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The American Federation of Arts
New York Headquarters: 1083 Fifth Avenue, New York 28, N.Y. SAcramento 2-2452

October 1, 1953

MEMO
To: All AFA Members - Chapters and Individuals
SUBJECT: Annual AFA Convention

1. This is a preliminary and general announcement about the 1953 AFA Convention which will be held at the Corning Glass Center, Corning, New York, on the last week-end in October, from Thursday afternoon the 29th through Saturday noon the 31st.  A final notice will be sent to everyone within the next two weeks giving a detailed program of speakers and events, full information on transportation facilities (plane and rail) and hotel accommodations, and instructions for making reservations.  Enclosed herein is a return postcard on which we are asking our members to indicate their intentions of attending.

2.  As previously announced, the general theme of the Convention panels and discussions will be "The Economic Support of Art in America Today".  The four panel topics are: I, "The Progress of Art in America"; II, "Community Support of Art; III, "Business Support of Art"; IV, "Support of Art by Government".  The panel leaders will be Francis Brennan, Art Advisor to the Editor in Chief of TIME; Adelyn Breeskin, Director of the Baltimore Museum of Art; Burton Cumming, Director of the American Federation of Arts; Leslie Cheek, Jr., Director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

Speakers who, at this date, have agreed to participate are: James Brown, III, Aline Loucheim, George Rowland, Otto L. Spaeth, Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Philip Johnson, Charles E. Sawyer, Thomas E. Rudd, The Hon. Emanuel Celler, Lloyd Goodrich.  The talks will be limited to 15 minutes.

3.  Special events, apart from the panel discussions, will include showings of new art films, tours of the Glass Center and Museum, the Annual AFA Members' and Trustees' meetings, the annual banquet, and a cocktail party and dinner which all members will attend as guests of the Glass Center.  A special exhibition, TRUE OR FALSE, a fascinating study of forgery in art, will have its American premiere at the Corning Museum during the period of the Convention.