Crystal Bridges Museum Of American Art Inc

KNOWING THE WEST EXHIBITION [KNOWING THE WEST IS A TRAVELING EXHIBITION THAT EMBRACES AND EXAMINES THE AMERICAN WEST TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE, COMPLEX, AND REFLECTIVE OF DIVERSE PEOPLES. THE CHECKLIST OF 130 ARTWORKS FROM THE 19TH TO EARLY 20TH CENTURY BY NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE ARTISTS INCLUDES TEXTILES, BASKETS, PAINTINGS, POTTERY, SCULPTURE, BEADWORK, SADDLES, AND PRINTS. THIS MAJOR ART EXHIBITION HOLDS HISTORIC ARTWORK ACCOUNTABLE, ENCOURAGES DEEPER EXPLORATION OF A FAMILIAR TOPIC, AND CELEBRATES THE RICH CULTURES THAT REFLECT THE COMPLEXITY OF THE AMERICAN WEST. EXHIBITION DEVELOPMENT IS COLLABORATIVE AND INTERDISCIPLINARY. DIRECTED BY CO-CURATORS MINDY N. BESAW AND JAMI C. POWELL (OSAGE), A CURATORIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL PROVIDED GUIDANCE TO REFINE THE EXHIBITION?S PARAMETERS, DEFINE THEMES, AND INFORM THE CHECKLIST. KNOWING THE WEST PRIORITIZES NATIVE AMERICAN AND OTHER UNDERREPRESENTED ARTISTS TO CELEBRATE THE DEPTH OF CREATIVE EXPRESSION WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF AMERICAN ART AND HISTORY.]

CRAFTING AMERICA

CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART WILL DEEPEN ITS ENGAGEMENT WITH LOCAL HISPANIC/LATINO COMMUNITIES BY CONDUCTING AUDIENCE RESEARCH, TESTING NEW METHODOLOGIES, AND DEVELOPING AN INSTITUTION-WIDE ACTION PLAN. WORKING WITH A CONSULTING EVALUATOR, THE MUSEUM WILL CONVENE FOUR VISITOR PANELS COMPRISED OF MEMBERS OF THE HISPANIC/LATINO COMMUNITY, SOME WHO HAVE VISITED THE MUSEUM AND SOME WHO HAVE NOT, TO CRITIQUE ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES, INCLUDING THEMATIC GALLERY INSTALLATIONS, MUSEUM MARKETING MESSAGES, AND BILINGUAL LABEL FORMATS. THE MUSEUM WILL CONSULT WITH OTHER MUSEUMS TO SUPPORT THE PROTOTYPING AND TESTING OF NEW DIGITAL LABEL TECHNOLOGY FOR THE DELIVERY OF CONTENT IN AN ART MUSEUM SETTING. A MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL TEAM WILL REVIEW PROJECT FINDINGS TO MAKE SHORT-TERM CHANGES AND DEVELOP AN INSTITUTION-WIDE PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.

NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS - MUSEUMS

VISUAL LEGACIES AND THE AMERICAN WEST: RESILIENCE AND RECKONING [THE LARGE-SCALE TRAVELING EXHIBITION, VISUAL LEGACIES AND THE AMERICAN WEST: RESILIENCE AND RECKONING WILL FEATURE APPROXIMATELY 100 ARTWORKS MADE BY NATIVE AMERICAN ARTISTS OF THE PLAINS AND SOUTHWEST AS WELL AS EUROPEAN-AMERICAN ARTISTS FROM THE LATE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES. THIS EXHIBITION RESITUATES THE VISUAL LEGACIES OF THE AMERICAN WEST BY PRIORITIZING NATIVE AMERICAN SELF-REPRESENTATION AND ELEVATING OVERLOOKED ART BY NATIVE AMERICAN ARTISTS, WHILE, AT THE SAME TIME RECKONING WITH THE VISUAL LEGACIES OF EUROPEAN-AMERICAN ARTWORKS. THIS IS THE FIRST MAJOR ART EXHIBITION TO FOCUS DEEPLY ON THE COEXISTENCE OF ART BY DIVERSE NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLES AND NON-NATIVE-AMERICAN ARTISTS. THE EXHIBITION THEMES AND CHECKLIST WILL BE SHAPED THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE AND INTERDISCIPLINARY CURATORIAL PROCESS. VISUAL LEGACIES AND THE AMERICAN WEST SEEKS A ?MORE PERFECT UNION? BETWEEN NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE ART IN AMERICAN ART, HISTORY, AND CULTURE WRIT LARGE.]

NATIVE NORTH AMERICA: INDIGENOUS ART FROM THE 1950S TO NOW

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT A MULTI-STATE ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT A CATALOGUE ONLINE RESOURCES AND SYMPOSIUM EXPLORING THE ALFRED STIEGLITZ COLLECTION CO-OWNED WITH FISK UNIVERSITY A HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITY.

TO SUPPORT THE EXHIBITION AND PROGRAMMING FOR ART FOR A NEW UNDERSTANDING: NATIVE VOICES 1950S TO NOW THE FIRST EXHIBITION TO CHART A HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS ART FROM THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.

TO SUPPORT THE EXHIBITION CRAFTING AMERICAN AND AN ACCOMPANYING PUBLICATION.