1. INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES
REGIONAL CURATORSHIP –
Does University Research Partnership Replace
Regional Fine and Decorative Art Curatorship?
Thursday, 1 November 2012,
At The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TS
PROGRAMME
10.00am - 10.30am Registration Refreshments on arrival
10.30am - 10.35 am 21st Century Curator Professor Ann Sumner
Visiting Professor Fine Art and
Curatorial Practice, University of
Birmingham,
Director, Birmingham Museums Trust
10.35am - 10.40am Introduction to Workshop Professor Matthew Rampley
Head of the School of Languages,
Cultures, Art History and Music and
Chair of Art History, University of
Birmingham
10.40am - 10.55am Key note address 1 Dr Susan Foister
Deputy Director and Director of
Collections, The National Gallery
10.55am - 11.10am Key note address 2 Dr Stephen Deuchar
Director, The Art Fund
11.10am - 11.25am Case Study 1 – William Etty Laura Turner
at York Art Gallery to Flesh Curator of Art, York Museums Trust
2016
11.25am - 11.45am Refreshments
11.45am - 12 noon Case Study 2 – Thomas Professor Ann Sumner
Fearnley: A Research Project
12 noon - 12.15pm Case Study 3 - pros and cons Ian Massey
of curating the exhibition Subject Leader, Communication Arts
Patrick Procktor - Art & Life and Design, University of Huddersfield
12.15pm - 12.30pm Case Study 4 - pros and cons Dr Colin Cruise
of curating the exhibition on Research Lecturer
‘’The Poetry of Drawing: Pre- University of Aberystwyth
Raphaelite Designs, Studies
and Watercolours:”

2. 12.30pm - 1.00pm Lunch – in the Foyer
1.00 pm - 1.30 pm OPTIONAL SESSION Christopher Riopelle
(please pre-book for this session The National Gallery,
on the main booking form: with Ann Sumner and Greg Smith
numbers are strictly limited)
Tour of ‘In Front of Nature:
The European Landscapes of
Thomas Fearnley’
1.30pm - 2.30pm Debate ‘Does University Panel, which includes:
Research Partnership Sarah Philp, Art Fund
Replace Regional Fine and Carol Jacobi, Tate Britain
Decorative Art Curatorship?’ Beth McIntyre, National Museum
Wales
Robert Wenley, Barber Institute of Fine
Arts, University of Birmingham
Andy Ellis, Public Catalogue Foundation
Elizabeth Prettejohn, Head of History
of Art, University of York
Alison Yarrington, University of Hull.
Association of Art Historians
2.30 pm - 2.45 pm European position Professor Matthew Rampley
Head of the School of Languages,
Cultures, Art History and Music and
Chair of Art History, University of
Birmingham
2.45 pm - 3.00 pm Discussion
3.00pm - 3.15 pm Refreshments
3.15 pm - 3.30 pm Where do we go from here? Professor Ann Sumner
and colleagues
3.30 pm - 4.30 pm Discussion
Questions and Answers
4.30 pm End of Workshop
5.00 pm Galleries close
HOW TO FIND THE BARBER …
By Train: Local trains run from Birmingham New Street station to University station, a 10-minute walk
from the Barber through the University campus.
By Car: Limited availability at South Car Park (off Edgbaston Park Road), five minutes walk away. Charges
apply.
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