PAD Portfolio Review (free and open to all PAD members)
Friday, Feb. 15, 10am – 4pm
An excellent opportunity for artists, including students, who are seeking to work in public art to receive feedback on their portfolios by experts in the field. Each artist will have a 20-minute meeting with an experienced public art consultant, administrator, artist or curator.
The reviews are being organized by Kelly Pajek and Renee Piechocki. The roster of reviewers includes public art administrators, artists, and consultants including: Charlott Cohen, General Services Administration, New York, NY; Peggy Kendellen, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR; Jennifer McGregor, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY; Norie Sato, Artist, Seattle, WA; and Ed Woodham, Art in Odd Places, New York, NY.
PAD Session: Reconsidering Mural Painting: New Methodologies
Friday, Feb. 15, 9:30am – 12pm
Hilton New York, Morgan Suite, 2nd Floor
Chair: Sally Webster, Lehman College and The Graduate Center, City University New York
In the Making: Mural Painting and the Look of Reform in Theodore Roosevelt’s America
Annelise K. Madsen, The Art Institute of Chicago
Picturing Jewish History in 1920s Hollywood: The Murals in the Wilshire Boulevard Temple
MacKenzie Stevens, University of Southern California
“No Vain Glory”: Cartography and Murals in the American War Cemeteries in France
Kate C. Lemay, Brigham Young University
Looking Beyond “The Wall”: Reconstructing City Walls’ Gateway to Soho
Andrew Wasserman, State University of New York at Stony Brook
The Renewed “Spirit of Hyde Park”: A Case Study in Mural Restoration
Emily Scibilia, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Discussant: Sarah Schrank, California State University, Long Beach
PAD 90-minute session: Time, Transience, Duration
Friday, Feb. 15, 12:30 – 2pm
Hilton New York, Sutton Parlor North, 2nd Floor
Chair: Norie Sato, independent artist
Panelists: Penny Balkin Bach, Association for Public Art
Renee Piechocki, independent artist and consultant
Marisa Lerer, University of Denver
Business Meeting and PAD Award for achievement in the field of public art
Friday, Feb. 15, 5:30 – 7pm
Hilton New York, Sutton Parlor North, 2nd Floor
Join us for a brief business meeting followed by a conversation with this year’s recipient of the PAD award for achievement in the field of public art, Penny Balkin Bach. This annual award is presented to an individual whose contributions have greatly influenced public art practice.
