DRAFT Program Outline 1 May 10.00am Coffee 10.30am AAGGO Council Meeting for AAGGO representatives 2.00pm Conference opens Welcome to Country and Opening Simon Elliott Assistant Director, Curatorial and Educational Services, NGA 2.00 – Keynote Addresses 5.00pm Ms Robyn Archer AO Creative Director, Canberra Centenary Mr Rupert Myer AM Chair, Australia Council for the Arts 5.30 – Cocktail Reception and gallery viewing at the National Portrait Gallery 7.30pm 2 May 6.30 am Dawn viewing of James Turrell Skyspace Within Without approx National Institutions and their Collections Peter Haynes Author and Art Curator Andrew Sayers AM Director, National Museum of Australia Dr Sarah Engledow Historian and Curator, National Portrait Gallery Margy Burn Assistant Director‐General, Australian Collections and Reader Services, National Library of Australia 9.30am – Defining the National Art Collection ‐ the artist, the curator, the critic, 12.30pm the director Chris Wallace Journalist and Critic Prof Sasha Grishin Sir William Dobell Professor of Art History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences Dr Deborah Hart Senior Curator of Painting & Sculpture after 1920, NGA Robert Boynes Artist Dr Ron Radford AM Director, National Gallery of Australia Conserving the National Collection Debbie Ward Head of Conservation, NGA Andrea Wise Senior Paper Conservator, NGA 1.30 – 3.30pm Glass Art Dr Robert Bell AM, Senior Curator, Decorative Arts and Design, NGA Ann Jackle, Chief Executive Officer Canberra Glassworks Stephen Payne Manager, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery Alternative sessions 4.00 – 1. Demonstration and tour of Canberra Glassworks 5.00pm 2.Guided Gallery Tour 5.00pm Sunset viewing of James Turrell Skyspace Within Without approx 3 May 6.30 am Dawn viewing of James Turrell Skyspace Within Without approx Indigenous Art & the National Collection Wally Caruana Consultant and former Senior Curator of Aboriginal Art, NGA 9.30am – Danie Mellor Artist and Lecturer, Sydney College of the Arts 12.45pm Crispin Howarth Curator, Pacific Art, NGA Guided tours of Indigenous art collections Expanding access to new audiences Artmed – a collaboration between the NGA and the ANU Medical School Frances Wild Acting Manager, Access Services, Learning and Access 1.45 – Programs 3.00pm NGA Alzheimer’s program Adriane Boag Program Co‐ordinator, Youth and Community Programs, NGA‐ New technologies Clyde D’Rosario Head, Digital Strategies, NGA An art detective story 3.30 – Linda Groom Author and retired Curator of Pictures, National Library of 4.00pm Australia Alternative sessions 4.15 – 1. Demonstration and tour of Canberra Glassworks 5.00pm 2.Guided Gallery Tour 5.00pm Sunset viewing of James Turrell Skyspace Within Without 7.00 – Conference Dinner, Gandel Hall, National Gallery of Australia 9.30pm 4 May 6.30 am Dawn viewing of James Turrell Skyspace Within Without approx 10.00 – Necia Gilbert Memorial Lecture 10.45 Stephen Bowers Ceramicist, teacher, arts administrator 11.10 ‐ Presentations from AAGGO Galleries 1145 Western Australia Launceston AAGGO 2013 Council Meeting Report Engage with Adelaide 2015 11.45 – Learning to “see”: interpreting an art work 12.30 Katie Russell, Acting Head, Education and Public Programs, NGA 12.30pm Conference close 12.40 – Optional post conference tour of Parliament House Art Collection 4.00pm (includes lunch) .