Dear Speakers for the Conserving Active Matter—Philosophy Symposium,

My name is Antonio Sánchez-Gómez, I am a doctoral candidate at the Bard Graduate Center and I’ll be assisting with academic events during Laura Minsky’s maternity leave.

For those of you staying at our residential facility, I am aware that you have received your accommodation confirmation with instructions for checking in at Bard Hall. If you have any questions regarding our residential facility please contact Miao Chen at miao.chen@bgc.bard.edu

Please find below a complete program and set of instructions for next week’s events. If you have any questions, please contact me at academicevents@bgc.bard.edu

We are very much looking forward to your visit.

Antonio Sánchez-Gómez
Academic Events

Thursday, November 7

2:30 pm
Please arrive at the staff entrance of the conservation laboratories of the Museum of Modern Art, located at:

MoMA
42 West 54th Street
New York, NY 10019

2:45-5:00
Workshop: Conservation of Active Matter

7:30-9:00
Dean’s Dinner
On behalf of Dean Peter N. Miller, you are invited to a Dean’s Dinner in the penthouse of our Research Center and Library, located at 38 West 86th St., New York, NY 10024. These informal dinners are hosted after select events and include BGC faculty, fellows, students, and invited guests.
Please RSVP to academicevents@bgc.bard.edu by November 4.

Before the end of the day…
Please send the visual materials for your Friday talk to academicevents@bgc.bard.edu in order to avoid last-minute compatibility issues.

Friday, November 8.

8:30 am
Arrival at the Bard Graduate Center:
38 West 86th St.,
New York, NY 10024
Light breakfast will be served

9 am
Peter N. Miller
Bard Graduate Center
Welcome

9:15 am
A.W. Eaton
University of Illinois at Chicago
Ivan Gaskell
Bard Graduate Center
Introduction

Session I: Growth in Decay
(Chair: A.W. Eaton)

9:30 am
Erich Hatala Matthes
Wellesley College
What Can Conservation Conserve?

9:55 am
Alva Noë
University of California, Berkeley
Entanglement and Death

10:20 am
Discussion

10:45 am
Coffee Break

Session II: Wabi-Sabi, Kintsugi, and the Joys of Deformation and Rupture
(Chair: A.W. Eaton)

11 am
Yuriko Saito
Rhode Island School of Design
Aesthetics of Repair

11:25 am
Rumiko Handa
University of Nebraska
Time and Imperfection

11:50 am
Discussion

12:15 pm
Lunch Break
You are all invited for lunch in our penthouse.

Session III: Puzzles in Modern and Contemporary Art and Material Culture
(Chair: Ivan Gaskell)

1:30 pm
Francesca Esmay
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Jeffrey Weiss
Independent Curator
Iteration, Example, Version: The Variable Realization of Minimal Art

1:55 pm
Sherri Irvin
University of Oklahoma
The Expressive Import of Degradation and Decay in Contemporary Art

2:20 pm
Discussion

2:45 pm
Coffee Break

Session IV: Worlds in Ruins
(Chair: Ivan Gaskell)

3 pm
Carolyn Korsmeyer
University at Buffalo, SUNY
Degradation: Appearance and/or/vs. Reality

3:25 pm
Elisabeth Schellekens
University of Uppsala
Beauty, Destruction, and the Temple of Bel

3:50 pm
Discussion

Session V

4:15 pm
Panel Discussion

5:15 pm
Reception

BGCTV This event will be livestreamed. A link to the video will be posted to the event listing the day of the talk.

This event is part of our “Cultures of Conservation” initiative, supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

COPY AND PASTE CODE BELOW TO MAILCHIMP

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
 <head>
 
 <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scal=1.0, width=device-width">
 <style type="text/css">
 body {
 margin: 0;
 padding: 0;
 min-width: 100%!important;
 color:#000000;
 }
 img {
 display: block;
 }
 a img {
 border:none;
 }
 h4 {
 display: inline;
 font-size: 8pt;
 font-style: normal;
 font-weight: normal;
 }
 h5 {
 display: inline;
 font-size: 8pt;
 font-style: normal;
 font-weight: normal;
 }
 hr {
 border: 1px solid #dddddd; 
 width: 600px;
 margin: 34px 0 30px 36px;
 }
 .content {
 width: 800px;
 padding: 20px 50px 0;
 font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
 font-size: 14px;
 line-height: 19px;
 }
 .content td {
 font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
 font-size: 18px;
 line-height: 24px;
 color:#000000;
 }
 .masthead {
 font-size: 24px;
 padding: 0;
 }
 .masthead a {
 text-decoration: none;
 color: #ee3128;
 }
 #intro_text p {
 padding: 6px 0px 0px 36px;
 margin-bottom: 0px;
 width: 600px;
 }
 .intro_register_button{
 margin: 20px 0 20px 36px;
 padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
 }
 .register_button {
 margin-left: 36px;
 /*margin-bottom: 20px;*/
 padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
 }
 .learn_more_button {
 border: 1px solid;
 margin-left: 36px;
 margin-top: 20px;
 }
 .event_image {
 display: block;
 margin-left: auto;
 margin-right: auto;
 margin-top: 35px;
 }
 .event_text {
 margin-left: 36px;
 margin-bottom: 0px;
 width: 600px;
 }
 /*.event_text p {
 margin-top: 0px;
 }*/
 .section_title {
 background-color:#eff0ed; 
 padding: 25px 10px 25px 0px; 
 text-align: right;
 }
 .footer {
 font-size:12px;
 line-height:19px;
 font-family:Arial,sans-serif;
 color:#8c8c8c;
 margin:auto;
 padding:19px 26px 20px 25px;
 }
 
 .footer td {
 font-size:12px;
 line-height:19px;
 font-family:Arial,sans-serif;
 color:#8c8c8c;
 }
 
 .footer a {
 text-decoration:none;
 }
 
 .image_credits_footer {
 font-size:12px;
 line-height:19px;
 font-family:Arial,sans-serif;
 color:#8c8c8c;
 padding:0 0 30px 24px;
 margin:auto;
 }
 
 .image_credits_footer p {
 font-size:12px;
 line-height:19px;
 font-family:Arial,sans-serif;
 color:#8c8c8c;
 }

/* COLOR SCHEME FOR ACTIVE LINKS */
 .red a {
 color: #EE3128;
 font-weight: bold; 
 }
 .red img{
 background: #EE3128;
 }
 .turquoise a {
 color:#00A88E;
 font-weight: bold; 
 }
 .turquoise img {
 background: #00A88E;
 }
 .blue a {
 color:#004C83;
 font-weight: bold; 
 }
 .blue img {
 background:#004C83;
 }
 .burgundy a {
 color:#B4314D;
 font-weight: bold; 
 }
 .burgundy img {
 background: #B4314D;
 border-color: #B4314D;
 }
 .black a {
 color:#000000;
 font-weight: bold; 
 }
 .black img {
 background: #000000;
 }
 .gray a {
 color:#BAB8AD;
 font-weight: bold; 
 }
 .gray img {
 background: #BAB8AD;
 }
 /* END COLOR SCHEME FOR ACTIVE LINKS */
 </style>
 </head>
 <body bgcolor="#ffffff">
  
 
 *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* 
 
 <div style="display: none; max-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">
  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 
 </div>
 <table width="100%" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
 <tr>
 <td>
 <table class="content" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
 <tr>
 <td>
 <table width="700" class="masthead" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
 <tr>
 <td width="14" bgcolor="#000000" height="30">
  
 </td>
 <td valign="bottom">
 <a href="http://bgc.bard.edu/"><img src="http://eblasts.bgcdml.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/BGC_Logo_Gray.png" width="89" height="56" style="margin-left: 5px;" alt="Bard Graduate Center Logo"></a>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td colspan="2">
 <table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
 <tr>
 <td width="14" bgcolor="#000000">
 </td>
 </tr>
 </table>
 </td>
 </tr>
 </table>
 <table width="700" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
 <tr>
 <td width="14" bgcolor="#000000">
  
 </td>
 <td>
 <a href="https://www.bgc.bard.edu/events/1029/08-nov-2019-symposium-conserving" target="_blank"><img src="https://eblasts.bgcdml.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CAM-Philosophy-Symposium_061219.jpg" align="left" style="margin-top: 20px;" alt="Banner Image"></a>
 </td>
 </tr>
 </table>
 <table class="burgundy" width="700" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
 <tr>
 <td width="14" bgcolor="#000000">
  
 </td>
 <td id="intro_text">
 Dear Speakers for the Conserving Active Matter—Philosophy Symposium,
My name is Antonio Sánchez-Gómez, I am a doctoral candidate at the Bard Graduate Center and I’ll be assisting with academic events during Laura Minsky’s maternity leave.
For those of you staying at our residential facility, I am aware that you have received your accommodation confirmation with instructions for checking in at Bard Hall. If you have any questions regarding our residential facility please contact Miao Chen at <a href="mailto:miao.chen@bgc.bard.edu">miao.chen@bgc.bard.edu</a>
Please find below a complete program and set of instructions for next week’s events. If you have any questions, please contact me at <a href="mailto:academicevents@bgc.bard.edu">academicevents@bgc.bard.edu</a>
We are very much looking forward to your visit.
Antonio Sánchez-Gómez 
Academic Events
 <hr>
 </td>
 </tr>
 </table>
 <table class="burgundy" width="700" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
 <tr>
 <td width="14" bgcolor="#000000">
  
 </td>
 <td>
 
 <table class="event_text burgundy" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
 <tr>
 <td>
 <h2>Thursday, November 7 
</h2>
2:30 pm 
Please arrive at the staff entrance of the conservation laboratories of the Museum of Modern Art, located at:
MoMA 
42 West 54th Street 
New York, NY 10019
2:45-5:00 
Workshop: Conservation of Active Matter
7:30-9:00 
Dean’s Dinner 
On behalf of Dean Peter N. Miller, you are invited to a Dean’s Dinner in the penthouse of our Research Center and Library, located at 38 West 86th St., New York, NY 10024. These informal dinners are hosted after select events and include BGC faculty, fellows, students, and invited guests. 
Please RSVP to <a href="mailto:academicevents@bgc.bard.edu">academicevents@bgc.bard.edu</a> by November 4.
Before the end of the day… 
Please send the visual materials for your Friday talk to <a href="mailto:academicevents@bgc.bard.edu">academicevents@bgc.bard.edu</a> in order to avoid last-minute compatibility issues.
 </td>
 </tr>
 </table>
 <table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
 <tr>
 <td height="0">
 
 </td>
 </tr>
 </table>
 <table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
 <tr>
 <td height="0">
 
 </td>
 </tr>
 </table>
 <hr>
 </td>
 </tr>
 </table>
 <table class="burgundy" width="700" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
 <tr>
 <td width="14" bgcolor="#000000">
  
 </td>
 <td>
 
 <table class="event_text burgundy" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
 <tr>
 <td>
 <h2>Friday, November 8.</h2>
8:30 am 
Arrival at the Bard Graduate Center: 
38 West 86th St., 
New York, NY 10024 
Light breakfast will be served
9 am 
Peter N. Miller 
Bard Graduate Center 
Welcome
9:15 am 
A.W. Eaton 
University of Illinois at Chicago 
Ivan Gaskell 
Bard Graduate Center 
Introduction
Session I: Growth in Decay 
(Chair: A.W. Eaton) 
9:30 am 
Erich Hatala Matthes 
Wellesley College 
What Can Conservation Conserve? 
9:55 am 
Alva Noë 
University of California, Berkeley 
Entanglement and Death 
10:20 am 
Discussion
10:45 am 
Coffee Break
Session II: Wabi-Sabi, Kintsugi, and the Joys of Deformation and Rupture 
(Chair: A.W. Eaton)
11 am 
Yuriko Saito 
Rhode Island School of Design 
Aesthetics of Repair 
11:25 am 
Rumiko Handa 
University of Nebraska 
Time and Imperfection 
11:50 am 
Discussion
12:15 pm 
Lunch Break 
You are all invited for lunch in our penthouse. 
Session III: Puzzles in Modern and Contemporary Art and Material Culture 
(Chair: Ivan Gaskell)
1:30 pm 
Francesca Esmay 
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 
Jeffrey Weiss 
Independent Curator 
Iteration, Example, Version: The Variable Realization of Minimal Art 
1:55 pm 
Sherri Irvin 
University of Oklahoma 
The Expressive Import of Degradation and Decay in Contemporary Art 
2:20 pm 
Discussion
2:45 pm 
Coffee Break
Session IV: Worlds in Ruins 
(Chair: Ivan Gaskell)
3 pm 
Carolyn Korsmeyer 
University at Buffalo, SUNY 
Degradation: Appearance and/or/vs. Reality 
3:25 pm 
Elisabeth Schellekens 
University of Uppsala 
Beauty, Destruction, and the Temple of Bel 
3:50 pm 
Discussion
Session V
4:15 pm 
Panel Discussion
5:15 pm 
Reception
 </td>
 </tr>
 </table>
 <table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
 <tr>
 <td height="0">
 
 </td>
 </tr>
 </table>
 <table class="full_width_text" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
 <tr>
 <td style="font-size: 8pt; padding-top:15px; padding-left:36px;"> 
 <img src="http://eblasts.commons.bgc.bard.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2016/12/bgctv_bars.jpg" style="display:inline; height:9px; width:auto; vertical-align:baseline;" alt="BGCTV Logo"> BGCTV This event will be livestreamed. A link to the video will be posted to the event listing the day of the talk. </td>
 </tr>
 </table>
 <table class="full_width_text" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
 <tr>
 <td style="font-size: 8pt; padding-left: 36px;">
 <img src="http://eblasts.commons.bgc.bard.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/01/CofC_Logo_32px-2.png" align="left" width="32" height="16" style="margin-top: 5px;" alt="Cultures of Conservation Logo"> This event is part of our “Cultures of Conservation” initiative, supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. 
 </td>
 </tr>
 </table>
 <hr>
 </td>
 </tr>
 </table>
 <table width="700" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
 <tr>
 <td>
 <table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
 <tr>
 <td width="14" height="40" bgcolor="#000000">
  
 </td>
 </tr>
 </table>
 </td>
 </tr>
 </table>
 
<table width="700" class="footer burgundy" bgcolor="#eff0ed" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td class="credit" width="700" colspan="2"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="220">
 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BardGradCenter" style="font-weight: normal;"><img src="http://eblasts.commons.bgc.bard.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2015/08/facebook-square-icon.png" width="14" height="14" style="display:inline; vertical-align:sub; padding-bottom:0px; background: none;" alt="Facebook Icon"> Like us on Facebook</a> 
 <a href="https://twitter.com/BardGradCenter" style="font-weight: normal;"><img src="http://eblasts.commons.bgc.bard.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2015/08/twitter-icon.png" width="14" height="14" style="display:inline; vertical-align:sub; padding-bottom:0px; background: none;" alt="twitter-icon.png" alt="Twitter Icon"> Follow us on Twitter</a> 
 <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bardgradcenter/" style="font-weight: normal;">
 <img src="http://eblasts.bgcdml.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Instagram.png" width="14" height="14" style="display:inline; vertical-align:sub; padding-bottom:0px; background: none;" alt="Instagram Icon"> Follow us on Instagram</a> 
 <a href="*|FORWARD|*" style="font-weight: normal;">Forward this email to a friend.</a> 
 <a href="*|UNSUB|*" style="font-weight: normal;">Unsubscribe from this email list.</a>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" width="480" style="text-align:right;">
 Bard Graduate Center <a href="http://bgc.bard.edu" style="font-weight: normal;">bgc.bard.edu</a>
 
 Bard Graduate Center Gallery: <a style="text-decoration:none; color:#000000; font-weight: normal;">18 West 86th Street, New York, NY 10024</a> 
 Academic Programs and Library: <a style="text-decoration:none; color:#000000; font-weight: normal;">38 West 86th Street, New York, NY 10024</a> 
</td>
</tr>
</table>

<table width="700" class="image_credits_footer" bgcolor="#eff0ed" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td class="image_credits">
 </td>
</tr>
</table>
 
 </body>
 </html>