Persona and Place: Artists and Sites of the Historic Artists’ Homes and Studio Program

A talk led by HAHS Director Valerie Balint, in connection with James Castle House’s current exhibition,
Where Art Begins: The People and Places of the Historic Artists’ Homes and Studios Program. Balint guided attendees through a visual journey of artists
across three centuries and explored how portrait photography and preserved spaces offer insight into their lives and legacies. This talk placed James Castle
and his Boise home within a broader national context, connecting his story to other iconic figures and preserved sites in the HAHS network. From Georgia
O’Keeffe’s adobe compound in New Mexico to Wharton Esherick’s handcrafted Pennsylvania home, Balint introduced the personalities and places that make
up this remarkable consortium of 80 sites across 31 states.

July 25, 2025 — Boise, Idaho

A discussion on Clementine Hunter and Louisiana Folk Art with Tommy Whitehead

Valerie Balint, Director of Historic Artists’ Homes and Studios, was joined by Tom Whitehead, leading expert on Clementine Hunter, for a conversation
titled Clementine Hunter and Louisiana Folk Art, hosted by Shadows-on-the-Teche. Melrose on the Cane (Natchitoches, LA), the former home and workplace
of self-taught artist Clementine Hunter, at is a longtime member of the National Trust’s Historic Artists’ Homes and Studios network. This program continues
Shadows’ celebration of Louisiana art and advances artistic connections at Shadows-on-the Teche related to the endeavors of resident, William Weeks Hall,
a promising painter who created an artistic hub at the site.

July 17, 2025 — Virtual

Opening reception of Artists in Residence: Historic Artists Homes and Studios of the East End

The exhibition is on view at the East Hampton Historical Society’s Clinton Academy Gallery with support from the Historic Artists’ Homes & Studios,
a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The exhibit features artwork, stories, and photographs from the seven HAHS sites located
on Long Island’s East End: Thomas & Mary Nimmo Moran Home and Studio, Arts Center at Duck Creek Farm, D’Amico Institute of Art, Elaine de Kooning
House, LongHouse Reserve, Madoo Conservancy, and Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center. Exhibition on view from June 12 to August 31, 2025.

June 12, 2025 — East Hampton, New York

College Art Association 113th Annual Conference

The CAA Annual Conference is the largest convening of art historians, artists, designers, curators, and visual art professionals.
This year’s program has over 300 sessions, workshops, and events with content representing multiple fields of scholarship,
approaches to pedagogy, and social justice issues. Multiple HAHS colleagues spoke at the conference: Kate Menconeri (Thomas Cole
National Historic Site), Zoë Tirado (Alice Austen House), Lindsay Barras and Jade Walker (Elisabet Ney Museum).

February 12 to 15, 2025 — New York, New York

PastForward 2024 National Preservation Conference

Director Valerie Balint and Chris Morris, Manager of the National Trust’s initiative, Where Women Made History,
will moderate a panel and workshop featuring projects from the Radgowski Grant program. Learn more about
the innovative ways that HAHS sites are centering women’s narratives in  education STEAM programming for youth.

October 28 to 30, 2024 — New Orleans, Louisiana

Sculpting the Land: Daniel French’s Artist-designed Landscape at Chesterwood

This free program was part of Housatonic Heritage’s annual autumn Heritage Walks. Visitors took a leisurely walk through the various artist-designed
landscape features at Chesterwood, including the house environs, formal gardens, and woodland walks. The tour was led by HAHS Director,
Valerie Balint, and placed what French created here within the greater context of artist-designed landscapes throughout the country.

October 6, 2024 — Stockbridge, Massachusetts

Contemporary ‘authenticity’ in the artist’s studio museum

Transnational Art in Heritage Network (Newcastle University) and our colleagues at the Artist Studio Museum Network, both in the UK,
invited HAHS to participate in a convening centered around Contemporary ‘authenticity’ in the artist’s studio museum. HAHS colleague,
Kate Menconeri, Chief Curator at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site (Catskill, NY) was asked to present alongside, Gaia Giacomelli
Curatorial Assistant for the Jenks Foundation at the Cosmic House in London, UK

July 16, 2024 — Online

Artistic Homes: Queer Landmarks and Public Interpretation

Three presentations about the role LGBTQ+ artists have played in influencing American cultural life, featuring presentations from
Alice Austen House and the Demuth Museum. In celebration of Pride Month and in partnership with The Glass House, hosted by
the New York Studio School, home of the Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Studio

June 20, 2024 — New York, New York

Discovering Creativity: American Art Masters

An exhibition in collaboration with Heather James Fine Art presented at Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens (West Palm Beach, FL),
featuring works by sixteen HAHS artists and an introductory panel by HAHS Director Valerie Balint.

January 10 to March 17, 2024

Roger Brown and Miesian Metropolitanism

Panel Discussion at Chicago Architecture Center exploring the intersectionality of Chicago creatives, Imagist painter Roger Brown
and iconic architect Mies van der Rohe. Presented in Partnership with the Edith Farnsworth House, site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

August 22, 2022 — Chicago, Illinois

Preserving the Places Where Women Made Art

The places where women artists were inspired to produce their work is as significant as their artwork. Yet too often these sites of creativity
are not considered critical when assessing an artist’s work, influences, or impact. Held in conjunction with an exhibition at Lyndhurst,
site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Where Women Made History. Presentations by HAHS Director Valerie Balint,
Alice Austen House and the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum.

August 4, 2022 — Tarrytown, New York

Grant Wood Art Colony 2022 Symposium

7th Biennial Grant Wood Symposium: A Home and Studio of One’s Own – Co-sponsored by HAHS

A series of presentations investigating 20^th-21^st-century artists who, like Grant Wood, extended their practice to creating distinctive homes and studios.
Featuring talks on HAHS artists Grant Wood, Alice Austen, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Henry Chapman Mercer.    

April 8 to 10, 2022 — Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Homework: Artists’ Studio Homes and Their Afterlives in Britain and the US

This conference was hosted in partnership with the Mellon Centre for the Study of British Arts and the Henry Moore Foundation,
with support from the Terra Foundation for American Art. It presented new research and scholarship centered around artists’ preserved homes
and studios in the United States and United Kingdom

September 30 to October 1, 2019 — London, England

Historic Artist Homes & Studios – Spring 2019 Conference

Twenty-three case study presentations from the HAHS membership convening, including colleagues from preserved artists’ homes
in Britain. Made possible through grants from the Terra Foundation and Wyeth Foundation. Featuring a keynote on Georgia O’Keeffe
by HAHS Advisory Chair, Wanda Corn.   

April 2019 — Stockbridge, Massachusetts