NEW DATE: Tuesday, January 26, 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm.

Due to NMAI’s recent Covid-related closure, this event will now take place on Tuesday, January 26, at 6:00pm. This postponement from the original December date ensures that panelists and audiences alike can engage with NMAI’s collection objects in real-time during our discussion. It also helps keeps NMAI’s staff members safe and healthy. We look forward to seeing you on January 26th. Thank you for your understanding.

The National Museum of the American Indian’s (NMAI’s) collection, an extensive repository of Native American and First Nations artifacts, has profoundly reoriented its collection practices in the last few decades: placing expertise and authority in the Indigenous communities which it serves rather than in the museum itself.  

But what does this shift look like in practice? How are Indigenous artists engaging with NMAI’s collections today? How can collection care be reimagined further, to better serve Indigenous communities? 

Join artist Wendy Red Star, guest-curator of the first module of CARE SYLLABUS; artists Tanis S'eiltin and Peter Morin; as well as Christine Oricchio, Collections Specialist at the National Museum of the American Indian, for a roundtable discussion about these questions, driven by engagement with artworks and objects in the NMAI collection.

The event will be streamed live on Facebook and Youtube on January 26th.

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