Opening Remarks: Steve Nash 2:00 - 2:15 p.m.

Keynote Address: Anne Wilkes Tucker 2:15 - 3:15 p.m.

Break 3:15 - 3:30 p.m.

Colin Westerbeck

Julian Cox

Sylvia Wolf

Michael Childers

The Modern Photographic Portrait 3:30 - 4:15 p.m.

Chair: Colin Westerbeck
CALIFORNIA MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY, UC RIVERSIDE

Julian Cox
HIGH MUSEUM OF ART, ATLANTA

Sylvia Wolf
HENRY ART GALLERY, SEATTLE

Michael Childers
PHOTOGRAPHER

Discussion: "The Modern Photographic Portrait" 4:15 - 4:45 p.m.

Break 4:45 - 5:00 p.m.

Conversations on Mapplethorpe’s Life & Practice 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Moderator: Kathleen Howe
POMONA COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART

Lynn Davis
PHOTOGRAPHER

Brian English
STUDIO ASSISTANT TO ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE

Debra Irmas
SITTER FOR ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE

Dinner with the Speakers at the Parker Palm Springs 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Opening remarks: Daniell Cornell 9:00 – 9:15 a.m.

Sandy Philips

Robert Atkins

Richard Meyer

Cultural Debates 9:15 – 10:00 a.m.

Chair: Sandy Philips
SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

Robert Atkins
WRITER, ART HISTORIAN AND ACTIVIST, SAN FRANCISCO

Philip Yenawine
VISUAL THINIKING STRATEGIES, NEW YORK

Richard Meyer
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Discussion: "Cultural Debates" 10:00 – 10:30 a.m.

Break 10:30 – 10:45 a.m.

Gordon Baldwin

Britt Salvesen

Anne Wilkes Tucker

Institutions and Archives 10:45 – 11:30 a.m.

Chair: Gordon Baldwin
EXHIBITION CURATOR

Britt Salvesen
CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY, TUCSON

Frances Terpak
THE GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, LOS ANGELES

Anne Wilkes Tucker
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON

Discussion: "Institutions and Archives" 11:30 – 12 noon

Film Screening: Black, White & Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe (lecture hall, limited seating) 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Tour exhibition Robert Mapplethorpe: Portraits with exhibition curator
Gordon Baldwin and champagne toast to close the symposium. 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.