Program The Funding of the Arts
“Comparing the Different Models of Private and Public Funding
in the United States and the Netherlands”
Who Serves the Arts Best?
Friday, June 10, 2011
Frederick Rose Auditorium
The Cooper Union
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Afternoon program — US and NL Models I: Cultural
Institutions & Foundations
Host for the afternoon: Farai Chideya (Radio
Host NPR)
1:00 Doors open
2:00-2:15 Welcome/Opening Remarks Saskia Bos (The Cooper
Union) and Gerrit Groen (PvdA NY)
Session 1: Cultural Institutions
2:15-2:45 Glenn D. Lowry (MoMA) and Axel Rüger (van Gogh
Museum)
2:45-3:15 Clive Gillinson (Carnegie Hall) and Melle
Daamen (City Theatre Amsterdam)
3:15-4:00 Moderated Panel/Q&A: Lowry, Gillinson, Bos,
Rick van der Ploeg (University of Oxford)
4:00-4:30 Coffee Break
Session 2: Cultural Foundations
4:30-5:00 PowerPoint Presentations Nicolas Baume (Public
Art Fund) & Katie Hollander (Creative Time)
5:00-6:00 Moderated Panel/Q&A: Baume, Daamen, Rüger,
Hollander
6:00-7:30 Dinner @ BBar and Grill
Evening Program — Comparing US and NL Models II: Politics
and Practice
Host for the Evening: Aaron Betsky (Cincinnati
Art Museum & former Director NAI)
Session 3: Educators and Artists Perspectives
7:30-8:15 Rick van der Ploeg (former Dutch Secretary of Culture and Education), Mark
Wigley (GSAPP, Columbia University), Saskia Bos (School of
Art, The Cooper Union)
8:30-9:30 Artist Panel with George Del Barrio (The Vanderbilt
Republic), Florian Idenburg (Solid Objectives- Idenburg Liu), Michael Rees (Sculptor & Media Artist), Julika Rudelius (Video artist), Fay Victor (Fay Victor Ensemble)
9:30- 9:45 Moderated Q&A
9:45-10:00 Concluding
Remarks by Sjoukje van der Meulen (PvdA NY) and Gerrit Groen (PvdA NY)
10:00-12:00 Closing Reception @ BBar
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