[CPProt.net] NYU Presents Strategies for the Future of Culture: Dresden in Global Context - A Conference in Dresden, Germany

Thu Jul 28 19:49:26 CEST 2005

From: patrickvega at comcast.net [mailto:patrickvega at comcast.net] 
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Subject: NYU Presents Strategies for the Future of Culture: Dresden in
Global Context - A Conference in Dresden, Germany

Dear Colleagues,

I am writing regarding the possibility of listing our conference, entitled
Strategies for the Future of Culture: Dresden in Global Context on your Web
site and /or list serv. Attached is a release of the conference with
detailed information regarding speakers, hotels and travel and further
information can be found on our Web site: www.scps.nyu.edu/dresdenculture. 

This conference will take place October 27-29, 2005 at the Dresden State Art
Collections in Dresden, Germany a location with a great assemblage of
historic architecture and one of the major preservation projects of our era,
the restoration of the Cathedral of Our Lady to be reconsecrated on October
30, 2005. This conference is the fourth in a series that New York University
has offered, this year in collaboration with Initiatives in Art and Culture.
The conference will examine the future of cultural creation, display and
preservation in the 21st century. We consider comparative approaches to
pressing issues surrounding preservation of global culture and artistic
creation, anchored around Dresden, a city of unparalleled historical riches.

Please let me know if I can provide further information; I can be reached by
phone at 201-725-4405 and my email address is patrickvega at comcast.net

ENROLLMENT IS LIMITED; SCHEDULE CAN BE DOWNLOADED AT:
www.scps.nyu.edu/dresdenculture 

INITIATIVES IN ART AND CULTURE
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

STRATEGIES FOR THE FUTURE OF CULTURE: DRESDEN IN GLOBAL CONTEXT –
A CONFERENCE IN DRESDEN, GERMANY
OCTOBER 27-29, 2005

Entitled Strategies for the Future of Culture: Dresden in Global Context,
this major conference takes place in a city celebrated for its historic
architecture and home to the Church of Our Lady, to be reconsecrated on
October 30, 2005 following one of the major restoration projects of our era.
Drawing from and celebrating Dresden, this conference will examine how
cultural creation, display, and preservation will evolve in the 21st
century.

Overarching themes include the impact of terrorism, increasing urbanism,
political instability, and ecological disasters on cultural institutions and
on the creation of new artistic works in all fields and media. Equal
scrutiny will be given to legal issues: preventing looting; legal ownership
of objects or sites versus the notion of stewardship; and the inevitable
legal ramifications and effects on cultural heritage of the increased cost
of protecting cultural property.

Speakers will address issues related to the presentation of the arts to a
diverse public, the preservation of objects, sites, and other forms of
cultural expression for future generations, and, in both general and
specific senses, the future of culture and the creation of art. Particular
attention will be paid to the sensitivities involved in different approaches
to the preservation and display of cultural and artistic works, and to the
complex relationship between presentation and audience reaction. Last,
mindful of the unequal distribution of resources for the creation,
perpetuation and preservation of the arts, we will also consider the
development of sustainable solutions to this challenging problem.

Among those who have agreed to participate: contemporary painter, Ross
Bleckner whose work employs visual metaphors to address memory and history;
Neil Brodie, who heads the Illicit Antiquities Research Center at Cambridge
University's McDonald Institute; the attorney Lawrence Kaye, who has argued
regarding cultural repatriation and antiquities before the U.S. Supreme
Court; Constance Lowenthal, former  Director, Commission for Art Recovery,
World Jewish Congress (1998 – 2001) and Executive Director, International
Foundation for Art Research [IFAR] (1985 – 1998); architect Richard
Gluckman, whose commissions include the Guggenheim in Berlin; Peter Kulka,
architect; his work includes German Horticultural Museum, Erfurt (2000);
restoring the former University Tower, Leipzig-Zentrum; and the Hygiene
Museum, Dresden; Brian Michael Jenkins, who is Senior Advisor to the
President of RAND; Paul LeClerc, President, The New York Public Library;
filmmaker and three-time Academy award Mark Jonathan Harris; Gilles Peress,
photographer and a member of Magnum Photos whose photographs are in the
collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, and the
Bibliothèque Nationale; Godfrey Reggio, who produced and directed the
Squatsi series of films with music by Philip Glass; Mervin Richard, Deputy
Head of Conservation, the National Gallery of Art, Washington; Martin Roth,
Director General of the Dresden State Art Collections; John Malcolm Russell,
Chairman of the Critical Studies Department, a professor of art history at
the Massachusetts College of Art and a member of the UNESCO cultural mission
to Iraq in May 2003, and, until June 2004, Deputy Senior Advisor to the
Ministry of Culture for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq; Dorit
Straus, vice president and Worldwide Fine Art Specialty Manager, Chubb Group
of Insurance Companies where she is responsible for fine art strategy and
underwriting; Christoph Martin Vogtherr, curator of French and Italian
paintings, Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg /
Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg, Potsdam
(Germany); and John Sanday, one of the leading conservation architects in
Asia who serves as Field Director for The Upper Mustang Cultural Heritage
Conservation Project and for the Preah Khan Conservation Project in Angkor,
Cambodia, and as project adviser to Chinese authorities and the China
Heritage Fund regarding reconstruction of the Western Garden Complex in the
Imperial Palace, Beijing.

We are honored to thank the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden for their
invitation, gracious support, and invaluable advice and counsel. 

We gratefully recognize The Exeter Group as the American Leadership
Supporter. 

We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of AICA International,
ArtReview, Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, College Art Association,
Herrick, Feinstein LLP, Paula K. Lazrus, Errol Morris, the National Gallery
of Art, Washington DC, The Cultural Department of the City of Dresden, and
Luke Welles. 

TRAVEL TO DRESDEN, GERMANY: Special discounted rates for airfare from the
United States to Dresden, Germany are available through Linden Travel
Bureau, Inc., 909 Third Avenue  12th  Floor, New York, New York 10022.
Please call Maria Guerrieri to make arrangements at 1-212-784-0233 or email
her at mguerrieri at lindentravel.com.  Linden Travel will charge a $100 fee
for each ticket issued. Special fares include:

•	A 20% discount on any Lufthansa published roundtrip or one-way fare
(except Z-, Q-, V-, W- and S-class) purchased and originating in the United
States on Lufthansa flights from Atlanta, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Miami,
Philadelphia or Portland to Dresden, Germany.
•	A 15% discount on published roundtrip or one-way F, C, Y, B, M or H
fares purchased and originating in the US on Lufthansa flights from Boston,
Los Angeles or New York (JFK only) to Dresden, Germany.
•	A 10% discount on published roundtrip or one-way F, C, Y, B, M or H
fares purchased and originating anywhere else in the United States on
Lufthansa flights to Dresden, Germany.

DRESDEN, GERMANY HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS: For the nights of October 26, 27, and
28 (as well as October 29 in the case of the Kempinski Taschenbergpalais), a
special rate is available to participants at the following hotels:

Art’Otel Dresden:  Located at OstraAllee 33, the art’otel dresden has single
and double occupancy rooms available at the NYU rate of 95 - 110 Euros
(includes service, VAT and buffet breakfast). Reserve by calling +49 351 49
22 730 or by faxing +49 351 49 2278 or sending an email to
aodrsales at artotels.de. Please identify yourself as an “NYU conference
participant.” Reservations must be made by September 14, 2005.

Bulow Residenz Dresden: Located at Rahnitzgasse 19, the Bulow Residenz
Dresden has single and double occupancy rooms available at the NYU rate of
180 - 220 Euros. Reserve by calling +49 351 800 30, by faxing +49 351 800
3100, or by email at info at buelow-residenz.de. Please identify yourself as an
“NYU conference participant.” Reservations must be made by August 16, 2005.

Hilton Dresden:  Located at An der Frauenkirche 5, the Hilton Dresden has
single and double occupancy rooms available at the NYU rate of 150  170
Euros and Business Rooms are available at the rate of 200 Euros. Reserve by
calling +49 351 864 2777, by faxing +49 351 864 2889, or by email at
roomreservations.dresden at hilton.com. Please identify yourself as an “NYU
conference participant.” Reservations must be made by September 12, 2005.

Kempinski Hotel Taschenbergpalais, Dresden: Located at Taschenberg
Hotelbetriebs  GmbH, the Kempinski Hotel Taschenbergpalais has single and
double occupancy rooms available at the NYU rate of 185  215 Euros (includes
breakfast) for reservations during the following dates: October 16  28,
2005. The NYU rate for single and double occupancy rooms is 300 - 330 Euros
(does not include breakfast) for reservations during the following dates:
October 28 - 30, 2005. Reserve by calling +49 351 491 2636 or fax at +49 351
491 2619 or email at meetings.taschenbergpalais at kempinski.com. Please
identify yourself as an “NYU conference participant.” Reservations must be
made by August 15, 2005.

The Westin Bellevue, Dresden: Located at Grosse Meissner Strasse 15, The
Westin Bellevue has single and double occupancy rooms available at the NYU
rate of 120 Euros (includes VAT, service charge, and full buffet breakfast).
Reserve by calling +49 351 805 1733, by faxing +49 351 805 1749, or by email
at hotelinfo at westin-bellevue.com. Please identify yourself as an “NYU
conference participant.” Reservations must be made by September 14, 2005.

TO REGISTER - The conference fee is $285, please call (212) 998-7137 to
register or visit the website at www.scps.nyu.edu/dresdenculture or fax the
completed form below to (212) 935-6911, 24 hours a day or mail to: NYU/SCPS
Budget Office, 25 West 4th Street Room 203, New York, NY 10012 or email the
information below to Lisa Koenigsberg at lisa.koenigsberg at nyu.edu or Patrick
Vega at patrickvega at comcast.net. This conference counts as one 10-session
elective toward the Certificates in Arts Administration and Appraisal
Studies in Fine and Decorative Arts.
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