On September 9, the first occasion on this free, digital collection will focus on how museums of Native American artwork and tradition are main the reinvention of artwork museum missions and practices in the twenty first century.

Since 1982, the Henry Luce Foundation’s American Art Program has supported wide-ranging assortment tasks and exhibitions at artwork museums in all 50 states. In commemoration of the program’s fortieth anniversary, the basis has organized a year-long collection of free digital conversations moderated by area leaders and Luce grantees, previous and current. The New-York Historical Society is honored to current these Conversations on American Art and Museums. With a watch towards the future, individuals will discover the function of the visible arts in an open and equitable society and the capability of artwork museums to problem accepted histories, elevate under-represented voices, and host the crucial conversations through which we have to interact.
This free, digital collection premieres on Friday, September 9, at 1pm (ET) with Museums in the 21st Century: Institutions Transformed, focusing on the methods through which museums of Native American artwork and tradition are main the reinvention of artwork museum missions and practices in the twenty first century.
- Keynote Moderator: Rick West
W. Richard West, Jr. (Cheyenne) was a Native rights lawyer earlier than turning into a transformative chief in the museum area. West is the Founding Director and Director Emeritus of the Smithsonian Establishment’s Nationwide Museum of the American Indian, and President and CEO Emeritus, and Ambassador, Native Communities, of the Autry Museum of the American West. He’s a citizen of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes in Oklahoma and a member of the Society of Southern Cheyenne Peace Chiefs. West has served as Chair of the Board of Administrators of the American Alliance of Museums. - Kevin Gover (Pawnee)
Undersecretary for Museums and Tradition, Smithsonian Establishment - Amy Scott
Govt Vice President of Analysis and Interpretation and the Marilyn B. and Calvin B. Gross Curator of Visible Arts, Autry Museum
Registration is required to obtain a hyperlink. To RSVP for this free dialogue, go to rsvp.theworldsbest.events.