| Learn about the collaborative process that was used to create Many Wests in this virtual conversation. Thursday, October 26, 7 p.m. |
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Virtual Conversation with the Partner Museums of Many Wests
Thursday, October 26, 7 p.m. Online
Free | Registration requiredJoin five curators who took part in creating the exhibition Many Wests: Artists Shape an American Idea, currently on view at SAAM. They will discuss the exhibition’s development and the process of working across multiple partner institutions. Go in-depth with the behind-the-scenes challenges of a traveling exhibition and how local ties play a role into each venue for the tour.
Eleanor Jones Harvey, senior curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, moderates the virtual panel of museum peers featuring Amy Chaloupka of Whatcom Museum, Melanie Fales of Boise Art Museum, Anne Hyland of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Danielle Knapp of Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, and Alisa McCusker of Utah Museum of Fine Arts. |
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| | | The Smithsonian American Art Museum is able to create and share experiences like these thanks to funding from generous supporters like you. Thank you for ensuring that American art is available to all. |
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Many Wests: Artists Shape an American Idea is one in a series of American art exhibitions created through a multi-year, multi-institutional partnership formed by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of the Art Bridges Cohort Program.
Image Credits: Angel Rodríguez-Díaz, The Protagonist of an Endless Story, 1993, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible in part by the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool and the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, 1996.19, © 1993, Angel Rodriguez-Diaz
V. Maldonado, The Fallen, 2018, acrylic on canvas, Collection of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon. This work was acquired with the assistance of The Ford Family Foundation through a special grant program managed by the Oregon Arts Commission; 2019:22.1
Angela Ellsworth, Seer Bonnet XI and XIII, 2010, pearl corsage pins, fabric, and steel, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Purchased with funds from the UMFA Young Benefactors and the Phyllis Cannon Wattis Endowment for Modern and Contemporary Art, UMFA2010.16.2
Marita Dingus, Green Leaves, 2001, mixed media, 24 1/2 x 25 in., Whatcom Museum Permanent Collection, Gift of the Washington Art Consortium through gift of Safeco Insurance, a member of the Liberty Mutual Group, 2010.53.18
Roger Shimomura, American Infamy #2, 2006, acrylic on canvas, 72 × 120 in. (182.9 × 304.8 cm), Boise Art Museum Permanent Collection, Purchased with donations to the Roger Shimomura Acquisitions Fund, EXL.2021.1.34A-B |
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