Installation view featuring the work Question by Martin Puryear, part of the 2015 exhibition River Crossings, a collaboration between The Olana Partnership and The Thomas Cole National Historic Site, courtesy The Olana Partnership © Peter Aaron/OTTO.
Alumni Panel
Thursday, March 13, 2025
1:00 to 2:00 p.m Eastern Time on Zoom
FREE & OPEN TO ALL
The American Friends of Attingham is excited to host this free webinar, the first in our biennial Alumni Conversations, a series that aims to strengthen and grow the Attingham network with shared ideas, resources and connections. No matter where you live or work, tune in with your cuppa, lunch, or supper as you listen to this fascinating conversation!
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HOST Diana Carroll Toole ’11, Past President of the Serpentine Americas Foundation and former Curator and Assistant Director of the Gracie Mansion Conservancy in New York City.
MODERATOR Jennifer Klos ’12, LHC ’14, SP ’13, ’16, ’19, ’23, a Texas-based independent art curator and advisor for private collectors and homes, galleries, and museums, and principal for the boutique advisory firm, Collector House, Inc.
PANELISTS
Abbey Chamberlain Brach ’12, Director and Curator of the City of Los Angeles’ Hollyhock House, a UNESCO World Heritage Site designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in California;
Dr. Sean E. Sawyer ’02, LHC ’23, the Washburn and Susan Oberwager President of The Olana Partnership, former home of the American artist Frederick Edwin Church located near Hudson, in upstate New York; and
Dr. Gina Wouters ’15, the President and CEO of Planting Fields Foundation, a Gold Coast estate on Long Island, New York, replete with historic structures, Olmsted Brothers-designed landscapes, and world class art and horticultural collections.
Get to know our host, moderator, and panelists! Click here for their brief bios. Each will discuss recent exhibitions or installations involving contemporary art at their historic sites and the art’s impact on the interpretation and public reception.
REGISTER
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REGISTRATION Registration via Zoom in advance is required. Registration closes March 10.
Should you have any technical questions or concern, please contact AFA Administrator Erin Kuykendall. You may also call (212) 682-6840. Once you have registered, Zoom will send you a brief reminder email one week and one hour in advance of the program.
CAPACITY We wish to welcome as many alumni and prospective Attingham applicants as possible. Please help us spread the word and invite your friends, colleagues, interns and trustees to this informative conversation.
COST This program is free and open to the public.
ZOOM WEBINAR DETAILS This Zoom webinar features a Q&A option for all attendees. Your question can be submitted anonymously to the Zoom host, moderators, and/or panelists, or shared with all attendees. At the end of the webinar, you will be invited to participate in a brief poll to share your feedback and experience with this virtual AFA program. The webinar will be recorded for archival AFA purposes.
Thank you for your interest in the virtual programs and alumni engagement connections made possible by the American Friends of Attingham.
Installation view of Entanglement: Louise Bonnet and Adam Silverman at Hollyhock House, 2022. Photo © Joshua White, courtesy Hollyhock House and Galerie Max Hetzler.
Penetrable by Jesús Rafael Soto, part of the exhibition OVERLOOK, a collaboration between The Olana Partnership and the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros. Photo © Peter Aaron/OTTO.
View from the interior of The Posh Blind by artist Mark Dion, from Dion and David Brooks: The Great Bird Blind Debate, an inaugural exhibition ushering in Planting Fields Foundation’s new Catalyst program in May 2020. Photo © Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, courtesy Planting Fields Foundation.