BAMS IN NEWCASTLE 27th-29th June 2008 PROGRAMME

Accommodation at The Royal Station Hotel (www.royalstationhotel.com)
Opened by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1858, the hotel combines elegant Victorian architecture with up to date facilities. Full breakfast is included. Guests can enjoy the leisure club facilities which include a heated indoor pool, sauna and steam room, as well as a fully equipped gymnasium. The hotel is beside the main rail station and has good transport links. There is Taxi rank nearby, and there is easy access to the Metro and local bus services. Quaylink buses operate from outside the station. A travel card for use on Metro and Quaylink buses and valid for Saturday and Sunday is included in the conference fee and will be handed out at conference.

Friday 27th June
The Royal Station Hotel.
From 16.00 (until 14.00 on Sunday) Grainger Room available for medal displays
18.00 – 19.00 Drinks Reception in The Balmoral Room.
19.00 Dinner in The Victoria Room.

Saturday 28th June


Morning Lectures in the Collingwood Room at hotel
09.30-10.15 Jean Warin: Mark Jones, Director of the V&A medallist and sculptor to the Sun King
10.15-11.00 Medals of Dishonour Philip Attwood, curator of medals BM and Felicity Powell, artist.
11.00-11.15 Refreshment Break
11.15-12.00 Contemporary Irene Brown, artist and lecturer Tyneside Sculpture
12.00-12.45 Recent sculpture Peter Randall-Page, sculptor projects Delegates might like to take a short walk to Trinity Gardens where Peter’s monumental granite sculpture Give and Take is situated.
13.00-14.00 Buffet lunch in Collingwood Room
Afternoon
14.00 Depart for Laing Gallery
14.30 Introductory talk & walk with curator Julie Milne, followed by the opportunity to explore the collections by ourselves.
15.30 Tea Served in the Function Room at Laing Gallery.
16.00-17.00 At the Laing, or a chance to change for dinner. Delegates might also wish to visit the Hatton Gallery (last admission 16.45 closes 17.00) to see Karl Schwitters’s Merzbarn. (Please allow sufficient time to travel to The Baltic by public transport or taxi)

Evening
The Baltic, Gateshead
17.00-18.00 Visit the Baltic Galleries at leisure
(the exhibition galleries will close at 18.00, so do arrive in time to look around if you so wish).
18.00-19.00 Drinks reception in The Riverside Restaurant. Andrew Lovett of The Baltic will welcome us and say a few words about this stunning exhibition space.
19.00-22.00 Dinner in The Riverside Restaurant with wonderful views across the Tyne.

Sunday 29th June

Morning
Northumbria University, Fine Art Dept.
9.30-10.15 Lecture (Room 409, Squires Building)
The Cyprus Tree in the Garden, The Empty Cup, and Collecting Contemporary Art medals. Donald Scarinci, collector and author.
10.15-10.30 Refreshment break
10.30-12.30 Practical Workshop session on the theme of Revealing Nature, led by artist Nicola Moss. This will be held in the ceramics workshop close to the lecture theatre
12.45 latest Return to hotel.
13.00 Buffet lunch served in the Collingwood Room at the Royal Station Hotel
Afternoon
Optional visit to Kielder Forest