Schedule 6-8 December 2024
Day 0 - Thursday 5 December 2024. Registration
2-8 pm Registration opens @ MOCA Grand Avenue
250 South Grand Ave, Los Angeles 90012
Delegates are welcome to visit exhibitions at MOCA Grand Avenue, The Broad and REDCAT, within a short walking distance. All venues are open late until 8pm. At 7pm, MOCA will host MOCA Artist Film: Edgar Calel screening and conversation with the artist. For more information: https://www.moca.org/program/moca-artist-film-series-edgar-calel
Day 1 - Friday 6 December. The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
7:30 am Charter bus pick up at Freehand Hotel for Travel Grantees and TG Funders.
8 am Charter bus pick up at All CIMAM Hotels.
8-8:45 am Welcome Breakfast for Travel Grantees, Travel Grant Funders, CIMAM Board Members
8:30-9 am Coffee & Registration
9 am Conference Begins
9:15-10 am
- Welcome by Johanna Burton & Clara Kim, MOCA
- Welcome by Joan Weinstein, Director, The Getty Foundation
- Welcome by Suhanya Raffel, CIMAM President and Director, M+ Museum, Hong Kong
- Welcome by Emma Nardi, ICOM President
- Introduction by Clara Kim, Chair of the 2024 Content Committee
10-10:30 am Keynote Speech by Mark Bradford
10:30-12:30 pm What is our Agency?: The Contemporary Art Museum and Climate Crisis
Moderated by Suzanne Cotter
15-min. presentation by John Kenneth Paranada
20-min. conversation by Fiona Ragheb & Kelsey Shell
20-min. presentation by Daniel Vega
20-min. presentation by Cecilia Winter
We are living through a time of climate crisis. What does sustainability, in the most expansive sense, look like within institutions today? How are we as a group of professionals enacting lasting structural changes in our institutions? What are the opportunities for the sustainable museum? How do we think about collection environments in ways that speak to the entanglements of addressing carbon emission reduction? How can a commitment to equality, social change and cultural transformation be part of a sustainable vision for museums for the future?
12:30-2 pm Boxed Lunch catered by Café Dulce
View PST ART show Olafur Eliasson: OPEN
2-4 pm Sustainable Ecosystems: Rethinking Museum Collections and Buildings within the Urban and Social Realm
Moderated by Amanda de la Garza
20-min. presentation by Andrea Lissoni
20-min. presentation by Michael Maltzan
20- min. presentation by Sara Zwede
Museums are living, thriving entities that are part of the urban landscape, having an impact on neighborhoods, communities, and cities. As part of a larger ecosystem with a wide range of stakeholders, museums are tasked with intellectual, historical, and social responsibility, as well as expected to respond to moments of crisis and change. As museums take a turn towards the social, how do we develop more sustainable ecosystems that re-imagine our role and responsibility within the larger urban fabric of a city? How do we rethink our collections and buildings as porous boundaries between the public and private, between the past and present, between the museum and community, between the physical and the environmental? How do we redefine our relationship to place beyond museum walls?
4:30-5:30pm Breakout Sessions
6 pm Charter bus transfer to the Getty Center
7-9 pm Welcome to Getty by Joan Weinstein
Private tours of PST ART shows: E.A.T., Lumen
Dinner Reception
9 pm Charter buses back to downtown hotels
Day 2- Saturday 7 December. Hammer Museum at UCLA
8 am Charter bus pick up at All CIMAM Hotels
9-9:30 am Registration & Coffee
9:30 am Conference Begins
9:30-9:45 am Welcome by Hammer Director & Aram Moshayedi
Introduction by Kitty Scott, Member of the 2024 Content Committee.
9:45-10:15 am Keynote speech by Zita Cobb
10:15-12:15 pm Economies of Sustainability: Ethics, Values and Resilience
Moderated by Aram Moshayedi
20-min. conversation between Ibrahim Mahama & Somi Umolu
20-min. presentation by Andrea Fraser
20-min. presentation by Manuel Segade
20-min. presentation by Mai Abu ElDahab
Within the economic, political, and social challenges we face today, the need to reassess existing financial models has become more urgent than ever as it relates to the long-term health and viability of museums and as we navigate the encroaching lines between public good and private interests. What do sustainable funding structures look like in the art and cultural sector? How is the governance of museums affected by who’s in power and what’s in play? What changing philanthropic models can museums and non-profits learn from? How do social impact philanthropy and artist-generated projects help sustain long-term goals for self-reliance as well as create new resilient models?
12:30-12:45 pm Curatorial Introduction by Mika Yoshitake
Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice, PST ART
12:45-1:45 pm Boxed Lunch
View PST ART show Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice
1:45-2:45 pm Breakout Sessions
3-4 pm Interlude Presentation. Artist Talk by Walid Raad
Two drops per heartbeat: A free-fall in the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection.
4:15 pm Board charter buses at Lindbrook entrance bus lane
Transfer to downtown & other tour sites
5-6:30 pm Tours of PST ART Shows
6:30-8:30pm Reception & Standing Dinner. Hosted by Hauser & Wirth (Arts District, 901 East 3rd Street, LA).
7:30 pm Charter Bus leaves for UA Theater.
Other CIMAM Hotels within short Uber ride.
8 pm (optional) PST ART Performance co-presented by REDCAT & CAP UCLA
Live Night: Cruising Bodies, Spirits and Machines
Featuring rafa esparza and Muxx
United Arts Theater
8:30 pm Charter buses leave from H&W to downtown hotels.
Day 3 - Sunday 8 December. LACMA & Academy Museum
8 am Charter bus pick up at All CIMAM Hotels
9-9:30 am Registration & Coffee
9:30 am Conference begins at Academy Museum theater.
9:30-9:45 am Welcome by LACMA Director Michael Govan & Rita Gonzalez
Introduction by Joselina Cruz, Member of the 2024 Content Committee.
9:45-10:15 am Keynote Speech by Candice Hopkins
10:15-12:15pm Sustainable Communities: Indigenous Perspectives and Worldviews
Moderated by Rita Gonzalez
20-min. presentation by Edgar Calel
20-min presentation by Taloi Havini
20-min. presentation by Pablo Jose Ramirez
Indigenous artists, curators, and thinkers have been making highly visible change in museums throughout the world. Indigenous ways of thinking and knowing have permeated institutions and the practices of exhibition making and collecting. What does sustainability, when seen and understood through indigenous perspectives, mean for our institutions? What should be sustained, changed, and re-imagined? How do indigenous perspectives and worldviews realign the intersection between art, ecology and community?
12:30-2 pm Lunch at LACMA
View PST ART shows
Mapping the Infinite: Cosmologies Across Cultures @LACMA
We Live in Painting: The Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art @LACMA
Digital Witness: Revolutions in Design, Photography, and Film @LACMA
Color in Motion: Chromatic Exploration of Cinema @ Academy
Cyberpunk: Envisioning Possible Futures Through Cinema @ Academy
12:30-1:30 pm Farewell Lunch for Travel Grantees
Return to Academy Museum theater
2-2:30 pm Closing Remarks
2:30-3:30 pm CIMAM General Assembly
3:45 pm Charter Buses depart for the visits.
4:30-6:30 pm Tours of PST ART shows and LA spaces.
7 pm Hosted Dinner & Farewell party
9 pm Charter Buses back to downtown hotels