Curatorial Think Tank: Culturally-Specific Museums

May 6, 2014
6:30–8 pm

New York, NY, USA

ICI Curatorial Hub

401 Broadway, Suite 1620
New York, NY 10013

ICI Curatorial Hub
Closed-door Event

In light of the recent decision by the Museum of Modern Art, New York to hire a consulting curator to help with “the strengthening of its holdings” in black art, this closed door session addressed the idea of “progress” made by ethnic specific institutions and the nature of curatorial work within these institutions in today’s social and cultural conditions. Specifically, this think tank discussion explored why the work of culturally specific museums still matters decades after they were founded, and what new possibilities exist for this work now and for the future.

Participants

Herb Tam

Herb Tam is the Curator and Director of Exhibitions at the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA), New York.

Rocio Aranda-Alvarado

Rocio Aranda-Alvarado is Curator at El Museo del Barrio.

Edwin Ramoran

Edwin Ramoran is Manager of Public Programs and Community Engagement at The Studio Museum in Harlem.

Naima Keith

Naima J. Keith joined the California African American Museum (CAAM) in 2016 to guide the curatorial and education departments as well as marketing and communications.

Ryan Wong

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Ryan Lee Wong lives in Brooklyn, where he connects Asian American movement histories to the present.

Credits

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

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