The New Curator

Sunday, October 8, 2006, 9am - 1pm
Arbiter of Quality, Creator of Context; What's Behind Their Choices? A half-day seminar moderated by Trudy Wilner Stack. An SFCP “Creative Edge” seminar in conjunction with photo new york.
4th floor gallery of the Metropolitan Pavilion, 123 West 18th Street.

Speakers will address the traditional and changing role of the curator, and the relationship between curators and artists, curators and audiences, curators and the marketplace, and, finally, curators and the history and meaning of photography itself. These professionals are key catalysts in the field, whether they are independent or represent public institutions or private entities. Venues for the work of curators will be examined from the gallery to the Internet, from the printed page to the lectern, from the vault to the artist’s studio. Each participant will offer an overview of her own priorities and process, and then evaluate the influence and future of the curatorial contribution.

Presenters Include
Charlotte Cotton, Head of Cultural Programmes, Art + Commerce
Christiane Paul, Adjunct Curator of New Media Arts at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Brian Wallis, Director of Exhibitions, ICP
Deborah Willis, PhD, Professor of Photography and Imaging, Tisch School of the Arts at (NYU)

Moderated by Trudy Wilner Stack. Yale-trained curator, writer, and editor Trudy Wilner Stack has held positions at the International Center of Photography, Birmingham Museum of Art, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Most recently she was Curator of the Center for Creative Photography for ten years, where she originated and organized many contemporary and historical projects, and both deepened and diversified the collections. Her books and catalogs include Christenberry: Reconstruction, Leave the Balcony Open, Art Museum, Sea Change, and as an independent curator and writer, Winogrand 1964 and Paul Strand Southwest, the latter with Rebecca Busselle. From 1998 to 2001, she developed and co-directed the documentary project Indivisible for the Pew Charitable Trusts. A former Getty Curatorial Research Fellow, she writes and lectures widely and is currently curating the exhibition Lauren Greenfield’s Thin for The Women’s Museum in Dallas.

To Register
$45 until September 25, $65 thereafter
Full-time students pay only $15!
For tickets or additional information call 505-984-8353 or visit www.sfcp.org.

Click here for The New Curator PDF .