Prep Con 2024 Presentation schedule (so far)
We have the tentative schedule for the conference presentations worked out and listed below. An update with final schedule will be posted soon. We still have some spots left, so register soon and join us in Kansas City May 15-17th!
Conference schedule for Thursday May 16th
[Please note that all session titles are working titles or placeholders]
Registration and Breakfast Buffet
Conference Morning Presentations
Integrating Technology into Exhibition Design
Joey Capadona | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Standardizing Works on Paper Rehousing Using a Custom Tray System
Bella Quijano | Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
Using 3D Printing in Preparation
Matthew Del Grosso | Peabody Essex Museum
Packing and Crating for Repatriation
Natalie Wadle | Northwest Museum of Art & Culture
The Rodeo Rig
Scott Foulk | Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Supporting Our Longest, Oldest Accordion Book
Anna Nelson, Austin Plann | Huntington Library, Museum, Botanical Garden
Lunch Break: Buffet served in Kirkwood Hall
Conference Afternoon Presentations
You Pet the Cat, You Own the Cat
Rebeka Pech Moguel, Jake Ludemann | Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
ArtFit 3D
Bob Crozier | ArtFit 3D
Labor Unions in Museums
Michael Terzano | Hammer Museum
Career Stories Gameshow
Dave O’Ryan | Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Extended Afternoon Break
Open Time for Speaker Engagement Room and the Vendor Marketplace. Companies being represented at our Marketplace are: Atelier FAS; Art Fit 3D; Bev/art; Art Handler Network; Cookes Crating; Masterpiece/Turtle; Maquette FAS; Takiya; US Art
Conference Day 1 Ends with closing remarks, then load onto buses for evening reception at Boulevard Brewing Company.
Conference schedule for Friday May 17th
[Please note that all session titles are working titles or placeholders]
Registration and Breakfast Buffet
Conference Morning Presentations
Handle With Care with Art Handlxrs
Marcel Pardo Ariza, Ambrose Trataris | Art Handlxrs
Making a Modular Slat Crate
Utilizing Ethafoam for Structurally Sophisticated / Relatively Cheap Custom Box Solutions
All Plops, No Drops! Lessons from a Collection Storage Move
Iona Woolmington | Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Cloud Chamber for the Trees and Sky Restoration Project
Ben Bridgers | North Carolina Museum of Art
Repair of DEER outdoor sculpture - artwork by Tony Tasset
Jorge Valenzuela | Crystal Bridges Museum of Art
Riser Bracket Use and Benefits
Ian Mullin | UOVO
Thirty-three Years of Art In Transit - some Perspectives from Folks in the Field
T. Ashley McGrew |
Lunch Break: Buffet in Kirkwood Hall
Conference Afternoon Presentations
Judy Baca and the Great Wall Installation at LACMA
Daniel Wheeler | Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Interacting and Collaborating with Female/Femxle co-workers - a guide for Cis-Males*
Emma Goos | Denver Museum of Art
Yoshimoto Nara, His Record Collection, and Being Told to Go Home
Michael Price | Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Do Ho Suh’s Portal – 17 Years from Conception to Installation
Dale Benson | Museum of Fine Arts Houston
When AI Handles the Art
Jerry Smith | Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
Extended Afternoon Break
Open Time for Speaker Engagement Room and the Vendor Marketplace. Companies being represented at our Marketplace are: Atelier FAS; Art Fit 3D; Bev/art; Art Handler Network; Cookes Crating; Masterpiece/Turtle; Maquette FAS; Takiya; US Art
Conference Presentation Continue
The Wooden crate: A wasteful Relic or Ecologically useful?
Bryan Cooke | Cooke’s Crating
Small Changes Think Tank (SCoTT) forum on small sustainable ideas
Matthew Driggs | Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Conference Concludes, closing remarks
Visit the museum
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is open 10 AM until 9 PM on both days which allows the attendees to visit the museum collections after the conference. Your registration also includes free admission to the museum as well as the featured exhibit: “Niki de Saint Phalle: Rebellion and Joy”
