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Art Collectors & Art Collections Talk

Presented by: Steven Holmes What is a collection? How do you start? Is there such a thing as a “good” collection? As an artist, how do I connect with collectors? How are collectors and museums related? Who decides what art is “worth” collecting? Steven Holmes will lead this conversation about collecting art that looks at collecting from both sides of the relationship: collectors and artists. Free and open to the public About the Speaker Steven Holmes is a Canadian born…

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April 5, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

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855 University Drive
Torrington, CT 06790 United States

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Free

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Presented by: Steven Holmes
What is a collection? How do you start? Is there such a thing as a “good” collection? As an artist, how do I connect with collectors? How are collectors and museums related? Who decides what art is “worth” collecting? Steven Holmes will lead this conversation about collecting art that looks at collecting from both sides of the relationship: collectors and artists.
Free and open to the public

About the Speaker
Steven Holmes is a Canadian born artist and curator currently living and working in CT as the curator of the Cartin Collection. Since 2005, he has overseen the collection of 2,000 works in various media – from illuminated manuscripts to master prints, and an extensive body of twentieth- and twenty-first-century art.

Holmes’ curatorial experience also includes overseeing the development of The Bass Museum of Art’s collection policy and collection process, and curation of exhibitions in galleries and museums across the US and internationally. He has also been an editor of a number of publications as well as a published writer in areas of critical theory and art criticism.

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