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The 2008 HAS Conference will be held September 26-28 2008
at the Waterloo Center for the Arts in Waterloo, Iowa --
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
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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.
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Our 2006 HAS Conference was held May 19-21 in Miami, Florida.
See photos on our Miami page www.haitianartsociety.org/miami.html
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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 .