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Program Series

Reimagining the Museum

A series of conversations responding to the national call for equitable, just, and anti-racist practices within museums and art institutions.

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Reimagining the Museum: Open Letters and a Decolonial Framework

Artist Jasmine Gregory, art conservator LaStarsha McGarity, and curator Yesomi Umolu join Hammer curator Erin Christovale for the first program in a series on anti-racist practices in art spaces.

Wed Jul 29 2020 5:00 PM

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EN LÍNEA: Curaduría crítica en las Américas

Una discusión sobre cómo las redes institucionales en América Latina han respondido al borrado sistemático de historias marginadas por parte de los museos.

Tue Oct 13 2020 5:00 PM

Reimagining the Museum: Critical Curating in the Americas

Reimagining the Museum: Critical Curating in the Americas

A discussion of how institutional networks in Latin America have responded to the systematic erasure of marginalized histories by museums.

Tue Oct 13 2020 5:00 PM

Reimagining the Museum: Repatriation and Ruin

Special Programs

Reimagining the Museum: Repatriation and Ruin

A screening and discussion of documentary and experimental films that critique ethnographic collecting practices and the narratives of Africa as written by Western art institutions.

Sun Jan 31 2021 12:00 PM

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Special Programs

Reimagining the Museum: Community, Collaboration & Radical Inclusion

A discussion on how museums can center the needs and voices of communities and leverage the skills of education staff to create mutually beneficial, radically inclusive spaces.

Wed Mar 24 2021 5:00 PM