A talk by Queens Museum of Art director Tom Finkelpearl on the subject of Survival Strategies for the Recession-Weary Museum Leader given in an address to the Directors Forum of the Art Museum Partnership on October 24, 2010 at the National Arts Club in Manhattan. This conference attracts curators and directors of non-profit museums from across the country for a few days each year to talk and tour, wine and dine, and schmooze and share. John Nichols, Executive Director of the Art Museum Partnership, introduces Mr. Finkelpearl. Staff diversity, risk-taking, community engagement, collections, website strategies, board development, and commitment to complex art are all discussed in this thoughtful, sometimes irreverent, thoroughly relevent, and compelling tale of a career, a museum, and a community. (46 minutes)
