Number 14, March 2003
THE PACIFIC ARTS ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER
Number 14, March 2003
PACIFIC ARTS ASSOCIATION - EUROPE
Paris and Basel, March 10, 2003
New postal address:
Établissement public du Musée du quai Branly, 15 rue Jean-Baptiste Berlier,
F- 75013 PARIS, FRANCE
Invitation for the General Meeting 2003:
Friday, April 25, 2003, 9.00 hours at the Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Steenstraat 1, Leiden
General Program for the Annual Meeting 2003, April 24 – April 26, 2003
Leiden / Rotterdam /Amsterdam
THURSDAY, April 24: RIJKSMUSEUM VOOR VOLKENKUNDE (RMV)
12.00 - 14.00 Registration: Individual Visit to the new permanent exhibition on Oceania (open as from 10 AM).
14.00 – 14.45 Lecture Hall: Welcome; Anne Marie Woerlee, Deputy Head Communications Department RMV. General Introduction to New Permanent Exhibits; Dirk Smidt, Curator Oceania RMV. Introduction to the permanent exhibition on Oceania as well as to the temporary exhibition: “Papua lives: meet the Kamoro”
14.45 – 15.15 Jan Pouwer: “Kamoro life and ritual-the central theme of the Kamoro exhibition”
15.15 –15.45 Karen Jacobs: The Kamoro Arts Festival, an event organized annually
15.45 – 16.15 Coffee break
16.15 – 17.45 Viewing of the exhibitions on Oceania as well as on the Kamoro, with both Dirk Smidt, Curator, and Herman de Boer, Head of Exhibitions
19:30 Communal dinner at Indonesian restaurant “Surakarta”
FRIDAY, April 25: RIJKSMUSEUM VOOR VOLKENKUNDE (RMV)
09.00 – 09.45 PAA-EUROPE General meeting
09.45 – 10.15 Short communications as per separate listing (see registration form).
10.30 Board bus for trip to WERELDMUSEUM ROTTERDAM
11.30 – 12.30 Visit to storage area
13.00 – 14.15 Welcome and communal lunch at the museum restaurant
14.15 – 15.45 Cees van den Meiracker, Curator Oceania Department; Introduction to and viewing of the new permanent exhibits
15.45 – 16.15 Coffee break
16.15 – 17.30 Viewing of educational facilities
17.30 – 18.30 Reception and drinks
18.45 Communal dinner at multicultural restaurant “Bazar”.
21.45 Return by bus to Leiden
SATURDAY, April 26: TROPENMUSEUM AMSTERDAM
09.00 – 10.00 Travel to Amsterdam by train (on individual ticket)
10.00 – 10.30 Tropenmuseum: Welcome and coffee
10.30 – 12.30 David van Duuren, Curator Department of Oceania; Introduction to and viewing of new permanent Oceania exhibition
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch at the Tropenmuseum
14.00 – 15.15 Final session: New trends in Museum exhibition projects, a tentative evaluation; Further Announcements
16.00 – 18.30 Visit of the private collection of Mr. and Mrs. van Bussel
SUNDAY, April 27
From 10:00 to open end: Visit on individual basis to permanent exhibits at the RIJKSMUSEUM VOOR VOLKENKUNDE LEIDEN, or to the TROPENMUSEUM AMSTERDAM
Please send to:
Drs Dirk Smidt, Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde,
Steenstraat 1,
POSTBOX 212, 2300 AE LEIDEN, Netherlands
Fax 0031 71 5128 437
by April 7, 2003.
Don’t forget to sign up for the dinner, please; you may indicate whether there are any dietary requirements (e.g. vegetarians) or special needs. A list of accommodation available in Leiden shall be sent to you within the next days. We need your assistance. Please be prepared to pay at the registration desk:
- your European membership fee for 2003 of € 5.-
- the conference fee of € 10.-
- the dinner fee for Thursday night of app. € 25.-
- the fee for the bus trip to Rotterdam including lunch and dinner, to be announced.
To facilitate the task of our Treasurer, please pay the international membership fee of $US 40.- by credit card or cheque in a separate payment directly to the PAA (International) Treasurer, Hilary Scothorn.
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REGISTRATION FORM PAAE MEETING IN LEIDEN 2003
First name : .....................................................Last name : ………………………………………..
Address: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Member: yes / no
Institution (if different from address : .............................................................................................................................................................
Fax number: ...................................................e-mail: .......................................................................
Number of participants:
R yes / ∅ no
I shall take part in:
the communal dinner on Thursday night for app. 25 €; remark: .................
the bus trip to the Rotterdam museum and its storage collections on Friday 10.30 a.m.
(we anticipate costs of app. 50 - 60 € per person, lunch and dinner included – a sum
we are trying to reduce; details to follow within two weeks)
the trip to the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam on Saturday, departure app. 9.00am by train, lunch at the Tropenmuseum (train and lunch by individual arrangement, not included).
visit to the collection of Mr. and Mrs. van Bussel
Time permitting I would like to make a short announcement (2 to 5 minutes):
after the General Meeting or during the final session
about .......………………………..………………………………….......................................
Date : ............................................................ Signature : ....................................................