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Beginning May 27, we will be closed as part of Oberlin College’s Sustainable Infrastructure Program.
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Learn MoreTuesday, April 11, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Oberlin College students often research AMAM objects and museum practices as part of their coursework, bringing new insights to our collection. Join us for an afternoon showcasing six of the students and their projects as they share new discoveries and approaches to how museums steward collections.
Fudi Fickenscher (OC 2023), Assemblage in Afro-Caribbean Arts and Identities
Ursula Hudak (OC 2023), ‘I dreamed I was liberated in my Maidenform bra’—Reclining Nudes in the AMAM Bissett Collection
Parker Niles (OC 2023), Material Matters: Sacred Himalayan Sculpture and its Implications in the AMAM Collection
Cecil Pulley (OC 2024), What’s in a Name?: Keith Haring’s Signature as Modern Relic
Lucy Soth (OC 2023), Devilishly Cast: Francesco Bertos’ Fall of Icarus and the Sculptor’s Dark Arts
Elf Zimmerman (OC 2023), Cheyenne Beaded Pouches in the AMAM Collection
Access Statement:
These events are held in a wheelchair- and rolling walker-accessible building. The lecture space is wheelchair accessible, with moveable seating, and near wheelchair-accessible restrooms. Restrooms are gender-specific; visitors are invited to use the restroom of their preference. No listening devices or ASL interpretation will be available at this event. Most talks will be recorded and available with closed captions on the museum’s Vimeo page after the event. Please email access questions to Jill Greenwood, jgreenwo@oberlin.edu.
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