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Nov. 29, 2018: Opening Event and Reception for Imagining Indigenous Futures: Panel Discussion with Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

A panel discussion entitled Decolonizing the Exhibition: Four Perspectives on Indigenous Visual Culture in the Museum Space, will focus on the ways contemporary Indigenous art has historically been understood, collected, and displayed; the extent to which Imagining Indigenous Futures in the Palmer Gallery has reckoned with these concerns; and some of the ways contemporary Indigenous artists continued to narrate their own histories and realities despite certain market demands and colonizing stereotypes. Panelists will include Salish artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith; Vassar Professor of Native American Studies Molly McGlennen; art collector and donor Edward J. Guarino; and a Vassar student enrolled in the course Decolonizing the Exhibition. The panel will be followed by a reception with refreshments in the Palmer Gallery.