Framework Panel #9

What We Want Is Free: An Exploration of the Field of Non-profit Visual Arts Organizations

Tuesday, March 3, 2009 | 6:30 – 8:00pm

The Goethe-Institut
812 7th St NW
Washington, DC

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• Press Release

In tandem with Transformer’s current Summer Camp program - a four-week series of creative events (February 7 – March 7, 2009) investigating art as action, engagement, social exchange, and interactivity, we are pleased to present What We Want Is Free: An Exploration of the Field of Non-profit Visual Arts Organizations.

This ninth panel in Transformer’s on-going FRAMEWORK Panel Series will examine the importance of non-profit visual arts organizations with small to medium sized budgets – 'alternative art spaces' and/or 'artist spaces' - and their impact on the past, present, and future of contemporary visual art. Transformer is presenting this panel in partnership with The Goethe-Institut who will host the event in their theatre. Participation is free.

Participating panelists include: Mark Allen, Director, Machine Project, Los Angeles, CA; Wendy Clark, Visual Arts Specialist, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC; Steven Rand, Executive Director, Apexart, NYC; Victoria Reis, Executive & Artistic Director, Transformer, Washington, DC; and Don Russell, Executive Director, Provisions Library, Washington, DC. The panel will be moderated by Ryan Hill, Transformer Board Member, and Manager of Interpretive Programs & Curatorial Research Associate, Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden.