9.29.2009

Michael Brenson (MFA Senior Critic) a Panelist at the Phillips Collection Fourth Annual Symposium Sat., Oct 10


Michael Brenson is a Senior Critic in the Penn MFA program as well as an art historian and a writer. He will serve on the panel at the The Phillips Collection Center for the Study of Modern Art Fourth Annual Symposium on Saturday, October 10, 2009.

The symposium investigates the potential of art to raise awareness of social and cultural affairs, politics, economies, ecologies, and the human condition. Other topics to be addressed include different modes of civic engagement with art, from private and corporate collecting to government and federal involvement; the nature and purpose of collaborations among artists, patrons, art institutions and funding agencies; and collective responsibility towards art.

The Phillips Collection
1600 21st St., NW
Washington DC 20009
202-387-2151 x286
www.phillipscollection.org

The Center for the Study of Modern Art
Fourth Annual Symposium
Saturday, October 10, 2009 10:00am – 1:00pm
$15; Free for members
http://www.phillipscollection.org/docs/TEMP/CenterSymposium.pdf

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