Visual Arts Workspaces And Contemporary Art Making October 2, 2009

The New York State Artist Workspace Consortium (NYSAWC), in collaboration with the New York State Council on the Arts and The Museum of Modern Art, presents a conference, VISUAL ARTS WORKSPACES AND CONTEMPORARY ART MAKING, on Friday, October 2, 2009 from 1:00-5:00pm at The Museum of Modern Art, The Celeste Bartos Theater, The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman, Education and Research Building, 4 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019. VISUAL ARTS WORKSPACES AND CONTEMPORARY ART MAKING will examine the evolving relationships between workspaces, artists, curators, funders, journalists, and communities through panel discussions and breakout sessions. Tickets are FREE (and required) and are available online at www.moma.org:/visit/calendar/tickets or at the lobby information desk and the film desk.

Speakers include artists Edgar Arceneaux, Mark Dion and Byron Kim; Sina Najafi, Editor-in-Chief, “Cabinet Magazine”; Mina Takahashi, Editor, “Hand Papermaking”; Nancy Princenthal, Senior Editor, “Art in America”; Phong Bui, Publisher, “Brooklyn Rail”; Linda Earle, Executive Director, The New York Arts Program, Ohio Wesleyan University; Alyson Baker, Executive Director, Socrates Sculpture Park; Ruby Lerner, CEO/President, Creative Capital; Yvonne Force Villareal, Founder, Art Production Fund; Katy Siegel, Professor of Art History, Hunter College; Ian Berry, Curator and Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs, Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore College; and Sarah Suzuki, The Sue and Eugene Mercy, Jr. Assistant Curator of Prints and Illustrated Books, The Museum of Modern Art.

For more information and to view the conference program, visit www.nysawc.org.

Official Website: http://www.nysawc.org