BEGIN:VCALENDAR X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago PRODID:-//University of Iowa//Events 1.0//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240329T155937Z DTSTART:20200305T000000 DTEND:20200307T000000 SUMMARY:What Can Museums Become? —2020 Obermann Humanities Symposium DESCRIPTION:Museums have never been mere containers for objects\, nor should they be. How might we draw strength from existing institutions to enable vibrant futures? How can we expand the communities who feel a sense of belonging within and around museums? What must we confront and transform to make this possible? Join the artists\, curators\, historians\, educators\, and thinkers who are asking\, "What Can Museums Become?"\n\nKeynote speakers include Johanna Burton\, Director of the Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University\; Amelia Jones\, Robert A. Day Professor and Vice Dean of Research\, Roski School of Art and Design\, University of Southern California\; and Michelle Kuo\, Marlene Hess Curator of Painting and Sculpture\, Museum of Modern Art.\n\nVisiting roundtable scholars include La Tanya S. Autry\, Gund Curatorial Fellow\, moCa Cleveland\; Juliet Bellow\, Associate Professor of Art History\, American University\; Lane Czaplinski\, Director of Performing Arts\, Wexner Center\, The Ohio State University\; Anaïs Duplan\, Program Manager at Recess and founder of Center for Afrofuturist Studies\; Lisa Yun Lee\, Director\, National Public Housing Museum\; Associate Professor of Public Culture and Museum Studies\, University of Illinois-Chicago\; and Jill Ahlberg Yohe\, Associate Curator of Native American Art\, Minneapolis Institute of Art.\n\nView the complete schedule\, speaker bios\, and related courses and events: uimuseumsymposium.com. \n\nThis symposium is co-directed by Jennifer Buckley (English\, CLAS) and Joyce Tsai (UI College of Education\; UI Stanley Museum of Art). It is hosted by the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies\, with support from the UI Stanley Museum of Art and the Department of English. \n\n\nhttps://events.uiowa.edu/30584 LOCATION:null\, UI Campus and Downtown Iowa City\, Iowa City\, IA 52245 UID:edu.uiowa.events-prod-30584 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Museums have never been mere containers for objects\, nor should they be. How might we draw strength from existing institutions to enable vibrant futures? How can we expand the communities who feel a sense of belonging within and around museums? What must we confront and transform to make this possible? Join the artists\, curators\, historians\, educators\, and thinkers who are asking\, "What Can Museums Become?"
\n\nKeynote speakers include Johanna Burton\, Director of the Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University\; Amelia Jones\, Robert A. Day Professor and Vice Dean of Research\, Roski School of Art and Design\, University of Southern California\; and Michelle Kuo\, Marlene Hess Curator of Painting and Sculpture\, Museum of Modern Art.
\n\nVisiting roundtable scholars include La Tanya S. Autry\, Gund Curatorial Fellow\, moCa Cleveland\; Juliet Bellow\, Associate Professor of Art History\, American University\; Lane Czaplinski\, Director of Performing Arts\, Wexner Center\, The Ohio State University\; Anaïs Duplan\, Program Manager at Recess and founder of Center for Afrofuturist Studies\; Lisa Yun Lee\, Director\, National Public Housing Museum\; Associate Professor of Public Culture and Museum Studies\, University of Illinois-Chicago\; and Jill Ahlberg Yohe\, Associate Curator of Native American Art\, Minneapolis Institute of Art.
\n\nView the complete schedule\, speaker bios\, and related courses and events: uimuseumsymposium.com.
\n\nThis symposium is co-directed by Jennifer Buckley (English\, CLAS) and Joyce Tsai (UI College of Education\; UI Stanley Museum of Art). It is hosted by the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies\, with support from the UI Stanley Museum of Art and the Department of English.
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