Stewardship of America’s Legacy: Answering the Call to Action
June 16 and 17, 2009
Buffalo, NY

Program

Tuesday, June 16

10:00 a.m. – Registration Opens

1:00 p.m. – Opening Remarks, Albright-Knox Art Gallery

•	Anne-Imelda Radice, Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Washington, DC
•	Benjamin C. Christy, Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities, Buffalo State College, State University of New York

1:30 p.m. – Panel I: Help! I Don’t Have Enough Money: Building Support for Collections Care

•	Making the Case for Conservation. Debra Hess Norris, Vice Provost for Graduate and Professional Education & Chairperson, Art Conservation Department, University of Delaware
•	Focus on Foundations. – Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker, President/CEO, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo and – Catherine Schweitzer, Executive Director, the Baird Foundation
•	Case Study in Collections Care Fundraising. Richard D'Abate, Executive Director of Maine Historical Society

3:45 p.m. – Panel II: Help! I Feel Isolated From New Ideas: Tapping into Current Trends

•	Going Green, For Not A Lot of Green. Patricia Silence, Conservator of Exhibits, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
•	Digitizing Without Illusions. Jacob Nadal, Preservation Officer, University of California Los Angeles Library
•	Harnessing the New Wave of Volunteerism. Sherelyn Ogden, Head of Conservation, Minnesota Historical Society
•	Collections Care Volunteers Case Study. Kate Bennett, President, Rochester Museum and Science Center

6:00 p.m. – Keynote Evening

•	Remarks - Ted Pietrzak, Director, Burchfield Penny Art Center
•	Introduction - Anne-Imelda Radice, Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services
•	Keynote Address - "Prioritizing Conservation in Our Disposable Culture" Maxwell L. Anderson, The Melvin & Bren Simon Director and CEO, Indianapolis Museum of Art

7:00 - 9:00 p.m. – Reception at Burchfield Penney Art Center

 

Wednesday, June 17

7:30 a.m. – Buffet Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. – Remarks

•	Anne-Imelda Radice, Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services
•	Louis Grachos, Director, Albright-Knox Art Gallery

8:45 a.m. – Panel III: Help! I’ve Done All the Basics and Don’t Know What to Do Next: Expanding Your Network

•	Who Can Help? Elizabeth Peña, Director and Professor, Art Conservation Department, Buffalo State College
•	Finding and Developing Networks. Scott Carrlee, Curator of Museum Services, Alaska State Museum
•	Providing Resources. Ingrid E. Bogel, Executive Director, Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
•	Working Together. Althemese Barnes, Director, The John G. Riley Center/Museum of African American History & Culture, Tallahassee, Florida

11:15 a.m. – Panel IV: Help! No One Is Interested in What I Do: Keeping Collections Care Central

•	Engaging with the Public. Julie Heath, Coordinator, Lunder Conservation Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery
•	Technology and Social Networking for Collections Care. Nancie Ravenel, Objects Conservator, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vermont
•	You Aren't Alone: Collaborating to Care for Collections. – Michael Frisch, Professor and Senior Research Scholar, Department of History, University at Buffalo and – Chana R. Kotzin, Archivist and Historian, Jewish Buffalo Archives Project

12:30 p.m. – Closing Remarks, Anne-Imelda Radice

1:00 p.m. – Program Concludes

1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Lunch/Connections Lab (tables hosted by speakers, representatives of funding agencies, and other resource representatives)