The panel discussion will educate and inform collectors and curators by addressing the importance and art historical placement of New Media art and why it is worth collecting and including in personal art collections as well as private and public collections. The panel will also touch on the visual aesthetics as well as cultural significance and conceptual under pinnings of the medium and work.

The panel will include:

Matthew Kluber (New Media Artist, Professor)

Anne Farrell (New Media Artist)

Merry Scully (Curator, New Mexico Museum of Art)

Richard Lowenberg (Executive Director, 1st-Mile Institute)

Mira Burack (Thoma Foundation)

David Eichholtz (David Richard Gallery) - Moderator