Members of the Art Dealers Association of Greater Washington believe there is a need for a broader understanding of the interrelated roles of museum directors, curators, art historians, dealers, collectors, artists, writers, and others interested in the visual arts. In a city where the museums are national and the area arts community focus is perceived as regional, it is important to begin with the museum director's prospective on what directors, collectors, artists, and dealers are doing to strengthen the visual arts in greater Washington DC.

MORNING SCHEDULE

• 10:30 am - Powell Auditorium 
Registration

• 10:45 - 11:00 am
Welcome by, Jane Haslem, President, Art Dealers Association of Greater Washington
 

• 11:00 - 12:30 pm
 

BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN MUSEUMS, COLLECTORS, DEALERS, & ARTISTS: Discussion, Dialogue & Questions

Moderator 

Paul Richard, Art Critic, 

The Washington Post

Panelists 

Alan Fern, Director National Portrait Gallery

Elizabeth Broun, Director, National Museum of 

American Art 

Eliza Rathbone, Chief Curator, Phillips 

Collection

David Levy, Director, Corcoran Gallery of Art

• 12:45 -1:45 pm
Lunch, Cosmos Club - Second floor

 

AFTERNOON SCHEDULE

The theme of strengthening dialogue and relationships between the various art disciplines will continue in the afternoon. The first of these sessions promises to be a provocative and interactive exchange among curators, collectors and dealers. The second session will be a lively discussion among artists, dealers, critics and collectors. 

• 1:45 - 3:00 pm - Powell Auditorium
 

BUILDING COLLECTIONS: PUBLIC & PRIVATE

Moderator 

Franklin Kelly, Curator American Art, National Gallery of Art and Associate Professor of Art History, University of Maryland

Panelists 

Terry Sultan, Curator, Corcoran Gallery of Art

Andrew Robison, Andrew Mellon Senior 

Curator, National Gallery of Art

Robert Lehrman, Collector

Kathleen Ewing, Dealer

Christopher Murray, Dealer

Francine Trachtenberg, Collector 

Subject: How do curators develop collectors and how do dealers encourage collectors? What is the curators and dealers role in guiding collectors?

 

• 3:00 - 3:30 pm - Coffee break

• 3:30-5:00 pm - Powell Auditorium
 

ARTISTS WITH STAYING POWER; Who Makes it and How?

Moderator 

Bill Dunlap, Artist and Commentator

Panelists 

Jo Tartt, Dealer

Susan Conway, Dealer

Sam Gilliam, Artist

Joe Shannon, Artist

Ferdinand Protzman, Writer and Art critic

Carol Goldberg, Artist and Collector

Manon Cleary, Artist. 

Subject: Expectations before Experience? Where is the artist's place in society? What really matters?

• 5:30 - 6:30 pm - Reception Phillips Collection
 

Charge: $75 per person, including lunch Seating is limited;
advance reservations required by September 18, 1998. 

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