Midwest Art History Society Conference, April 2, 3, 4, 2009
Number 35 Fall 2008 NE W SLETTER Midwest Art History Society Conference, April 2, 3, 4, 2009 - Kansas City, Missouri The Midwest Art History Society’s 36th annual meeting will venues, a short distance away, are the Liberty Memorial (a fabulous convene April 2, 3, 4, 2009, in Kansas City, Missouri. The confer- Art Deco structure and the only WWI memorial and museum in ence is co-hosted by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the the country), the Negro Leagues Baseball Hall of Fame, and the Jazz University of Missouri, Kansas City. Conference sessions and Hall of Fame. activities will take place at The Nelson-Atkins Museum. The conference hotel is the Raphael Hotel—a charming, historic, Participating partners in the MAHS conference are the H & R European-style hotel on the Country Club Plaza, located just a Block Artspace, the Spencer Museum in Lawrence, Kansas, and the 15-minute walk from The Nelson-Atkins Museum. One of Kansas Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art. City’s most popular destinations, the Plaza offers a wide selection of restaurants and shopping, as well as sev- At The Nelson-Atkins Museum, the eral venues featuring Kansas City jazz. conference will take place both in the original 1933 William Rockhill The conference overlaps with First Nelson Building and the new, award- Fridays, a festive evening on the first winning Bloch Building designed Friday of each month when the galleries by Steven Holl. This will be a great in the Cross Roads art district open their opportunity to see the Museum’s doors and the streets fill with crowds of encyclopedic, world-class collections art enthusiasts.
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