Video: Asian American Art, Inside and Outside the Museum

June 9, 2023
Video: Asian American Art, Inside and Outside the Museum
Installation view, Carlos Villa: Worlds in Collision, The Newark Museum of Art, 2022. © Mary Valledor, Estate of Carlos Villa. Photo by Richard Goodbody

Asian American Art, Inside and Outside the Museum
Friday, June 9, 2023 | 1–2 pm ET
Featuring: Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander, Abby Chen, Melissa Ho (moderator)

This conversation will consider how, 50 years after the term “Asian American” was coined, scholars and curators are building on foundational work to advance the field of Asian American art through key partnerships and initiatives.

Speakers:

  • Melissa Ho (moderator)
    Curator of 20th-Century Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum
  • Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander
    Robert M. and Ruth L. Halperin Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Co-Director, Asian American Art Initiative, Stanford University
  • Abby Chen
    Head of Contemporary Art, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, California


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