We are currently accepting session proposals and hope you will consider participating as a presenter in Detroit. A preliminary program will be posted here in April 2020. When making travel plans please consider the general schedule below and including some time to explore Detroit.

Mon, Sep 21, 2020
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Sessions
​6:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Opening Dinner at the Detroit Institute of Arts

Tue, Sep 22, 2020
​8:00 am - 9:00 am | Breakfast
9:00 am - 1:00 pm | Sessions
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Lunch
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Sessions
​6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Reception at Detroit Zoo

Wed, Sep 23, 2020
8:00 am - 9:00 am | Breakfast
9:00 am - 1:00 pm | Sessions
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Lunch
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Sessions
​6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Reception at The Henry Ford

 Thu, Sep 24, 2020
​8:00 am - 9:00 am | Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:00 pm | Sessions
1:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Detroit Excursion

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Topics we would like to see in Detroit

Review past program books

Program Committee

Megan McCauley, Program Co-chair, Pérez Art Museum Miami
Ingrid Van Haastrecht, Program Co-chair, Dallas Museum of Art

Jennifer Clarke, Detroit Zoo
Kate Fox, Penn Museum
Kara Getkin, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
Mindee Kashiwagi, California Academy of Sciences
April O'Brien, Eastern State Penitentiary

Dan O'Donoghue, Oklahoma Contemporary
​Nympha Patel, Art Gallery of Ontario
Julie Rega, Whitney Museum of American Art
David Saunders, National Museum of the American Indian
Stephanie Wilkes, Woodland Park Zoo