Past Events
Events are held on Zoom and are usually not recorded. AFELL Members are encouraged to lead conversations, but outside specialists are also welcome. Events are only open to Paid Members and typically take place on Fridays. These are casual, confidential meetings lasting 1 to 1.5 hours.
If you would like to organize or lead an event, please email afell@softnetwork.art with your idea.
2024
December - Placing Archives
Lisa Darms, Executive Director, Hauser & Wirth Institute, Ursula Davila-Villa, co-founder of Davila-Villa & Stothart, Lindsay King, Head Librarian of Bowes Art and Architecture Library at Stanford University
November - Intellectual Property: beyond the contract
Jason Andrew, Founding Partner at Artist Estate Studio, and Danielle Falls, Managing Partner, First Gen Law
October - Insuring the unsure
Jason Andrew, Founding Partner at Artist Estate Studio, and Anne Rappa, Senior Vice President at Marsh & McLennan Agency
Past
June - Donating Artist Archives Pt.1
Madeline Djerejian, Lutz Bacher / The Betty Center
Jack Garrity, Pacita Abad Estate
Daisy Holman, Estate of Elizabeth Murray
March - Addressing Preservation & Conservation Issues in Ephemeral Works
Louky Keijsers Koning, Estate of Barbara Hammer
Reid Ballard, Shigeko Kubota Video Art Foundation
Marie Warsh, Estate of Rosemary Mayer
Marsie Scharlatt, Hannah Wilke Collection and Archive
January - Working with a Living Artist’s Collection Martha Colburn, Pat O’Neill Studio
Madison Gordon, Samia Halaby Studio and Foundation
Liane Thatcher, Mary Heilmann Studio
2023
October - Managing a Recently Deceased Artist’s Collection Dean Anes, Robert Therrian Trust
Christina Barton, Billy Apple Archive
Christopher Duva, Estate of Idelle Weber
Katerine Driscoll, Mary Obering Studio
July - Board Policies for Artist Endowed Foundations
Rachel Churner, Carolee Shneemann Foundation
June - Catalogues Raisonnes
Jason Andrew, Artist Estate Studio
Tiffany Bell, Brice Marden Catalogue Raisonne Project
Katy Rogers, Robert Motherwell Catalogue Raisonne Project
February - Envisioning The Future of An Artist Estate or Foundation (Also in person at Off Paradise, NYC) (Recorded)
Jessamyn Fiore, Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark
Lisa Le Feuvre, Holt/Smithson Foundation
Chelsea Spengemann, Soft Network
2022
November - Posthumous NFTs
Cole Root, Luchita Hurtato / Lee Mullican Estates
October - Working with Galleries
Jack Garrity, Pacita Abad Art Estate
Louky Koning, Estate of Barbara Hammer
Rachel Middleman, Estate of Anita Steckel
Lily Pendery, Merrill Wagner Studio
May - Navigating Legacy Planning for Artists
Lian Thatcher, Mary Heilmann Studio
March - Roundtable: Compensation
February - Role of Philanthropy in Artist Legacy Work
Fawn Krieger, Keith Haring Foundation
January - Building a Legacy Project
Romana Lee-Akiyama, Chen Lok Lee Legacy Project
2021
December-Appraisal Q & A
Jessica Maliszewski, Appraisal Bureau
November - Open-source database systems: Collection Space
Julia Schwarz, Artists’ Legacy Foundation
Alexander Nowik and William Wolf
August - Wikipedia Editing Course
Carmelle Safdie, Irwin Rubin Estate
June - Contemporary Archive (LACA)
Karen Dunbar, Michael Asher Foundation
Saida Largaespada and Hailey Loman, Los Angeles
May - Gifting Strategies
Michael Darling, Museum Exchange
April - Roundtable: Estate collaborations with Contemporary Artists
March - Rights and Permissions
Yayoi Shionoiri, Chris Burden Estate
January - Navigating Change in your Artist Foundation
Yael Reinharz, Surf Point Foundation
2020
December - FileMaker Show and Tell
Julia Schwartz, Artist Legacy Foundation
October - Advocacy for Estates of Underrepresented Artists
Rachel Middleman, Estate of Anita Steckel
August - Collaborations with Universities
Lisa Le Feuvre, Holt Smithson Foundation