<i>Knowing the West</i> Exhibition Opening Panel Discussion

About This Event

This opening conversation focuses on Knowing the West, the first major traveling exhibition to embrace and examine how people see the American West. Please join us as curators Jami C. Powell and Larissa Randall discuss the show’s development and themes and share stories about the range of artwork on display. About the speakers Jami C. Powell (Osage), PhD, is the associate director of curatorial affairs and curator of Indigenous art at the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College, where she also serves as a senior lecturer in the Native American and Indigenous Studies Department. Larissa Randall is the curatorial associate for American art at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, AR. In her role Randall cares for the 19th and 20th century art collection and organizes exhibitions. She prioritizes interdisciplinary curatorial projects that better situate art museums as spaces for dialogue and social justice. Her research interests are primarily US visual art, print culture, and image circulation, with an emphasis on works on paper and book arts. Image: Dorothy Brett, Desert Indian, 1932/1937, oil on canvas, 40 × 40 in., Tia Collection; Photo: James Hart Photography