ATADA Meetings During Whitehawk Shows, Santa Fe Convention Center, August 12-16, 2011
Friday, August 12, 8 AM-10 AM • Santa Fe Convention Center
U.S. Fish and Game agent Dan Brooks will speak to our members about what he and other Federal agents are looking for at Tribal and American Indian art shows. Brooks will be attending both Whitehawk shows, and requested specifically that he speak to exhibitors before the shows open, as the information in his talk may inform show exhibitors what not to exhibit and sell.
Saturday, August 13, 8 AM-10 AM • Santa Fe Convention Center
Attorneys / collectors /ATADA members Roger Fry and Len Weakley present a 2011 Update of Laws Affecting the Sales and Collecting of American Indian and Tribal Art.
Monday, August 15, 8 AM – 10 AM • Santa Fe Convention Center
A round table discussion led by attorney/ATADA Associate Jim Owens on archaeological resources laws and their use by the Federal government in the 2009 raids; the ensuing court cases; and the aftermath: the results of the cases.
Monday, August 15, 7 -9 PM, St. Johns United Methodist Church, 1200 Old Pecos Trail (at Cordova Road), Santa Fe
Venue Changed to accomodate a larger audience
A joint presentation by the Antique Tribal Art Dealers Foundation, the New Mexico Lawyers for the Arts, and the Cultural Policy Research Institute. Lecture & Panel Discusion: Ms. Bonnie Magness-Gardner, FBI Art Crime Program Coordinator, who will discuss Antiquities Crime and the National Stolen Art File, followed by talks by David Hall, F.B.I. Art Theft Trial Attorney on enforcement and Special Agent David Kice on work in the field. Following this -- a panel discussion. Panelists include the three FBI representatives, Kate Fitz Gibbon, ATADA Legal Committee Chairman, W. Roger Fry, ATADA Legal Committee Member, and Wilbur Norman, ATADA BOD Member. Arch Thiessen, ATADA President, will be moderator.
Tuesday, August 16, 8 AM -10 AM • Santa Fe Convention Center
Annual ATADA General Meeting • Members and friends welcome
All sessions are open to the public at no charge.
