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On Collaboration, Context, and Counterpoints: A Conversation Series on Museum Practice

Three-part series in Zoom. Guests may register for as many sessions they wish.
-Wed. April 13, 6-7:30pm CDT
-Wed. April 20, 6-7:30pm CDT
-Wed. April 27, 6-7:30pm CDT

Originating at Northwestern University’s Block Museum of Art, "A Site of Struggle" explores how artists have engaged with the reality of anti-Black violence and its accompanying challenges of representation in the United States over a 100 + year period. The Block Museum exhibition will tour to the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama August 13- November 6, 2022.

In conjunction with this exhibition, curators, educators, and scholars will share their reflections in a three-part conversation series on museum practice, engaging communities with care, and exhibiting challenging material related to race, violence, and our shared histories. Below are descriptions of each conversation in the series. Visit our website for more information on program speakers.
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ON COLLABORATION
Wednesday, April 13 from 6-7:30pm CST

This conversation features reflections on curatorial approaches to collaborating with communities – those within and outside of the museum – and shaping a shared vision around exhibitions engaging with the issue of racial violence.

ON CONTEXT
Wednesday, April 20 from 6-7:30pm CST

This conversation focuses on a case study of the exhibition, "Reckoning with 'The Incident': John Wilson’s Studies for a Lynching Mural." The panelists explore considerations around its presentation, campus and community engagement, and programmatic strategies at three academic art museums located in different regions of the country.

ON COUNTERPOINTS
Wednesday, April 27 from 6-7:30pm CST

This conversation focuses on exhibition-making as a form of activism, the presentation of counternarratives, and efforts to incite institutional change.