Creative Voices DC
Inaugurated in 2011, Creative Voices DC brings together the creative community in D.C. through panel discussions that include artists, collectors, curators, writers, and performers. Participants are encouraged to discuss works and projects in progress and exchange ideas.
The Phillips Collection continues to support the creative community in many ways. The idea for Creative Voices DC aligns closely with what museum founder Duncan Phillips felt to be an important part of his life and of his institution: the unwavering appreciation and support of living artists. Phillips believed that “artists speak not only for themselves but for those of us who are intensely interested in other ways of seeing than our own.”
Creative Voices DC Panel Discussions
February 7, 2011: Contributions of African American artists
Moderated by Richard Long, cultural historian, and professor emeritus at the Institute of the Liberal Arts, Emory University, Atlanta. Panelists: Adrienne Childs, art historian, University of Maryland; Billy Colbert, artist; Lisa Gold, executive director, Washington Project for the Arts; Judy A. Greenberg, director, The Kreeger Museum, Washington, D.C.; and Claudia Rousseau, critic, art historian, Montgomery College, Maryland.
In collaboration with Millennium Arts Salon; sponsored by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
May 25, 2011: Washington-based artists discuss their creative process and current work
Moderated by Phillips Senior Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Vesela Sretenović. Panelists: Carol Brown Goldberg, Jefferson Pinder, Janis Goodman, and Dan Steinhilber.
September 14, 2011: D.C.'s new international contemporary art fair, (e)merge (September 2011)
Moderated by Klaus Ottmann, Director of the Center for the Study of Modern Art and Curator at Large at The Phillips Collection. Panelists: Veronica Jackson, Principle at The Jackson Design Group and art collector, Washington, D.C.; Siobhan Rigg, artist exhibiting at (e)merge and Associate Professor of New Media at The George Washington University; and Jamie Smith, cofounder of Conner Contemporary Art and co-director of (e)merge.
March 8, 2012: Changes in Photography over the Last 15 Years
Moderated by Phillips Curatorial Associate Wendy Grossman. Panelists: National Portrait Gallery Curator of Photography Frank Goodyear; PhotoPlace Gallery Director Kirsten Hoving; James Madison University Associate Professor of Art History Laura Katzman; and George Washington University Fine Arts and Art History Department Chair and artist Dean Kessmann.
Panelists during the third Creative Voices program in September, 2011. Photo by Meg Clark.
Artist Jefferson Pinder during the second Creative Voices DC program on May 25, 2011.
Panelists Judy A. Greenberg, Lisa Gold, and Billy Colbert during the first Creative Voices DC program in February 2011. Photo by Henry Ferrand.
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