DISCUSSION CONFERENCE SERIES
“The CAAM at the Crossroads of Contemporary Art in the Canary Islands”

On 12^th and 13^th March, the Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno started a discussion conference, dealing with the challenge of introducing the Code of Good Practice into the management of museums and art centres, as well as the various managerial and financing challenges that will be faced in the future. On 10th April, discussion will be continued with José Jiménez Jiménez, Director General of Fine Arts at the Ministry of Culture. He will present his vision about cultural institution modernisation plans in his conference, entitled ‘The selection of museum directors and the democratisation of culture’.

The series entitled ’The CAAM at the Crossroads of Contemporary Art in the Canary Islands’ will be starting on that same day, initiating the professional and social debate about contemporary art announced by the Regional Government’s Department of Culture and the Historical and Cultural Heritage. Three discussions will be steered, respectively, by Octavio Zaya, art critic and exhibition curator, director of the Atlántica magazine, Alfonso Crujera, a plastic artist and President of the AICAV (Canary Islands Visual Artists Association) and Federico Castro Morales, CAAM’s Managing Director.

These discussions are open to everyone who wishes to express an opinion aimed at creating new platforms for the visual arts on the Islands On April 10th the discussion will focus on the role of curators, critics and periodical publications in the programming and the dissemination of contemporary art.
On April 17^th, it will address the network of art centres in the Canary Islands, their management models and activity programming activities. The programme will end this very day with a discussion about the expectations and the role of visual artists, gallerists and collectionists.

10^th April

7.00 pm
Discussion The role of curators and critics in the dissemination of contemporary art.
Chaired by Octavio Zaya.

17^th April

7.30 pm
Discussion Creativity in the Canary Islands between gallery and museum.
Chaired by Alfonso Crujera.