Thursday, February 4 | 7 - 8pm | $10 for Members, $15 for Non-Members

Please join us for a lively conversation about collecting. What inspires people to collect? What guidelines are useful in developing and maintaining a collection? We are honored to present a panel of experts to discuss collecting topics, answer questions and share their latest insights with the community.

Panelists:  Steven Yvaska, Antiques advisor, collector and author of theSeasoned Collector column, San Jose Mercury News; Charlie Adamski, Client Advisor, Christie’s, San Francisco; Karen Imperial, K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco and Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto; Wanda Kownacki, Collector; and Panel Moderator, Lisa Coscino, Executive Director, New Museum Los Gatos.

Collecting 101: A Panel Discussion is made possible by the generous support of our sponsors: The Michael and Alyce Parsons Foundation, The Town of Los Gatos and Donors to NUMU’s Annual Campaign.

A Conversation with Stephen Beal and George Lawson

New Museum Los Gatos, 106 E Main St, Los Gatos CA

Thursday | November 12, 2015 | 7:00 pm

FREE with admission; FREE for members

In conjunction with the exhibit Stephen Beal: Warp and Weft Selected Grid Paintings 2005—2015 please join us in a lively conversation with exhibiting artist Stephen Beal and guest curator/gallerist George Lawson. 

Stephen Beal was Provost at California College of the Arts from 1997 to 2008. In May 2008, he was appointed president of CCA. In this position he has played a significant role in the expansion of the college's programs and facilities and the implementation of key academic initiatives, all of which contributed to an overall enrollment increase of more than 50 percent since Beal arrived at the college. Beal attended Occidental College in Los Angeles, California, and earned his M.F.A. from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.  He has been exhibited in the Bay Area and throughout the Midwest.