Rising to the Challenge Webinar Recording Now Available

If you weren't able to catch our enlightening webinar, "Rising to the Challenge: Strategies for Tackling Tough Subjects in Exhibitions," featuring curator Nicholas West, don't worry - the recording is now available!

Topics Discussed

• Developing a Plan

  • Who gets to tell the stories in our spaces?
  • Who is centered as the "expert"?
  • Who has access to collections & exhibitions?
  • How can we leverage collections & exhibitions to strengthen relationships?

• Case Studies

  • Living Legends: The Indigenous Art of Storytelling
  • Rounds: Cannupa Hanska Luger
  • A Wicked Commerce: The US and the Atlantic Slave Trade Through The Lens of William Earle Williams
  • Nona Faustine: White Shoes
  • "...sometimes the aftermath is the storm." Deborah Jack

• Takeaways

  • Lessons Learned
  • Opportunities & Challenges
  • Integrating Inclusive Exhibition Practice

Originally presented 4/18/24

Links for artists discussed

• Christin Dennis
• Cannupa Hanska Luger
• William Earle Jones
• Nona Faustine
• Deborah Jack

Nicholas's recommended resources

• Resources from MASS Action
• The Empathetic Museum's Publications & Downloads
• Broken Boxes Podcast