Our conference theme, /New Frontiers on the Old Frontier,/ inspired an
exciting program that includes a rich offering of conference sessions
imagined and presented by our ARLIS/NA colleagues. In addition, this
year our conference presenters include an outstanding number of leading
voices from the worldwide art and architectural community. Among them,
our Membership Brunch and Convocation distinguished speakers.
The Membership Brunch address will for the third year focus on a unique
architectural aspect of our conference host city. *Ronnie Self*,
Professor of Architecture at the University of Houston, will speak on
the Louis Kahn and Renzo Piano architectural work for the Kimbell Art
Museum. A practicing architect, Self worked in the Renzo Piano Building
Workshop for twelve years before establishing Ronnie Self Architect in
Houston. His most recent book, /Architecture of Art Museums -- A Decade
of Design : 2000-2010/, was released in April 2014.
Our Convocation speaker is *Mari Carmen Ramirez*, world-renowned
authority on modern and contemporary Latin American art, curator and
Director of the International Center for the Arts of the Americas (ICAA)
at the Museum of fine Arts, Houston, who will speak about
transformations in research, collecting and exhibition of Latin American
art. She publishes extensively and has curated numerous award-winning
exhibitions including the highly acclaimed /Inverted Utopias:
Avant-Garde Art in Latin America/ (with Héctor Olea). She also
conceptualized and implemented the /ICAA Documents of 20th Century Latin
American and Latino Art Project/, a major digital archive and book series.
Our thanks to Artstor for its sponsorship, their support allows us to
bring these distinguished speakers to this year's conference.
Hope you will all *register today
<https://www.arlisna.org/fortworth2015/reg.php>* and join us for these
exceptional events!
/Carole Ann Fabian
President, ARLIS/NA/
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Columbia University Libraries
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New York, NY 10027
212-854-3068
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Project Director, Built Works Registry
builtworksregistry.org
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