Ancient Worlds Contemporary Selves: Smithsonian Scholars Explore Intersectionality

Co-hosted by the Danforth Art Museum

To register:
https://smithsonian.zoom.us/webinar/register/1016129798047/WN_rXTu_civR-SoIv4YTYJTBA

In this discussion, scholars from the National Museum of the American Indian, Asian Pacific American Center and Smithsonian American Art Museum explore how artists integrate the ancient world within their contemporary artistic practice. In so doing, their works update and create new meanings, allowing them to pass on complex and layered cultural interpretations to future generations.

Featuring:
Michelle Delaney, PhD, Assistant Director for History and Culture, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian; Healoha Johnston, Curator, Asian Pacific American Women’s Cultural History, Smithsonian’s Asian Pacific American Center; Claudia Zapata, Curatorial Assistant, Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Celebrating Women’s History Month with the Smithsonian

The Christa McAuliffe Center and the Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University, a Smithsonian Affiliate, will co-host three virtual lectures organized by the Smithsonian Institution to celebrate Women’s History Month. These talks spotlight some of the Smithsonian scholars featured in the publication Smithsonian American Women: Remarkable Stories of Strength, Ingenuity and Vision from the National Collection. All talks support the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative, designed to create, disseminate, and amplify the historical record of the accomplishments of American women.

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Image:

Melanie Cervantes, Dignidad Rebelde, Between the Leopard and the Jaguar, 2019, screen print on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Samuel and Blanche Koffler Acquisition Fund, 2020.39.5, © 2019, Melanie Cervantes