| 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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| Building an Unprecedented Collaboration |
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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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“This nationally touring exhibition, organized through a deeply collaborative process with our colleagues, shows how art can help us reflect on history, examine the present and envision a more inclusive future...We believe this is a model for both collection sharing and better understanding the rich and varied, and sometimes contradictory, stories of the American people and their histories.” — Stephanie Stebich, The Margaret and Terry Stent Director, Smithsonian American Art Museum |
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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 Credit: 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 |
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