Keynote Speaker:  ROBERT WORKMAN
Director, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

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REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

Join us in New York City when The Art Museum Partnership
presents a new annual “Directors Forum” for leaders of art
museums nationwide. The inaugural conference will begin with
a reception and dinner at the historic National Arts Club
sponsored by AXA Art, followed by two days of informative
sessions at the American Folk Art Museum, Rubin Museum of
Art and Dahesh Museum of Art. Eminent guest speakers will
explore a variety of timely subjects including disaster
management, collaborations with consultants, and new
audience development.

The keynote speaker during the opening dinner is Robert
Workman, director of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American
Art, which is being developed by the Walton Family Foundation
on one-hundred forested acres in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Participants will also enjoy morning coffee receptions
sponsored by Curatorial Assistance Traveling Exhibitions, a
private luncheon at Christie’s in Rockefeller Center, an
exclusive screening of the film "Who Get's to Call It Art?" from
Palm Pictures, plus special evening receptions at the Charles
Cowles Gallery and Michael Rosenfeld Gallery.

Registration is now open. To participate in the Directors Forum,
individuals must be full-time, paid professional directors of
nonprofit art museums or galleries that are open to the public
on a regular schedule.  Registration fee is $295, which includes
an opening dinner, all sessions, one luncheon, and receptions.  

Space is limited and early registration is advised.
Scheduled to open in 2009, Crystal Bridges is envisioned as a
premier national art institution dedicated to American art and
artists, learning and community gatherings.
The National Arts Club, location for the opening
dinner, was founded in 1898 as a gathering place
for artists, patrons and audiences in all the arts. The
club is located in the historic Tilden Mansion,
opposite Gramercy Park, in New York City.