All talks will take place at the Metropolitan Pavilion, 5th Floor. Enter near booth B4. OAF Talks + Performances included with fair admission.
Thank you to our sponsors (listed below), for their generous support.
Friday, March 20th
11:30 AM: Sunny A. Smith and Edward M. Gómez about the future of Creative Growth
Co-sponsor: Diana Bowes
1:00 PM: John Kelly, star of BUGHOUSE, will perform an excerpt from the play which is inspired by the life and writings of Henry Darger. Followed by a conversation with Carlo McCormick.
Co-sponsor: Craig and Janet Duchossois
2:30 PM: Katherine Jentleson (High Museum of Art), Barbara Haskell (Whitney Museum of Art), and María Elena Ortiz (Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth) on "The Lost World : The Art of Minnie Evans"
Lead sponsor: The Horseman Foundation
Co-sponsor: John Jerit
4:00 PM: Panel discussion about Curated Space "From the North", featuring feature Patricia Feheley (Feheley Fine Arts), Jessica Winters (Artist from Makkovik, Nunatsiavut), Margarita Lizcano Hernandez (Curatorial Assistant, MoMA), and Edd Guarino (author, educator, collector). Moderated by Mary-Dailey Desmarais, Chief Curator at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
Co-sponsor: Kim Manocherian
4:00 PM: Acclaimed visual theater company Wakka Wakka performs "Future Flashback"
Co-sponsor: Susan Weiler