ATOA Fall 2010 Panel Series ~ Sept. 30 - Dec.16

ATOA Fall 2010 Panel Series ~ Sept. 30 - Dec.16 Thursdays - 6:30 Reception, 7:00 Discussion - Soho20 Chelsea Gallery, 547 W. 27th St., #301  Admission: $7 Adults, $3 Seniors/Students with ID www.atoa.org  FIRST PANEL This Thursday ~ September 30, 2010 Please Appropriate Me:  The Art of Using Art to Make More Art Moderator:  Ed Herman Panelists:  Mary Close, painter · Russell Conner, painter · Marcy Freedman, painter & performance artist · Sam Weiner, sculptor & collagist Organizer: Lynne Mayocole October 14, 2010 Jay Milder - A Film by Ray Grist:  Film Screening & Dialog Featuring: Jay Milder, artist & Ray Grist, filmmaker Organizer: Ray Grist October 21, 2010 Three Dimensions: Hand or Digital?  Sculptors Consider the Alternatives Moderator:  Doug Sheer, chairman of ATOA Panelists:  Donna Dodson, wood carver · Ayami Aoyama, stone carver · and other sculptors (stay tuned) Organizers: Lynne Mayocole & Doug Sheer October 28, 2010 Raising the Dead A Conversation with:  Flash Light, artist · Dr. Chic Schissel, lecturer on the medical system, science, quackery & music · John Rafferty, author, editor & president of the Secular Humanist Society of NY · Dr. Barnaby Rhue, artist and NYU professor Organizer:  Flash Light November 13, 2010 Art & Wall Street: The Mel-Moses Art Index - Art as Assets Featuring Ron Morosan, artist & Robert A. Schwartz, PhD, Economics & Finance, Baruch College A discussion on how this Index will allow non-profts to issue bonds and other financial instruments to allow supporters to "invest" in arts orgnizations. Organizer: Ron Morosan November 18, 2010 From Performance to Painter's Tape:  Abstract Art & Materiality Moderator: Kat Griefen, curator Panelists: Bibi Calderaro · Creighton Michael · Ray Oglesby · Rebecca Smith Organizer: Kat Griefen December 9, 2010 Performance, Re-Performance & All That Host: Vernita N'Cognita, performance & visual artist Featuring 10-20 Artists in Performance (stay tuned for playbill) Organizer: Vernita N'Cognita December 16, 2010 Hans Hofmann in Film Moderator: Patricia Stark Feinstein, independent curator Panelists: Irving Sandler, art historian · Thorpe Feidt, artist, teacher · plus additional panelists to be announced Featuring an excerpt from Sam Feinstein's film  on Hans Hoffman. Organizer: Patricia Stark Feinstein