2019 Conference
Pre-Conference Workshops & Tours
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
These events are not included in the conference registration fee and require pre-registration. Already registered or can't make it to conference but would like to attend a pre-conference event? Call the NEMA office at 781-641-0013 to register.
200 Years-200 Objects: Sullivan Museum and History Center
12:30 - 2:30 pm
Join the Sullivan Museum and History Center on the campus of Norwich University, the nation's oldest private military college. Enjoy a lunch in the rotunda of the museum, walk through the galleries of 200 Years-200 Objects: Norwich University Bicentennial exhibit, and take a behind-the-scenes tour of museum storage where one-of-a-kind objects from Norwich's 200-year history are preserved.
Fee of $25 includes lunch, guided tour, and program.
Public Art: Affordable, Accessible, Sustainable at Middlebury College Museum of Art
12:30 - 4:30 pm
Middlebury College's idyllic campus and public art collection serve as a backdrop for this session examining the trials and tribulations of preserving and protecting outdoor art. You will learn about the successes and failures of building and contextualizing a public collection, explore works in situ that illustrate creative and innovative methods for installation and maintenance on a small budget, and discover new conservation tools. Lunch is provided, with time to visit Middlebury College Museum of Art's fine art collections and women's suffrage exhibit.
Fee of $35 includes lunch, guided tour, and program.
Grow Where You're Planted: Engaging Art and Science in Conservation
1:30 - 4:30 pm
The Birds of Vermont Museum integrates elements of one man's vision into a whole, highlighting art, science, and conservation. For this special pre-conference visit, you will be engaging individually with the collection and grounds. Then, gathering for a group program, we show how we use art to develop techniques of scientific observation for greater connections with the natural world. Finally, we will have a conversation centering on how approaches from both science and art can inspire profound experiences, which inform one's conservation ethic.
Fee of $10 includes program and refreshments.