HAS Conferences Events and News
Conference Fall 2010 in Haiti. Proposed Itinerary
Remponeau & Savain at the 1939 IBM Exhibitions
Miami HAS 2006 Conference Photos
Waterloo HAS 2008 Conference Photos
June 2009 DC Exhibition Conference Flyer
Hyppolite Show and Conference June 2009
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Haitian Art Society Events for details click http://www.haitianartsociety.org/custom4_1.html Instead, The 2010 Haitian Art Society Annual Conference will be in PITTSBURGH, PA A hotbed of Haitian Art for more than 50 years. Click the homepage at the left for some details. ******************************************************** The 2009 Haitian Art Society Annual Conference http://www.waterloocenterforthearts.org/Hyppolite/index.html June 11-13, 2009 Washington DC. Conference Hotel = Group Rate:$99/Haitian Art Society Annual membership dues are only twenty-five dollars per person. To join HAS just make out your check for $25 to the Haitian Art Society and mail it to: HAS c/o Cammie Scully & Kent Shankle, co-Presidents Waterloo Center for the Arts, 225 Commercial Street, Waterloo, IA 50701-1313 ******************************************************** The Waterloo Center for the Arts was pleased to host the 2008 Haitian Art Conference, September 26-28. which featured exhibitions, performances, a symposium, catered dinner and bus tour to visit other area collections. Holding the largest public collection of Haitian art in the country (over 800 pieces), the Waterloo Center for the Arts was also marking its 30th anniversary of collecting, presenting and interpreting Haitian art. INCEPTION, INTERSECTIONS, CONNECTIONS, DIRECTIONS an examination of Haitian and other Afro-Caribbean art; from African roots to current trends http://www.waterloocenterforthearts.org/hac2008.html Waterloo Center for the Arts 225 Commercial Street Waterloo, IA 50701 phone 319-291-4490 see the museum web site at http://www.waterloocenterforthearts.org/ and their Haitian collection at http://www.wplwloo.lib.ia.us/arts/virtual_gallery/haitian.html *************************************** San Diego September 21-23 2007 Our September 2007 HAS National Conference was held in San Diego, California. Some very notable private collections of Haitian Art were open to HAS members. ************************************************************ ************************************************************ Our 2006 HAS Conference was held May 19-21 in Miami, Florida. See photos on our Miami page www.haitianartsociety.org/miami.html ************************************************************ HAS Members attended annual conferences in Washington, D.C. in July 2003, in New York city in September 2004, and in Montreal in September 2005. Conferences consist of symposiums, private tours of homes & museums, social gatherings & sometimes fundraisers. There have also been regional HAS gatherings in San Francisco and Washington. Click this link to see over 70 photos of a very special HAS event that was held in Washington DC, November 19, 2005 -- www.puertoricans.com/FESTIVAL/nov222005 Over 100 Haitian Art enthusiasts including Haitian Ambassador The Honorable Raymond Joseph, Haitian Art Society President Larry Kent and other supporters, gathered at the Haitian Embassy in Washington D.C. on November 19, 2005 to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Centre D'Art in Port-Au-Prince. Also attending were Georges Remponeau, a co-founder of the Centre D'Art, and his daughters Elsie and Rachel. Mr Remponeau received a special commendation for his efforts in establishing the historic center. The event was sponsored by the President of the Haitian Art Society Washington Metropolitan Chapter Mr Fritz Racine and his wife Gladys . |
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 HAS 2009 Conference will be in Washington DC area
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The Haitian Art Society was formed in 2003 to strengthen and expand interest in and understanding of Haitian Art and Artists. Providing the opportunity for members to see significant art collections is a key aspect of our mission. |
 New York September 2004
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 First HAS Conference Washington DC July 2003
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