmanda Elena Brito | Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center | Oklahoma City, OKLulu Luyao Chang | The James Howell Foundation | New York, NYMichelle Huynh Chu | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum | New York, NYRebeca Cintrón-Loáisiga | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NYYocari De los Santos | CALA Alliance | Phoenix, AZSophia Ellis | The Morgan Library & Museum | New York, NYLuiza Repsold França | El Museo del Barrio | New York, NYKimari Jackson | Seattle Art Museum | Seattle, WAStefanie Jason | Amant Foundation | Brooklyn, NYJuliet Johnson | Materials & Applications (M&A) | Los Angeles, CATatyana Neal | American Indian Artists Inc. (AMERINDA) | New York, NYchristian reeder | Montclair Art Museum | Montclair, NJXiao Wei | Swann Galleries | New York, NY
Click here to read more about the ArtTable Fellowship Program, the 2022 Fellows, and the projects they are working on this summer.
2022 Fellowship Supporters
This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. ArtTable is grateful for our new supporters, Herschel Supply Co., Murk & Co, Capital One Art Program, and The James Howell Foundation. For their continued support, ArtTable also thanks the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Lenore Tawney Foundation, Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation, and The Leon Polk Smith Foundation, among others, along with the invaluable support of individuals, including Lila Harnett, ArtTable’s founder and original supporter of this program, and also the help of our Fellowship Committee Members and Mentors involved in the program. A list of all supporters of the ArtTable Fellowship can be found here.
To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov.
For more information on how to contribute to this program or to participate, visit arttable.org/impact.

To learn more about supporting this program, email director@arttable.org.

To learn more about participating in this program as a Host Organization or Fellow, email lroldan@arttable.org.

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New York | VIP Preview at 4Heads Artists-in-Residence Portal Art Fair on Governors Island
2022-07-29 16:00 | Governors Island, Colonel's Row, Building 408A, New York, New York, United States
Join us on Governors Island for VIP Preview of the Portal Art Fair, including a discussion with the Founders of 4Heads Artist-in-Residence and an opportunity to meet with the artists in their studios! Light refreshments will be provided. Please note that there are two time slots for this program beginning at 4:15 PM or 6:15 PM.

This is the 15th Anniversary of the 4Heads Organization on Governors Island. The founders will share their experience in starting this non-profit arts organization, how they grew and expanded over the years, artist success stories, and how they adapted and adjusted due to the pandemic.

The current 8 Artists-in-Residence will give insight into their experiences and installations, giving individual talks and a VIP preview before the public exhibition taking place from August 5-7. Each artist was assigned a different area of the house and allowed the freedom to transform the space.

Governors Island Art Fair (now called Portal: GI) was first launched in 2008, and was one of the very first major art events to take place on Governors Island. As interest in the Island as a cultural destination has grown, in particular over the last several years, 4heads has remained steadfast in maintaining its presence, continuing to provide working artists with a place to show new and recent work and to build their network of support – both among peers and the public.

Governor’s Island is open late on Friday and Saturday nights, with the last ferry to Manhattan departing at 10 PM. Guests are welcome to stay on the island, watch the sunset, and enjoy a drink.

Admission:

ArtTable Members – $10Member Guests/Non-Members – $20

Please note that your ferry to Governors Island is not included with your ticket. Attendees are responsible for getting themselves to and from the program.

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There are two time slots for this program beginning at 4:15 PM or 6:15 PM:

SESSION 1

4:15-5:00 PM – Presentation and discussion with 4Heads Founders and team5:00-6:00 PM – Visit artist’s spaces and chat with the artists

SESSION 2

6:15-7:00 PM – Presentation and discussion with 4Heads Founders and team7:00-8:00 PM – Visit artist’s spaces and chat with the artists

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Health & Safety Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed. Face masks are required while indoors. Accessibility Colonel's Row, Building 408A, is not wheelchair-accessible. There are stairs to enter the first and second floors of the building. If you require accommodations for this program, please email Haley at programs@arttable.org for assistance. Getting There This program will take place at Colonel's Row, Building 408A, on Governors Island. Getting to Governors Island Governors Island is accessible via the NYC Ferry, which operates year-round. See here for ferry pickup and dropoff locations and schedules, as well as to purchase your ticket. All tickets are roundtrip and you do not have to make a reservation for your return ferry. Tickets are $4 for adults and free for seniors aged 65 and over, residents of NYCHA housing, IDNYC holders, military service members (former and active), and Governors Island members. Governor's Island is open late on Friday and Saturday nights, the last ferry to Manhattan being at 10pm. Guests are welcome to stay on the island, watch the sunset and enjoy a drink with the view of the skyline or Statue of Liberty behind them.Please email Haley at programs@arttable.org if you need assistance in scheduling your ferry.For additional information:Governor's Island Ferry: https://www.govisland.com/plan-your-visit/ferryNYC Ferry: https://www.ferry.nyc/routes-and-schedules/Getting to Building 408A Upon arriving on Governors Island, follow this map to Colonel's Row, Building 408A.

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Chicago | Tour & Reception: 'Theodora Allen: Saturnine' at the Driehaus Museum, with Anna Musci & Stephanie Cristello
2022-08-04 17:00 - 19:00 | Driehaus Museum, 40 East Erie Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
Please join us for a tour of Theodora Allen: Saturnine at the Driehaus Museum. Prior to the tour, enjoy a private half-hour reception with Anna Musci, Executive Director of the Driehaus Museum, and Stephanie Cristello, the Exhibition Curator. Stick around afterwards for a Gilded Age cocktail demo and tasting!

The exhibition marks the latest iteration of the Museum’s newest initiative: A Tale of Today. It features work by leading contemporary artists to expand the immersive experience and to shape our understanding of the world through the art, architecture, design, and cultural history of the Nickerson Mansion, the Museum’s home. Curated by Stephanie Cristello, Theodora Allen: Saturnine derives its title from figure of Saturn and its historical association with melancholy, often referred to as the curse of artists. Visitors to the Museum will see Allen’s luminous and meditative compositions. They are filled with a lexicon of snakes, planets, moons, and plant life – motifs that draw from ancient Greek mythology, literature, fin-de-siècle Europe, and the zeitgeist of 1960s California.

Admission:

ArtTable Members – $35Member Guests/Non-Members – $45

Your ticket includes the tour and access to the reception as well as discounted general admission to the museum.

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Health & Safety Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed. Health and Safety Measures Time-ticketed admissions and periodic head count monitoring throughout the day will aid in regulating capacity.Enhanced and frequent cleaning procedures and schedules have been put into place.Credit card only transactions are allowed at this time.Guest who feel sick prior to their admission time are required to reschedule their visit.Please note: Exposure to COVID-19 is an inherent risk in any public place where people are present. Despite all precautionary measures taken, we cannot guarantee that you will not be exposed during your visit. Your cooperation with Museum policies, including the safety measures outlined here and on signs posted throughout the Museum, is required during your visit. Please follow protection measures as outlined by the CDC before and during your visit. Accessibility Elevators service all three floors of the Driehaus Museum. The wheelchair accessible entrance is located at 50 East Erie Street, next door to the museum’s main entrance. Large print labels are available upon request from a Museum representative during your visit. Getting There The Driehaus Museum is located at 40 East Erie Street, Chicago, IL on the north-east corner of Wabash and Erie, just two blocks west of Michigan Avenue. While we do not offer parking onsite, the Museum validates the following garage:ROW Self-Park50 East Ohio StreetChicago, IL 60611 The rate is $16 for up to 6 hours. Validation is available at the Admissions desk. Additional parking options are available through SpotHero, the nation’s leading parking reservation app. To reserve your parking spot, visit the Driehaus Museum SpotHero Parking Page and book a spot with rates up to 50% off drive-up.

About Anna Musci

About Anna Musci
Anna Musci came to the Driehaus Museum after a 30-year career engaged in new business strategy in the financial services industry and advisory services to private clients, family offices, nonprofit organizations, and corporations in wealth management and estate planning. She served as a business development liaison to the investment banking, commercial lending, and private client services divisions of UBS Financial Services, CIBC Oppenheimer, Alex. Brown & Sons, and LaSalle Bank. At the Driehaus Museum she led the retail development strategy and started the first External Affairs department before serving in her current role as the Museum’s Executive Director in 2020.
A lifelong Chicagoan, Musci has demonstrated a commitment to serving her community. She is a sustaining member of the Junior League of Chicago, where she has held numerous advisory, committee chair, and board positions; member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals; member of the The Magnificent Mile Association; member of Women Investment Professionals; past Committee Chair for Chicago’s Old Town Art Fair; past director and treasurer of Famous Door Theatre Company; past tutor and advisory board member of Chicago Lights; and Recording for the Blind volunteer. Musci holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from St. Mary’s College of Notre Dame, Indiana and Rome, Italy.
About Stephanie Cristello
Stephanie Cristello (b. 1991) is a contemporary art critic, curator, and author based in Chicago, IL. Her work focuses on artists who critically engage with the image and its role in visual culture. Cristello was previously the Senior Editor US for ArtSlant (2012–2018). She is also the founding Editor-in-Chief of THE SEEN, Chicago’s International Journal of Contemporary & Modern Art. Her writing has been published in ArtReview, BOMB Magazine, Elephant Magazine, Frieze Magazine, Mousse Magazine, OSMOS, and Portable Gray, published by the University of Chicago Press. She graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2013 with a Liberal Arts Thesis in the Visual Critical Studies Department. She served as the Artistic Director of EXPO CHICAGO (2013–2020) and is currently the Director / Curator at Chicago Manual Style. In 2020–21 she was a Guest Curator at Kunsthal Aarhus (Denmark) and the Malmö Art Museum (Sweden), as well as a Curatorial Advisor to the 2020 Busan Biennale (South Korea). She is the author of Theodora Allen: Saturnine (Motto / Kunsthal Aarhus, 2021) and the forthcoming book Barbara Kasten: Architecture and Film 2015–2020 (Skira, 2022), which was awarded a publication grant from the Graham Foundation.

Miami | A Day at the Deering
2022-08-21 11:00 - 14:30 | Deering Estate, 16701 SW 72nd Avenue, Miami, Florida, 33157, United States
Please join us for a visit to Miami’s Deering Estate, a historical landmark preserving the 1920s era estate of Charles Deering, Chicago industrialist, early preservationist, environmentalist, art collector, philanthropist and first chairman of the International Harvester Company. Nestled along the coast in South Dade, the Deering Estate is a cultural asset and historic site listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Charles Deering died in 1927, but the Estate remained with his heirs until 1986 when it was purchased by the State of Florida, and added to the National Registry of Historic Places. Most of Charles Deering’s original collection was donated to the Art Institute of Chicago and the Libraries at Northwestern by his daughters. Some items have been brought back to the site through the generosity of members of the Deering Family and can be seen in the homes today. Other antique objects, representative of the style and era of the original contents are used for interpretation throughout the homes.

Program Itinerary

11:00 AM – Welcome! Enjoy networking and snacks in the Great Hall.11:30 AM – Enjoy a roundtable/presentation by Melissa Diaz, Head Curator and Museum Manager, and Becky Franco, one of the exhibiting artists, regarding the exhibition about the Stone House.12:00 PM – Melissa will provide a tour of the Stone House, the upstairs, downstairs and wine cellar. There may also be an option to visit some of the residences (depending on which artists will be present).2:30 PM – Program ends.

Admission:

ArtTable Members – $10Member Guests/Non-Members – $20

Your ticket includes access to the estate, a private tour, and light refreshments.

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Health & Safety Face masks are optional and dependent on the comfort of the individual. Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed. Please note that these guidelines are subject to change as needed. Accessibility The Deering Estate is fully ADA compliant and can also provide golf cart access for anyone who needs it. Seating will be available for the duration of the program. Please contact programs@arttable.org if you require any accommodations. Getting There The Deering Estate is located at 16701 SW 72nd Avenue, Miami, Florida 33157. Free parking is available in the lot on 168th Street and along 72nd Avenue. Upon arrival, check in at the main gate and take the path to the Stone House, where our program will take place.

About the Speakers
Melissa Diaz is the Head Curator and Museum Manager for the Deering Estate. Melissa is an Art Historian with a focus in Post-war Italian art, and contemporary art theory and practices. At the Deering Estate she oversees the historic house museums, coordinates and curates exhibitions, programing and directs the Estate’s multi-tiered Artist in Residence Program including visual, performing and literary arts.
Prior to the Deering Estate, she held positions in several museums and galleries throughout South Florida including the Institute of Contemporary Art Miami, David Castillo Gallery, and Miami Art Museum (now Pérez Art Museum Miami). She also manages and oversees studio operations for Leonardo Drew. She has taught courses in art history and museum studies for Miami Dade College, Florida International University and New World School of the Arts.
As an independent curator, Diaz has organized several contemporary art exhibitions in South Florida and New York. She received a Master of Arts in Art History from University of South Florida and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Miami. Melissa was first recipient of the Liesbeth Bollen Award from the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy.
Becky Franco was born in Havana, Cuba. She escaped Cuba with her family in 1961. She completed in the United States a BFA with Honors from Pratt Institute, New York in 1974. Becky has always been interested in painting on a large scale influenced by the Photo Realist movement of the seventies. Upon graduating, she sought employment in the difficult and male dominated field of outdoor advertising, where she got the opportunity to create large hand painted billboards and had the distinction to prove herself as a competent female artist. She became the first female billboard artist to be hired in the outdoor industry and join The Sign & Pictorial Display Union, Local #230 in the U.S.
She painted large billboards for fifteen years and when digital computer imaging threatened the outdoor advertising industry making it extinct, she shifted her focus by becoming an independent art professional gaining many private Painting and Mural commissions. Her paintings were featured in many publications including Newspapers and a Rizzoli book called Tromp L’Oeil At Home by Karen Chambers. Becky has always remained interested in the expansion and refinement of her skills. To that end, after many years as an independent art professional, in 2008 she returned to academia to attain an MFA from Queens College, New York. In 2011 Becky was awarded the Artist Residency Express + Local: NYC Aesthetics at The Queens College Art Center, Rosenthal Library, Flushing, New York. Becky’s paintings have been exhibited in a number of group shows, a two woman exhibition, and most recently at The Islip Art Museum exhibition about Caribbean artists called LA PLACITA where the New York Times interviewed her about her work. In 2013 Becky had her second solo exhibition CHOSEN at Soho20Chelsea gallery, New York. Most recently El Museo Del Barrio included two of her paintings in LA BIENAL 2013, Here Is Where We Jump.
In 2014 Becky was a Cintas Fellowship Finalist – Museum of Art + Design in Miami. Becky in 2015 exhibits in the group show, LAST EXIT: PAINTING in The Audrey Love Gallery at The Bakehouse, Miami. In 2020 Franco was awarded an Artist Residency at The Deering Estate. Franco now teaches Oil painting at Miami Dade College and continues pursuing her career as a professional artist.

Virtual | Landmarks: A Discussion on Public Art, with Sarah Oppenheimer & Andrée Bober
2022-09-01 17:00 | The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 258 Main Street, Ridgefield, Connecticut, 06877, United States
2pm PT / 3pm MT / 4pm CT / 5pm ET

Please join us for a virtual conversation between artist Sarah Oppenheimer and Andrée Bober, founding director and curator of Landmarks, the public art program of The University of Texas at Austin. The discussion will offer an inside look at C-010106, Oppenheimer’s recent commission for the university’s College of Engineering. Oppenheimer and Bober will introduce the work and share insights on developing a major outdoor public art project within a unique and complex architectural setting.

C-010106 consists of two structures positioned at opposite ends of a new pedestrian footbridge on the Texas Engineering campus. Each structure features four panes of glass⎯ two reflective, diagonal sheets sandwiched between two vertical sheets. At the intersection of the four panes, the glass passes through an incision in the bridge’s surface, enabling pedestrians on top of the bridge to see the reflections of those underneath, and vice versa.

Oppenheimer pushes the boundaries between sculpture and architecture, questioning the limits of both mediums. The artist shifts our frame of spatial reference, displacing our experience of inside and out, and inverting our sense of what is near and far. In doing so, Oppenheimer heightens our awareness of the shared environment and creates unexpected opportunities for social exchange.

C-010106 is Oppenheimer’s first entirely outdoor public work and is among the artist’s largest works to date. Sited on the Peyton Yates Family footbridge connecting the Engineering Education and Research Center (EERC) to the new Gary L. Thomas Energy Engineering Building (GLT)—designed through a collaboration of Jacobs and Ennead—the work features architectural materials that have been engineered with unique specificity.

Admission:

ArtTable Circle Members – FreeAll Other ArtTable Members – $10Member Guests/Non-Members – $20

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About Andrée Bober

Andrée Bober is the founding director and curator of Landmarks , the public art program at The University of Texas at Austin. Building upon a long term loan with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, she has commissioned major works by artists such as Ann Hamilton, José Parlá, Nancy Rubins, Jennifer Steinkamp, and James Turrell. Bober also created Landmarks Video in 2010, an ongoing series of video art. She previously led the Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati through the successful completion of its Zaha Hadid designed facility, both as deputy and then acting director. Bober studied art history and museology at The University of Texas at Austin, practiced painting conservation in Vienna, Austria, and earned a Master of Arts in Arts Administration from Columbia University in New York. Her recent publications include The Collections: The University of Texas at Austin (2016) and Landmarks (2018). She lives with her family in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

About Sarah Oppenheimer

Sarah Oppenheimer (b. 1972, Austin, Texas) has lived and worked in New York City since earning a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University in 1995 and a Master of Fine Arts from Yale University in 1999. Oppenheimer’s work has been featured in solo exhibitions at Kunstmuseum Thun, Switzerland (2020); MASS MoCA, North Adams,Massachusetts (2019); the Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus,Ohio (2017); the Pérez Art Museum Miami, Florida (2016); MUDAM: Musée d’ArtModerne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg (2016); and Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz,Switzerland (2014). The artist is a recipient of the Rome Prize Fellowship (2011–12), Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Fellowship (2009), and Guggenheim FoundationFellowship (2007). Oppenheimer is currently a senior critic at the Yale University School of Art.

About Landmarks

Landmarks is the award-winning public art program of The University of Texas at Austin and the College of Fine Arts. Its collection of modern and contemporary art celebrates diverse perspectives, featuring commissioned projects alongside sculptures on long term loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Landmarks inspires thought and growth by making great art free and accessible to all.

Image: Sarah Oppenheimer, C-010106, 2022 / Aluminum, steel, glass, and architecture / Two forms: 191 x 125 x 35” and 156 x 125 x 35” / Courtesy of Landmarks, The University of Texas at Austin / Photo by Richard Barnes

New York | Annual Leadership Series - Latinx and Latin American Identity and Representation in the Visual Arts
2022-09-07 17:30 | Christie’s New York, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York, 10020, United States
ArtTable is pleased to present the 2022 Annual Leadership Series, focusing on Latinx & Latin American Identity & Representation in the Visual Arts.

The 2022 Armory Show’s fair-wide focus on Latinx and Latin American Art is the culmination of decades-long efforts of critical forerunners in the field, chief amongst them the incredible visionaries on this panel. Latinx representation in the arts is not simply “having a moment;” Latinx and Latin American artists and arts professionals have and continue to contribute to the development of the culture and history of the United States. Through establishing curators of Latin American/Latinx Art at key cultural institutions and sharing their collections or the curation of exhibitions in these public spaces, passionate innovators, such as Estrellita Brodsky and Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, assisted these visionaries in staying the course to ensure today’s transnational understanding and authentic engagement with the art produced by those who hail from the non-Anglophone nations of the Western hemisphere, as well as those who have joined the U.S. population from these countries. There is added pressure, applied to the United States in particular, to recognize its fellow “America”n countries due to the phenomenon Dr. Mari Carmen Ramirez termed “Latinization,” the influence of those of Latin American descent as the largest ethnic group in the U.S., since historically their contributions have been minimized and excluded in the canon of art history, both in the Americas and internationally.

The speakers on this panel will share their experiences of the past, their plans for the present, and how we can all move forward in the future to continue bringing Latinx/Latin American arts and culture to the forefront of the art world.

The program will be moderated by CJ Greenhill Caldera, Post-War and Contemporary Specialist and Head of Sale, Americas at artnet, with panelists:

Marysol Nieves | VP and Senior Specialist, Latin American Art, Christie’sGabriela Palmieri | Founder and Principal, Palmieri Fine Art, Inc.E. Carmen Ramos | Chief Curator, National Gallery of Art

Admission:

ArtTable Members – $30Non-members/Guests – $45Combo Ticket – $60 for Members / $95 for Non-Members – Save $20 when registering for this event and ArtTable’s Annual Brunch at The Armory Show on Saturday, September 10.

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Health & Safety Face masks are optional and dependent on the comfort of the individual. Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed. Please note that these guidelines are subject to change as needed. Accessibility Christie's New York offers the below accessible options: - Street level access via main entrance on 49th Street- Wheelchair access to all galleries- Access to one of the main floor galleries via lifts can be requested upon arrival at the front entrance- Accessible toilets- Gender neutral bathroom- Braille toilet signage Getting There Christie's is located at 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020. The nearest subway stop is 47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr (B, D, F, M trains). Click here to get directions from any location.

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About the Speakers
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Marysol Nieves is Vice President and Senior Specialist, Latin American Art at Christie’s, New York where she has worked on several important consignments, including, the sale of the world auction record for the category, Diego Rivera’s The Rivals as well as the 2022 sale of The Embroiderer, a rediscovered masterpiece by Rivera acquired by the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. She has also been instrumental in bringing such previously under recognized women artists to the auction market as Zilia Sánchez and Olga Albizu. Prior to joining Christie’s in 2011, Marysol was an independent curator and art advisor working with institutional, corporate, and private clients. Additionally, she has held various positions in the museum and for-profit art sectors, including Vice President and Specialist, Latin American Art, Sotheby’s, New York; Senior Curator and Curator of Contemporary Art, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan; Director of Visual Arts, Americas Society, New York; and Senior Curator, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York.
Gabriela Palmieri is the Founder and Principal of Palmieri Fine Art, Inc., a bespoke full-service Art firm based in New York City. Prior to establishing PFA, Inc., in 2016, Ms. Palmieri led a distinguished 17-year career at Sotheby’s, where she rose to Chairman of Contemporary Art, Americas, and was recognized as one of the most respected in the auction industry as a leading specialist in Post-War Art.
Ms. Palmieri founded PFA, Inc. in order to unequivocally provide her clients with unbiased, objective and transparent counsel in the increasingly complex and nuanced art market. In her independent role she is committed to providing impartial advice and counsel for established and new collectors aimed at making informed acquisitions, which requires careful analysis and due diligence. As a seasoned researcher and scholar, Gabriela brings to bear all the relevant factors about the artist, the market trajectory for the artist’s work, the particular work taken in the context of the artist’s career, provenance, condition, literature and comparative uniqueness.
In the evolving art market, Ms. Palmieri recognizes that client advocacy is as important as advisory, a role that she spearheaded during her tenure at Sotheby’s where she was the client advocate on every transaction. Among the many highlights during her tenure at Sotheby’s included heading Sotheby’s May 2008 Day Sale to realize $107,800,000, a record total for a Day Sale at any auction house at the time, which followed a $102,800,000 performance from November 2007. As the Head of the Evening Sale, she curated the bespoke Allan Stone Collection, which fetched $55,000,000 in 2011. This role culminated in her stewardship of the prestigious Ahead of the Curve: The Sender Collection sale in May 2014 at Sotheby’s, which sold in excess of $86,000,000.
This unparalleled auction house experience uniquely positions Ms. Palmieri to assess the market and deliver the most comprehensive secondary market expertise both on the buying and selling side of the transaction. Still very much part of the auction world, in her present capacity, she advised every aspect of the prestigious Visionaries: Works from the Collection of Emily and Jerry Spiegel, which sold at Christie’s in May 2017 for $128,000,000. In November 2017, she counseled Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel and Ambassador Carl Spielvogel’s Collection: Magnificent Gestures, which sold at Sotheby’s in November 2017 for $54,700,000, with all proceeds benefitting a Not-For-Profit Charitable Foundation that will supports science and medicine, educational reform and cultural projects.
More recently, Ms. Palmieri advised Image World, a private Collection featuring seminal examples from the Pictures Generation of artists, as well as more contemporary works. Carrying a pre-sale estimate of $36,000,000-52,000,000, the Collection made its debut at auction as the highlight of Christie’s 21st Century Evening Sale in November 2021, with further sales continuing into Spring 2022.
In 2021 Ms. Palmieri also advised on all aspects of bringing the prestigious Brillembourg-Caprilles Collection to market at Sotheby’s. The museum-quality Collection was assembled over forty years of connoisseurship and passion, and it is distinguished for its depth of iconic works by contemporary Latin American masters. With an overall pre-sale estimate of approximately $13,000,000-18,000,000, the Collection first hit the auction block at Sotheby’s Modern Art Marquee Sale in November 2021, followed by subsequent sales into Fall 2022.
In 2018, Ms. Palmieri joined the Board of Trustees of Anderson Ranch Arts Center, based in Aspen/Snowmass, a premier art making destination and catalyst for critical dialogue in the contemporary art world. In 2019, she joined the Board of Directors of El Museo del Barrio, New York’s leading Latin American cultural institution, with an emphasis on works from Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican community in the city.
Prior to joining Sotheby’s, Ms. Palmieri received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History cum laude at Boston College in 1997, and she achieved her Master of Arts and advanced to PhD standing at the University of Chicago.
Ms. Palmieri is a Certified Member, AAA, Appraisers Association of America, and since 2012 she has executed numerous appraisals in compliance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), the only set of appraisal standards promulgated by The Appraisal Foundation and approved by the Internal Revenue Service.
Since 2021, E. Carmen Ramos is chief curatorial and conservation officer at The National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. There she leads the curatorial and conservation teams as they serve the nation and beyond through collections development, ground-breaking scholarship and exhibitions, and art conservation. Ramos most recently served as acting chief curator and curator of Latinx art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, where she built one of the largest collections of Latinx art at a museum of U.S. art. She organized award-winning exhibitions at SAAM including ¡Printing the Revolution!, Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art, and Down These Mean Streets: Community and Place in Urban Photography. Before prior to the Smithsonian, she was a curator at the Newark Museum and worked on early DEAI initiatives at The Brooklyn Museum. She holds a MA and PhD in art history from the University of Chicago.

Special thanks to Christie’s for hosting us for this discussion.

Portland, OR | Exhibition Tour & Talk by Libby Werbel, Director of the Lumber Room
2022-09-08 17:00 - 19:00 | lumber room, 419 NW 9th Ave, Portland, Oregon, 97209, United States
Current and prospective members are welcome to join ArtTable in Portland, OR for a special tour and talk given by the director of the lumber room, Libby Werbel. She will discuss the current exhibition, fore x four, featuring works from the Miller Meigs Collection curated in conversation with Diedrick Brackens, Sarah Miller Meigs, Ashley Stull Meyers and D’Angelo Lovell Williams.

Join us afterwards for a no-host, end-of-summer cocktail at the Teardrop Lounge nearby!

Admission:

ArtTable Members – $10Member Guests/Non-Members – $15

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Health & Safety Face masks are optional inside the gallery. Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed. Accessibility Please note there is an elevator to enter this space. We will also be walking to the bar afterwards for drinks. If you would like information about accessibility or need particular accommodations for this program, please email Haley at programs@arttable.org. Getting There The lumber room is located at 419 NW 9th Avenue, Portland, OR. Click here for directions from any location.

About Libby Werbel
Libby Werbel is an artist, curator, and social organizer living and working in Portland, OR. In 2012, she founded the Portland Museum of Modern Art, and institutional critique project aimed to instigate dialogue around self organizing and community driven programs in the arts. With an emphasis on accessibility and engagement, Werbel produces site-based programs using community as her medium. Her investigation in space-making has included alternative exhibitions models in Barcelona, San Francisco, New York City, Joshua Tree and Santa Fe. Most recently Werbel has fulfilled a two year position as Visiting Artistic Director at Portland Art Museum, where she created five exhibitions with an emphasis on re-evaluating the role of the museum titled We.Construct.Marvels.Between.Monuments. Werbel holds the position of Director at the lumber room, the collection house and exhibition space for the prestigious Miller Meigs Collection. She has sat on various granting panels, selection juries and committees for the Regional Arts and Culture Council, Oregon Arts Commission, Ford Family Foundation, PICA, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Disjecta, and National Visual Artist Network and teaches Exhibition Strategies for the MFA studio art program at Portland State University. She spends her time advocating for the arts both locally and nationally.

Image: fore x four, 2022, installation view, lumber room

DC | BreakfastTable with Adah Rose Bitterbaum
2022-09-09 08:00 - 09:00 | 1310 Kitchen & Bar, 1310 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC
Join ArtTable in Washington, DC for a BreakfastTable program with Adah Rose Bitterbaum, owner and Director of the Adah Rose Gallery in Kensington, Maryland. She will discuss her professional career path and experience with commercial galleries and contemporary artists.

Adah Rose Gallery was founded in September of 2011 as a place to exhibit contemporary art in a variety of mediums with a specialty in text based work. The gallery is a dynamic place and hosts artists talks, panels on issues in the art world, maintains an active intern program and shows art in a variety of spaces including law firms, pop ups and a number of Art Fairs each year including PULSE New York, PULSE Miami, Context, Art Miami New York, Silicon Valley Art Fair and the Dallas Art Fair. The gallery also works with emerging artists and showcases the work of recent MFA graduates in a number of shows each year. The gallery is “user friendly.” We embrace technology, books, zines, fonts, logos, music, film, aesthetics, signage, drawing,painting, screen printing, sculpture, computers and photography. The gallery hopes to create a shared culture and a broad one and values the ideas, comments and critiques of visitors.

Prior to founding the gallery, Adah Rose worked as the Director of Studio Gallery in Dupont Circle for almost four years. Adah Rose has worked as an independent curator for the past 8 years. Adah Rose began her career as a lawyer and also worked in Public Health, Education and College Counseling.

This program is free and open to ArtTable members only. Members may bring an additional guest. Not a member? Join today!

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Health & Safety Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed. Accessibility 1310 Kitchen and Bar is wheelchair accessible. If you would like more information about accessibility or need particular accommodations for this program, please email Haley at programs@arttable.org. Getting There We will meet at 1310 Kitchen and Bar, located at 1310 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20007. It is accessible via Metrobus and street parking is available.

Image: Adah Rose Bitterbaum, courtesy of the speaker.

Thank you to ArtTable member Tiffany Williams for organizing this program.

New York | Tour of Independent 20th Century with Fair Founder & CEO, Elizabeth Dee
2022-09-09 14:00 - 15:00 | Independent 20th Century, Battery Maritime Building, 10 South Street, New York, New York, 10004, United States
Please join us for a special members-only tour of the first-ever Independent 20th Century, taking place at the historic Battery Maritime Building at Cipriani South Street in downtown Manhattan on September 8-11, 2022, coinciding with the fall art fair calendar. More than 30 international gallerists with museum-quality programs will be present at Independent 20th Century. It will be the second of two fairs to take place in the organization’s 13th year. Our tour will be led by Independent Founder and CEO, Elizabeth Dee.

Independent 20th Century will focus on artists who made a significant contribution to art history between the years 1900 and 2000, yet who were uncelebrated in their day. These artists are now being championed by a generation of gallerists who are reassessing the canon to make it more inclusive and representative of our times.

This program is $15 and open to ArtTable members only. Please click the button below to login and register. Your ticket includes a VIP pass to the fair and the private tour. Please note that capacity for this program is limited.

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Health & Safety At this time, Independent does not have any specific guidelines in place. Please note that this is subject to change and all attendees will be informed of any updates. Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed. Please note that these guidelines are subject to change as needed. Accessibility There is an elevator on-site and plenty of seating on the terrace, though the main exhibition areas are mostly cleared of any seating. Booths are built-out to the edge of each gallery. Our tour will last approximately 30 minutes. Getting There Independent 20th Century will take place at the Battery Maritime Building at 10 South Street, New York, NY. Click here to get directions from any location.

Image: Battery Maritime Building. Courtesy of Etienne Frossard and Independent New York.

Thank you to Angelica Semmelbauer, Membership Co-Chair for ArtTable’s New York Chapter, for organizing this program.

Philadelphia | Private Exhibition Preview at Pentimenti Gallery
2022-09-09 17:00 | Pentimenti Gallery, 145 N 2nd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19106, United States
Join ArtTable in Philadelphia for a private preview of two exhibitions at Pentimenti Gallery, Saskia Fleishman: Light Forms, and Kevin Finklea: Fall 022. We will be joined by gallery Director and Co-Owner, Christine Pfister. Attendees will also have the opportunity to meet with the artists and speak with them about their work. The preview will be followed by time to mingle and network!

Admission:

ArtTable Members – $10Member Guests/Non-Members – $20

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Health & Safety Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed. Accessibility Pentimenti Gallery is wheelchair accessible. Indoor seating can be made available if requested. If you would like information about accessibility or need particular accommodations for this program, please email Haley at programs@arttable.org. Getting There Pentimenti Gallery is located at 145 N 2nd St, Philadelphia, PA. Click here for directions from any location.

About Christine Pfister
Christine Pfister was born in Switzerland. Upon moving to the United States, she attended Christie’s Education at Christie’s in New York, NY, and has been the Co-Owner and Director of Pentimenti Gallery in Philadelphia, PA since 1995.
Accomplished gallerist with over 20 years of curating exhibitions featuring local, national, and international artists at Pentimenti Gallery, Christine Pfister is an experienced Collection Advisor. Specializing in Contemporary Art, she has worked for private collectors and companies located in the United States, Asia, South America, and Europe.
She has also given many lectures, and participated in panels in the Philadelphia area. Lectures include the Barnes Foundation, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of the Arts, the American Association of Museums, and more.

Image: Saskia Fleishman, Upstate (Eclipse), 38 x 32 inches / 96.6 x 81.3 cm, acrylic and sand on digitally printed chiffon, 2021.

New York | ArtTable Annual Brunch Reception at The Armory Show
2022-09-10 11:00 - 12:30 | Javits Center, 429 11th Avenue, New York, 10001
Please join us for ArtTable’s Annual Brunch at The Armory Show! This is a great time for members and friends from across the country to come together and network at New York’s premiere art fair, taking place annually in September at the Javits Center in New York City. Your ticket covers access to the fair, early private access to the VIP Lounge, and refreshments. We look forward to seeing you soon!

Admission:

ArtTable Members – $50Member Guests – $60Non-Members – $70Combo Ticket – $60 for Members / $95 for Non-Members – Save $20 when registering for this event and ArtTable’s Annual Leadership Series on Wednesday, September 7.

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Health & Safety In partnership with the Javits Center, a New York State-run facility, The Armory Show will implement all applicable COVID-19 safety procedures recommended by the CDC and New York City health officials. The Javits Center staff is working closely with our clients, government partners and industry stakeholders to ensure operations are as safe, efficient and effective as possible. Thanks to the high vaccination rate statewide and in accordance with New York State and New York City guidelines, proof of COVID-19 vaccination (two doses) is ONLY required for those working in the building, including: Javits Center employees;Cultivated employees;Employees of vendors performing work for the Javits Center;Employees of our service partners and tenants such as FedEx and Fintech;Employees of General Contractors and Exhibit Appointed Contractors; andIndividuals visiting the Javits Center administrative office area.Face coverings are no longer required to enter the building. Approved vaccines include those authorized for emergency use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or World Health Organization (WHO). ADDITIONAL MEASURES The Javits Center has implemented additional measures to enhance the safety of all visitors, including: Installation of High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) air filters to reduce air pollutants throughout the convention center;Installation of socially distanced seating in all food and beverage areas;Installation of hand-sanitizing stations in public areas; andAccreditation by the Global Biorisk Advisory Council (GBAC), the industry’s highest standard for cleaning and disinfection.Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed. Please note that these guidelines are subject to change as needed. Accessibility The Javits Center strives to make our facilities and services accessible to people with disabilities. Our campus features sidewalk ramps and automatic doors at all street levels, as well as accessible restrooms and elevators. Motorized devices may be used by people with mobility impairments subject to reasonable safety restrictions. The Javits Center offers mobility vehicles to assist visitors with navigating the convention center during events. These vehicles are provided on a first-come, first-serve basis. If you would like to place an order for a mobility vehicle, please visit our online ordering system, Jake. In addition, a limited number of manually operated wheelchairs are available at no fee by visiting the Concierge Desk in the Crystal Palace off 11th Avenue. You will be required to leave a photo ID which will be returned when you return the wheelchair. The Javits Center campus features sidewalk ramps, automatic doors at all street levels, restrooms and elevators accessible for persons with mobility impairments. If you have any questions, please contact our Command Center at 212-216-2196. Click here to view all Accessibility information for the Javits Center. Please email Haley Carloni at programs@arttable.org if you require assistance in securing accommodations for this program. Getting There The Armory Show 2022 will take place at the Javits Center, located at 429 11th Ave, Crystal Palace Entrance, between 35th and 36th, New York, NY, 10001. Click here for directions from any location.

Image: Installation view of The Armory Show, 2021. Photo by Casey Kelbaugh. Courtesy of The Armory Show and Artsy.

Virtual | Let's Connect! Fall National Networking Event
2022-09-14 18:00
3pm PT / 4pm MT / 5pm CT / 6pm ET

We invite all ArtTable members to join us for our next virtual national networking event! In this session we will discuss our individual challenges and hopefully by doing so uncover ways in which we can help and support one another.

Our first national networking event took place in May 2021 and allowed members from all over to share ideas and make new connections! We are thrilled to offer our members this opportunity to connect with each other nationwide. Participants will go into breakout rooms to chat, connect, see old friends and make new ones! This is a great opportunity for members from all over the country (and the world!) to form new connections and find ways to collaborate with one another.

This program is free for all ArtTable members. Not a member? Join today!

Please note that this program will offer automatic closed captioning services. If you require additional accommodations, please email programs@arttable.org.

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Virtual | New Member Orientation
2022-09-15 16:00 - 16:30 | Zoom
1pm PT / 2pm MT / 3pm CT / 4pm ET
Welcome new ArtTable members! Please join us for a virtual orientation session where you will meet other new members and learn how to take full advantage of all the ArtTable community has to offer. This program is free and open to all ArtTable members. Whether you are new to our community or have been a long-time member, there’s no wrong time for a refresher course! Connect with other members in a casual and relaxed online environment and learn more about what our community is all about.
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(You will receive an email confirmation containing the Zoom link.)
Accessibility: Please note that this program will offer live closed captioning. If you require additional accommodations, please email programs@arttable.org.
Can’t join us for this new member orientation? Don’t worry, we host virtual orientation sessions every 3 months! In the meantime, we hope you can join us for another upcoming program or support other ArtTable initiatives!
