MoMA Talks: Panel Discussions and Symposia

The Feminist Future: Theory and Practice in the Visual Arts Friday–Saturday, January 26–27, 2007 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. both days This symposium addresses critical questions surrounding the relationship between art and gender, bringing together international leaders in contemporary art, art history, and related disciplines. After the activism of the 1960s and ’70s, and the revisionist critiques of the 1980s and ’90s, this symposium will examine ways in which gender is currently addressed by artists, museums, and the academy, and its future role in art practice and scholarship.

The Feminist Future: Theory and Practice in the Visual Arts Friday–Saturday, January 26–27, 2007 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. both days This symposium addresses critical questions surrounding the relationship between art and gender, bringing together international leaders in contemporary art, art history, and related disciplines. After the activism of the 1960s and ’70s, and the revisionist critiques of the 1980s and ’90s, this symposium will examine ways in which gender is currently addressed by artists, museums, and the academy, and its future role in art practice and scholarship. Friday, January 26, 2007 Panel: Activism/Race/Geopolitics Coco Fusco, artist and Associate Professor, Columbia University School of the Art

The Feminist Future: Theory and Practice in the Visual Arts Friday–Saturday, January 26–27, 2007 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. both days This symposium addresses critical questions surrounding the relationship between art and gender, bringing together international leaders in contemporary art, art history, and related disciplines. After the activism of the 1960s and ’70s, and the revisionist critiques of the 1980s and ’90s, this symposium will examine ways in which gender is currently addressed by artists, museums, and the academy, and its future role in art practice and scholarship. Friday, January 26, 2007 Panel: Activism/Race/Geopolitics Guerrilla Girls Frida Kahlo and Kathe Kollwitz, two founding members of the feminist activist group

The Feminist Future: Theory and Practice in the Visual Arts Friday–Saturday, January 26–27, 2007 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. both days This symposium addresses critical questions surrounding the relationship between art and gender, bringing together international leaders in contemporary art, art history, and related disciplines. After the activism of the 1960s and ’70s, and the revisionist critiques of the 1980s and ’90s, this symposium will examine ways in which gender is currently addressed by artists, museums, and the academy, and its future role in art practice and scholarship. Friday, January 26, 2007 Panel: Activism/Race/Geopolitics Carrie Lambert-Beatty, Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture and Visual and Environmental Studies, Harvard University

The Feminist Future: Theory and Practice in the Visual Arts Friday–Saturday, January 26–27, 2007 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. both days This symposium addresses critical questions surrounding the relationship between art and gender, bringing together international leaders in contemporary art, art history, and related disciplines. After the activism of the 1960s and ’70s, and the revisionist critiques of the 1980s and ’90s, this symposium will examine ways in which gender is currently addressed by artists, museums, and the academy, and its future role in art practice and scholarship. Friday, January 26, 2007 Panel: Activism/Race/Geopolitics Richard Meyer, Katherine Stein Sachs CW'69 and Keith L. Sachs W'67

The Feminist Future: Theory and Practice in the Visual Arts Friday–Saturday, January 26–27, 2007 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. both days This symposium addresses critical questions surrounding the relationship between art and gender, bringing together international leaders in contemporary art, art history, and related disciplines. After the activism of the 1960s and ’70s, and the revisionist critiques of the 1980s and ’90s, this symposium will examine ways in which gender is currently addressed by artists, museums, and the academy, and its future role in art practice and scholarship. Friday, January 26, 2007 Panel: Activism/Race/Geopolitics Panel Discussion, moderated by David Little, Director of Adult and Academic Programs, The Museum of Modern Art

Thursday, November 21, 2006 6:30 p.m. How does the museum context shape audiences' engagement with artworks? What are the expectations placed on the museum experience? What lessons can be gleaned from recent audience studies? This roundtable considers art, the audience, and the museum context. Special attention is given to the challenges of teaching with contemporary art objects in a museum. Program participants include: James Elkins, the E.C. Chadbourne Chair of the Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Bonnie Pitman, Deputy Director for Education at the Dallas Museum of Art; and Howard Gardner, the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Moderated by Wendy Woon, Edward John Noble Foundation Deputy Director of Education at The Museum of Modern Art. Photo courtesy of Miriam Berkley

Thursday, November 21, 2006 6:30 p.m. How does the museum context shape audiences' engagement with artworks? What are the expectations placed on the museum experience? What lessons can be gleaned from recent audience studies? This roundtable considers art, the audience, and the museum context. Special attention is given to the challenges of teaching with contemporary art objects in a museum. Program participants include: James Elkins, the E.C. Chadbourne Chair of the Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Bonnie Pitman, Deputy Director for Education at the Dallas Museum of Art; and Howard Gardner, the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Moderated by Wendy Woon, Edward John Noble Foundation Deputy Director of Education at The Museum of Modern Art.

Thursday, November 21, 2006 6:30 p.m. How does the museum context shape audiences' engagement with artworks? What are the expectations placed on the museum experience? What lessons can be gleaned from recent audience studies? This roundtable considers art, the audience, and the museum context. Special attention is given to the challenges of teaching with contemporary art objects in a museum. Program participants include: James Elkins, the E.C. Chadbourne Chair of the Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Bonnie Pitman, Deputy Director for Education at the Dallas Museum of Art; and Howard Gardner, the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Moderated by Wendy Woon, Edward John Noble Foundation Deputy Director of Education at The Museum of Modern Art. Photo courtesy of Paula Court

Thursday, November 21, 2006 6:30 p.m. How does the museum context shape audiences' engagement with artworks? What are the expectations placed on the museum experience? What lessons can be gleaned from recent audience studies? This roundtable considers art, the audience, and the museum context. Special attention is given to the challenges of teaching with contemporary art objects in a museum. Program participants include: James Elkins, the E.C. Chadbourne Chair of the Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Bonnie Pitman, Deputy Director for Education at the Dallas Museum of Art; and Howard Gardner, the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Moderated by Wendy Woon, Edward John Noble Foundation Deputy Director of Education at The Museum of Modern Art. Photo courtesy of Paula Court

Thursday, November 21, 2006 6:30 p.m. How does the museum context shape audiences' engagement with artworks? What are the expectations placed on the museum experience? What lessons can be gleaned from recent audience studies? This roundtable considers art, the audience, and the museum context. Special attention is given to the challenges of teaching with contemporary art objects in a museum. Program participants include: James Elkins, the E.C. Chadbourne Chair of the Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Bonnie Pitman, Deputy Director for Education at the Dallas Museum of Art; and Howard Gardner, the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Moderated by Wendy Woon, Edward John Noble Foundation Deputy Director of Education at The Museum of Modern Art. Photo courtesy of Paula Court

Thursday, November 21, 2006 6:30 p.m. How does the museum context shape audiences' engagement with artworks? What are the expectations placed on the museum experience? What lessons can be gleaned from recent audience studies? This roundtable considers art, the audience, and the museum context. Special attention is given to the challenges of teaching with contemporary art objects in a museum. Program participants include: James Elkins, the E.C. Chadbourne Chair of the Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Bonnie Pitman, Deputy Director for Education at the Dallas Museum of Art; and Howard Gardner, the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Moderated by Wendy Woon, Edward John Noble Foundation Deputy Director of Education at The Museum of Modern Art. Photo courtesy of Paula Court

Thursday, November 21, 2006 6:30 p.m. How does the museum context shape audiences' engagement with artworks? What are the expectations placed on the museum experience? What lessons can be gleaned from recent audience studies? This roundtable considers art, the audience, and the museum context. Special attention is given to the challenges of teaching with contemporary art objects in a museum. Program participants include: James Elkins, the E.C. Chadbourne Chair of the Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Bonnie Pitman, Deputy Director for Education at the Dallas Museum of Art; and Howard Gardner, the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Moderated by Wendy Woon, Edward John Noble Foundation Deputy Director of Education at The Museum of Modern Art. Photo courtesy of Paula Court

Thursday, November 21, 2006 6:30 p.m. How does the museum context shape audiences' engagement with artworks? What are the expectations placed on the museum experience? What lessons can be gleaned from recent audience studies? This roundtable considers art, the audience, and the museum context. Special attention is given to the challenges of teaching with contemporary art objects in a museum. Program participants include: James Elkins, the E.C. Chadbourne Chair of the Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Bonnie Pitman, Deputy Director for Education at the Dallas Museum of Art; and Howard Gardner, the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Moderated by Wendy Woon, Edward John Noble Foundation Deputy Director of Education at The Museum of Modern Art. Photo courtesy of Paula Court

Thursday, November 21, 2006 6:30 p.m. How does the museum context shape audiences' engagement with artworks? What are the expectations placed on the museum experience? What lessons can be gleaned from recent audience studies? This roundtable considers art, the audience, and the museum context. Special attention is given to the challenges of teaching with contemporary art objects in a museum. Program participants include: James Elkins, the E.C. Chadbourne Chair of the Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Bonnie Pitman, Deputy Director for Education at the Dallas Museum of Art; and Howard Gardner, the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Moderated by Wendy Woon, Edward John Noble Foundation Deputy Director of Education at The Museum of Modern Art. Photo courtesy of Miriam Berkley