Day 1 Session 1 moderated by Suzanne Cotter

Susanne Cotter, CIMAM Board Member, Member of the 2024 Contents Committee, and Director, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA), Sydney, moderates the panel "Sustainable Ecosystems: Rethinking Museum Collections and Buildings within the Urban and Social Realm." with speakers J Fiona Ragheb, Deputy Director for Curatorial and Exhibitions, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles. Kelsey Shell, Environmental & Sustainability Strategist, MOCA, Los Angeles. Daniel Vega, Deputy Director for Exhibitions and Conservation, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao. Cecilia Winter, Project Specialist, Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, USA, and John Kenneth Paranada, Curator of Art and Climate Change, Sainsbury Centre, University of East Anglia, London.

CIMAM 2024 Annual Conference, Los Angeles, December 6-9

Day 1 - Fri Dec 6 The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

The CIMAM 2024 Annual Conference addressed the subject of sustainability from an integrated and holistic perspective, beginning with our desire to respond to climate change by reassessing our policies around collection care and conservation; rethinking the buildings we occupy and the cities we are part of; while also exploring innovative models for economic sustainability and community building.

Co-hosted by The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), the Hammer Museum at UCLA, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), with lead support from the Getty Foundation and the generous support from the Terra Foundation for American Art. Additional support for the conference is provided by the Perenchio Foundation and the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation. Hauser & Wirth, Getty Foundation, and East West Bank provide hosting sponsorship.

Learn more about the CIMAM 2024 Annual Conference here.