Panel discussion moderated by Matt Branch, MA’21. Panelists: Keonna Hendrick, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Brooklyn Museum Lauren Zelaya, Director of Public Programs at Brooklyn Museum
Drawn from the Center for Public Humanities’ deep pool of alumni, the panelists in this new Zoom series represent a cross-section of our eclectic field. Join us in conversation over three virtual sessions to connect, ask questions, and prepare for next steps. The 3rd panel discussion in the series will focus on Higher Education and Research […]
"A Public Art Perspective" - Talk by Divya Rao Heffley Divya Rao Heffley is the Associate Director for the Office of Public Art, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council. Talk description is coming soon.
Join The Snowtown Project collective to hear the first research team update on this lost 19th-century mixed-race Providence neighborhood. Snowtown was a small, mixed-race neighborhood in mid-1800s Providence. It was the site of a racially motivated mob attack in the fall of 1831, but it was also home. It began as a kind of refuge […]
"Navigating the Crisis: A View from the Paul Revere House" - Talk by Nina Zannieri Nina Zannieri is the Executive Director, Paul Revere Association. Talk description is coming soon.
“Can Buildings Improve Local Ecologies?” - Talk by Lara Davis, Architect. Talk description and Zoom link are coming soon.
“The Endowed Authority of Indigenous Curation” Jim Enote is a Zuni tribal member, CEO of the Colorado Plateau Foundation, and serves on the boards of the Trust for Mutual Understanding and the Grand Canyon Trust. Jim’s service the past forty years includes assignments for organizations including UNESCO, UNDP, International Secretariat for Water, Nordic Council of […]
A virtual lecture and discussion with Cynthia Copeland, President of the Institute for the Exploration of Seneca Village History about the decades-long work to interpret the historic African'American community displaced by Central Park, and how that effort may offer strategies for telling Snowtown's story here in Providence, RI. Free and open to the public, registration […]
My State House is a participatory design project that invites Rhode Islanders to reimagine the Rhode Island State House and its abundant green space in ways that make it more welcoming and accessible to the community. Participants draw or write their Big Ideas on maps of the building and the grounds. These maps will be […]
Inheritance (April 27 - 30, 2022) brings together activists, curators, educators, tribal leaders, artists, historians, heritage workers, and policy makers to explore the range of strategies that institutions and communities are using to respond to contentious representations of race, Indigenous lifeways, and history in public art and architecture. Over two days on Zoom, speakers from the […]
