Around Town 2015 Annual Conference & Meeting Saturday, May 9 – Tuesday, May 12 in & Around, NYC
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2015 NEW YORK Association of Art Museum Curators 14th Annual Conference & Meeting May 9 – 12, 2015 Around Town 2015 Annual Conference & Meeting Saturday, May 9 – Tuesday, May 12 In & Around, NYC In addition to the more well known spots, such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, , Smithsonian Design Museum, Hewitt, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Frick Collection, The Morgan Library and Museum, New-York Historical Society, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, here is a list of some other points of interest in the five boroughs and Newark, New Jersey area. Museums: Manhattan Asia Society 725 Park Avenue New York, NY 10021 (212) 288-6400 http://asiasociety.org/new-york Across the Fields of arts, business, culture, education, and policy, the Society provides insight and promotes mutual understanding among peoples, leaders and institutions oF Asia and United States in a global context. Bard Graduate Center Gallery 18 West 86th Street New York, NY 10024 (212) 501-3023 http://www.bgc.bard.edu/ Bard Graduate Center Gallery exhibitions explore new ways oF thinking about decorative arts, design history, and material culture. The Cloisters Museum and Garden 99 Margaret Corbin Drive, Fort Tyron Park New York, NY 10040 (212) 923-3700 http://www.metmuseum.org/visit/visit-the-cloisters The Cloisters museum and gardens is a branch oF the Metropolitan Museum oF Art devoted to the art and architecture oF medieval Europe and was assembled From architectural elements, both domestic and religious, that largely date from the twelfth through fifteenth century. El Museo del Barrio 1230 FiFth Avenue New York, NY 10029 (212) 831-7272 http://www.elmuseo.org/ El Museo del Barrio is New York’s leading Latino cultural institution and welcomes visitors of all backgrounds to discover the artistic landscape of Puerto Rican, Caribbean, and Latin American cultures. Fraunces Tavern Museum 54 Pearl Street, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10004 (212) 425-1778 http://Frauncestavernmuseum.org/ Fraunces Tavern Museum educates the public and creates genuine appreciation For New York City history as it relates to Colonial America, The Revolutionary War, and the Early Republic. 1 Grey Art Gallery, New York University 100 Washington Square East New York, NY 10003 (212) 998-6780 http://www.nyu.edu/greyart/ The Grey Art Gallery, New York University’s fine arts museum, functions to collect, preserve, study, document, interpret, and exhibit the evidence oF human culture. The Hispanic Society of America 613 W 155th Street New York, NY 10032 (212) 926-2234 http://www.hispanicsociety.org/hispanic/main.htm Founded in 1904, The Hispanic Society oF America is a free museum and reference library for the study of the arts and cultures oF Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. The collections are unparalleled in their scope and quality outside the Iberian Peninsula. Japan Society 333 East 47th Street New York, NY 10017 (212) 832-1155 http://www.japansociety.org/ Japan Society is the leading U.S. organization committed to deepening mutual understanding between the United States and Japan in a global context. The Society serves audiences through innovative programs in arts and culture, public policy, business, language and education. The Jewish Museum 1109 5th Avenue at 92nd Street New York, NY 10128 (212) 423-3200 http://thejewishmuseum.org/ The Jewish Museum is a jewel-box of an art museum and a distinctive hub For art and Jewish culture For people of all backgrounds. Merchant House Museum 29 East 4th Street New York, NY 10003 (212) 777-1089 http://merchantshouse.org/ The Museum’s collection of over 3,000 items comprises the possessions of the Tredwell Family, including furniture, decorative arts, clothing, photographs and books, household items, and personal items From 1853-1933. Morris-Jumel Mansion 65 Jumel Terrace New York, NY 10032 (212) 923-8008 http://www.morrisjumel.org/ The Morris-Jumel Mansion is the oldest standing residential property and the last surviving headquarters of George Washington’s revolutionary army in Manhattan. 2 Museum of Art and Design 2 Columbus Circle New York, NY 10019 (212) 299-7777 http://www.madmuseum.org/ MAD celebrates all Facets oF making and the creative processes by which materials are transFormed, From traditional techniques to cutting-edge technologies. Museum of Biblical Art 1865 Broadway at 61st Street New York, NY 10023 (212) 408-1500 http://www.mobia.org/ MOBIA celebrates and interprets art inspired by the Bible and its cultural legacy in Jewish and Christian traditions. The museum has no permanent collection but mounts three major exhibitions annually. Museum of Chinese in America 215 Centre Street New York, NY 10013 (212) 619-4785 http://www.mocanyc.org/ The museum is dedicated to preserving and presenting the history, heritage, culture and diverse experiences oF people of Chinese descent in the United States National Academy Museum 1083 FiFth Avenue New York, NY 10128 (212) 369-4880 http://www.nationalacademy.org/ The Academy Museum celebrates the visual journey oF the arts in America. The Museum’s collection oFFers profound insights into the story of American art. National Museum of the American Indian Alexander Hamilton U.S Custom House One Bowling Green New York, NY 10004 (212) 514-3700 http://www.nmai.si.edu/visit/newyork/ The museum’s permanent and temporary exhibitions explore the diversity of the Native people of the Americas. New Museum 235 Bowery New York, NY 10002 (212) 219-1222 http://www.newmuseum.org/ The New Museum is a leading destination For new art and new ideas. It is Manhattan’s only dedicated contemporary art museum and is respected internationally For the adventurousness and global scope oF its curatorial program. 3 Rubin Museum of Art 150 West 17th Street New York, NY 10011 (212) 620-5000 http://rubinmuseum.org/ The Rubin Museum oF Art is a dynamic environment that stimulates learning, promotes understanding, and inspires personal connections to the ideas, cultures, and art oF Himalayan Asia. The Studio Museum in Harlem 144 West 125th Street New York, NY 10027 (212) 864-4500 http://www.studiomuseum.org/ The Studio Museum in Harlem is the nexus For artists oF AFrican descent locally, nationally and internationally and For work that has been inspired and inFluenced by black culture. It is a site For the dynamic exchange oF ideas about art and society. Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery Columbia University 116th Street on Broadway and on Amsterdam Avenue Columbia University Schermerhorn Hall, 8th Floor New York, NY 10027 (212) 854-7288 http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wallach/ The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery advances Columbia University's historical, critical, and creative engagement with the visual arts. Brooklyn A.I.R Gallery 155 Plymouth Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 (212) 255-6651 http://airgallery.org A.I.R Gallery’s goal is to provide a professional and permanent exhibition space For women artists to present work oF quality and diversity. BRIC 647 Fulton Street Brooklyn, NY 11217 (718) 683-5600 http://bricartsmedia.org/ BRIC presents contemporary art, perForming arts and community media programs that reFlect Brooklyn’s creativity and diversity. Brooklyn Arts Council 55 Washington Street, Suite 218 Brooklyn, NY 11201 (718) 625-0080 http://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/ BAC Gallery exclusively showcases the work of emerging and mid-career Brooklyn artists. 4 Brooklyn Historical Society 128 Pierrepont Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 (718) 222-4111 http://brooklynhistory.org/ Founded in 1863, Brooklyn Historical Society is a nationally recognized urban history center dedicated to preserving and encouraging the study of Brooklyn’s extraordinary 400-year old history. Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Arts 80 Hanson Place Brooklyn, NY 11217 718-230-0492 http://mocada.org/ Through exhibitions and programming, MoCADA incites dialogue on pressing social and political issues Facing the African Diaspora, and Fosters a dynamic space For the creation and continuous evolution of culture. New York Transit Museum Boerum Place Brooklyn, NY 11202 (718) 694-1600 http://web.mta.info/mta/museum/ The museum is housed in the decommissioned Court Street subway station in downtown Brooklyn. The museum explores the cultural, social and technological history oF public transportation. Nurture Art 56 Bogart Street Brooklyn, NY 11206 (718) 782-7755 http://nurtureart.org/ Nurture Art is dedicated to nurturing new contemporary art by providing exhibition opportunities and resources for emerging artists, curators and public school students. Smack Mellon 92 Plymouth Street at Washington Brooklyn, NY 11201 (718) 834-8761 http://smackmellon.org/ The Smack Mellon supports emerging, under-recognized mid-career women artists in the creation and exhibition oF new work, by providing exhibition opportunities, studio workspace, and access to equipment and technical assistance for the realization of ambitious projects. Williamsburg Art & Historical Center 135 Broadway Brooklyn, NY 11211 (718) 486-6012 http://wahcenter.net/ The Williamsburg Art & Historical Center creates a bridge between local, national and international artists, emerging and established artists, and artists oF all disciplines. 5 Urban Glass 647 Fulton Street Brooklyn, NY 11217 (718) 625-3685 https://www.urbanglass.org UrbanGlass is an open-access Facility where over 200 proFessional artists and designers create using glass. Through studios, classes, exhibitions and publishing, UrbanGlass is committed to Furthering the use oF glass as a creative medium. Queens MoMA PS1 22-25 Jackson Avenue Long Island City, NY 11101 (718) 784-2084 http://momaps1.org/ MoMA PS1 is one oF the oldest and largest nonproFit contemporary art institutions in the US. An exhibition space rather than a collecting institution, MoMA PS1 devotes its energy and resources to displaying the most experimental art in the world. Museum of the Moving Image 36-01 35 Avenue Astoria, NY 11106 (718) 777-6800 http://www.movingimage.us/ MMI is the country’s only museum dedicated to the art, history, technique, and technology oF the moving image in all forms, and explores a wide range oF subjects, From nineteenth century optical toys to the latest in digital art.