Indigenizing Non-Indigenous Spaces through Curation: A Panel Discussion - Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology-

Indigenizing

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Location: Brown University, Smith-Buonanno Hall, 95 Cushing St. Providence, RI Room: 106

Please join Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology on December 7th for Indigenizing Non-Indigenous Spaces through Curation: A Panel Discussion.



Rounding out this semester’s Indigenous Curators Series, the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology welcomes Shándíín Brown (Diné), Erin Genia (Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate) and Tess Lukey (Aquinnah Wampanoag) as they participate in a panel discussion moderated by Kimberly Toney (Hassanamisco Band Nipmuc). They will each speak to their experience as Indigenous women living in the Southern New England region and working in non-Indigenous spaces as changemakers and trendsetters who are working to revolutionize and Indigenize the field. Learn about their curatorial philosophies, practices and work to impact and uplift Indigenous voices that have long been silenced or absent in museum work.



Sháńdíín Brown is a scholar, creative, and citizen of the Navajo Nation from Arizona. She is the inaugural Henry Luce Curatorial Fellow for Native American Art at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Museum. Brown holds a BA in Anthropology and Native American Studies with a minor in Environmental Studies from Dartmouth College.



Erin Genia is a tribal member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate. She is a multidisciplinary artist, educator and community organizer whose practice merges Dakota cultural imperatives, pure expression and material exploration with the conceptual. Erin has an MS in Art, Culture and Technology from MIT an MPA – Tribal Governance from The Evergreen State College.



Tess Lukey is a curator, artist, and member of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah). She is the inaugural Associate Curator of Native American Art for the Trustees of the Reservations. She received her MA in Native American Art History from UNM and a BFA in Art History and Ceramics from MassArt.



Reception to begin the event.



Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm EST

Sponsor: Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology

Location: Brown University, Smith-Buonanno Hall, 95 Cushing St. Providence, RI

Room: 106



Free and open to the public. Supported by generous donors to Friends of the Haffenreffer Museum.