Join us for a day of artist-led conversations and workshops exploring new approaches to American art and changing geographies in museum spaces.
Rethinking American Art Through Collaboration
Since the groundbreaking reinstallation of the Native American collection in 2016, The Newark Museum of Art (NMOA) has been actively shifting the boundaries of American art and museum practice. By curating collaboratively with artists, community members, and across our global collections, the Museum is committed to expanding the canon and challenging conventions. Join us to consider the impact of these strategies and to think about the future.
Artist Panel and In-Gallery Conversations
Morning Session:
Panel Discussion: Artists and Museums as Worldmakers
Engage with contemporary artists and critical thinkers:
Afternoon Session:
In-gallery Conversations: Balancing Past and Future Worlds
Join discussions about the collection with artists and curators throughout the Museum
Admission is free, but registration is required.
Schedule
9:30am | Coffee and sign up for afternoon sessions
10am—Noon | Morning session, Englehard Court
- Welcome and introductions
- Panel: Artists and Museums as Worldmakers
- Terence Hammonds, Erica Lord, Bony Ramirez, Shahzia Sikander
- Discussant — Seph Rodney
Noon—1pm | Lunch (box lunch by advance purchase)
1—1:45pm | Book signing – Bony Ramirez: Cattleya (NMOA, 2024), catalog for exhibition on view in Global Contemporary galleries
- Bony Ramirez
- Jasmin Hernandez
- Anne-Laure Lemaitre
- Elena Muñoz-Rodriguez
2—3:25pm | Afternoon session, throughout the Museum
- Breakout discussions – artists, curators, and public in conversation
- Participants sign up in the morning for up to two 40-minute sessions set in Seeing America, Arts of Global Africa, Arts of Global Asia, Global Contemporary, and The Ballantine House
3:30 – 5pm | Activation and celebration of Shahzia Sikander, NOW, 2023
- Museum’s main entrance and Harriet Tubman Square