Cultivating New Collectors

In conjunction with the Museum of Art's Young Professional Group the JETS, the New Collectors Society hosts "Cultivating New Collectors: A Dialogue with Independent Curator and Art Journalist A.M. Weaver" for its Happier Hour on Thursday, October 9 from 6 PM to 8 PM.

A. M. Weaver demystifies the art pricing and buying process for beginning collectors, and helps professionals understand how to best invest in culture of all genres. Exploring the traditional artist support system of patronage, auction house bidding and even the modern practice of crowdfunding, this discussion promises to open doors for anyone who wants to start their collection right where they are.

A.M. Weaver is a nationally acclaimed curator, just recently completely DC's 5X5 Public Art project. Her articles and reviews have appeared in Art in America, Frieze Magazine, Artvoices, Art South Africa, Art Papers, Surface Design Journal and Bomb. In recent years, A.M. Weaver received a number of awards for her writing and curatorial practices, including the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship for Art Commentary, the “Transformation Award” from the Leeway Foundation and a NEA Arts Journalism Institute Residency at American University.

2 for 1 wine specials at the Wine Bar and Museum private tour of When the Stars Begin to Fall: Imagination and the American South are included in the experience.