Video: Craft in the American Museum: Authenticity and Artifice
May 12, 2023
Fond du Lac Ojibwe artist Maggie Thompson focuses on weaving and knitwear mediums, exploring themes of identity, grief and loss, and relationships. Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Craft in the American Museum: Authenticity and Artifice
Friday, May 12 | 1–2 pm ET
Featuring: Anya Montiel, Seph Rodney, Glenn Adamson (moderator)
The speakers in this session will consider the contexts chosen for craft in American museums and how they are influenced by the values associated with handmade objects.
Speakers:
Keynote Moderator: Glenn Adamson
Independent curator and writer
Anya Montiel (Mexican and Tohono O’odham descent)
Curator of History and Culture, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
Seph Rodney
Art critic, writer, and museum scholar
