2012 PANEL DISCUSSIONS

FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2012
Where Commerce Meets Culture
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Beck Imaginarium, 1807 Ross Avenue, 5th Floor, Dallas 75201
U.S. Trust Senior Art Credit Executive John Arena and Dallas Art Fair co-founder John Sughrue lead an intimate discussion about the passion and practice of art collecting.

Art Smart: Knowing and Protecting the Value of Your Collection presented by James Ard of Ard-Knox Insurance and Jamie K. Baker of Thompson, Coe,
Cousins & Irons, L.L.P.
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
A moderated panel of business experts will share a wealth of knowledge to help collectors, galleries, and museums protect their art investments. Insider information on appraisal, shipping, and insurance issues with practical pointers for art collectors at every level.

SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2012
You Only Love Me When You’re In Dallas: Questioning Biennales
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Beck Imaginarium, 1807 Ross Avenue, 5th Floor, Dallas 75201
Includes Michael Corris, Chair, Meadows School of Art, Southern Methodist University, Dallas; Florence Ostende, Adjunct Curator, Dallas Contemporary, Texas (moderator); Charissa Terranova, Professor, University of Texas at Dallas.

Artist Run Galleries
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Beck Imaginarium, 1807 Ross Avenue, 5th Floor, Dallas 75201
Phil Grauer and Sarah Braman of CANADA, Bruce Lee Webb of Webb Gallery, Jason Willaford of Galleri Urbane and John Riepenhoff of The Green Gallery talk about making work and running an exhibition space.

SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 2012
Dallas Galleries Off the Wall: Tales from the Back Room
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Panelists include Talley Dunn, Talley Dunn Gallery; Cris Worley, Cris Worley Fine Arts; Cheryl Vogel, Valley House Gallery and Sculpture Garden; and Missy Finger, Photographs Do Not Bend. The four Dallas gallerists will share their unique perspectives on running a gallery and what they are responding to in the contemporary art world.