Telephone Conference Crash Course
Seven Annual Art Beyond Sight
TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CRASH COURSE
Monday, October 19, 2009
(Note: All times given are Eastern Daylight Time.)
Number to call: (712) 432-0220
Conference code: AEB-2009 (232-2009)
9 – 9:30 a.m.: Kareem Dale, Special Assistant to the President for Disability Policy, with Elisabeth Axel and Joan Pursley, Art Education for the Blind.
9:30 – 10 a.m.: Highlights of the 2009 Art Beyond Sight International Conference
- Discussion Leader: Marie Clapot, Art Education for the Blind
Speakers: Lotfi Merabet, Harvard Medical Center
Rebecca McGinnis, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Wilford Scott, National Gallery of Art, DC
10 – 11 a.m.: Diversity and Inclusiveness at Museums: Museums Reflecting their Communities.
- Discussion Leader: David Ross, Independent Curator
Speakers: Connie Wolf, Contemporary Jewish Museum, CA
Aaron Betsky, Cincinnati Museum of Art
Lauren Schloss, Queens Museum of Art
Maxwell Anderson, Indianapolis Museum of Art
11 – noon: Perspectives from Curators and Conservators
- Discussion Leader: Rosalyn Driscoll, Artist/Educator
Speakers: Daniel Mason, Independent Curator
Lynda Zycherman, Museum of Modern Art, NYC
Fred Lamp, Yale University
noon – 1 p.m.: Accessibility Programs and Visitor Studies
- Session Leader: Christine Reich, Museum of Science, Boston
Speakers: Kirsten Ellenbogen, Science Museum of Minnesota
Theano Moussouri, Audience Focus
Carey Tisdal, Tisdal Consulting
1 – 2 p.m: Museum Practices: New Strategies and Approaches
- Session Leader: Marsha Semmel, Institute of Museum and Library Studies
Speakers: Debra Hegstrom, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Hope McMath, The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, FL
Joel Snyder, Audio Description Associates; Audio Description Project, American Council of the Blind
2 – 3 p.m.: Small Museums, Outreach and Community Resources
- Discussion Leader: Lauren Silberman, Jewish Museum of Maryland
Speakers: Jayne Griffin, Creative Discovery Museum, TN
Judy Kirk, The Mathers Museum, IN
Mary Anne Meagher & Paul Hammock, Columbus Museum of Art, OH
3 – 4 p.m.: Re-representing Disability: Artists with Disabilities in Museums/Galleries
- Discussion Leader: Marie Clapot, Art Education for the Blind
Speakers: Busser Howell, Artist
Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Emory University
Riva Lehrer, Artist
4 – 5 p.m.: Inclusive Education and the Role of Art and Cultural Exposure: Resources, Challenges and Strategies
- Discussion Leader: Nina Levent, Art Education for the Blind
Speakers: Kenneth Eklindh, UNESCO
Jim Modrick, VSA arts
Bernadette Kappan, New York Institute for Special Education
Rodrigo Mendes, The Rodrigo Mendes Institute
5 – 5:30 p.m.: Reflections on the Day
- Discussion Leaders: Nina Levent & Marie Clapot Art Education for the Blind
Speakers: Callers-in (Open Discussion. Participants are invited to share their views, suggest topics for future teleconferences, etc.)
Art Education for the Blind and this telephone crash course conference are supported in part by The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
