Conversation, Curating Native North American Art

Richard Hunt (Kwakwaka’wakw), Sea Monster Mask, 1999 — Richard Hunt (Kwakwaka’wakw), *Sea Monster Mask*, 1999. Wood, plastic, textile, and paint. Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, inv. no. YPM ANT.256928. Photo: Div. of Anthropology, Yale Peabody Museum, 2009

Student curators Katherine McCleary, B.A. 2018, Leah Shrestinian, MC ’19, and Joseph Zordan, PC ’19, discuss their upcoming exhibition of Native North American art at the Yale University Art Gallery. The conversation focuses on the importance of Native representation in this moment, the necessity of collaborating with Native nations, and the obstacles and rewards of curating Native art at Yale.

Generously sponsored by the Martin A. Ryerson Lectureship Fund.