Making Collections, Revealing Histories

The Whitney Museum of American Art presented an afternoon of discussion reflecting on the category of American art today through the lens of museum collecting and artistic practices. The conversations explore how exhibition making can propel new art historical narratives and how artists can inspire audiences to understand American art and history from different perspectives. Whitney Curators discuss recent and upcoming exhibitions drawn from, and building upon, the Whitney’s collection. Mining themes of landscape, craft, and inheritance, these exhibitions have been part of an ongoing process of expanding the category of American art. Jennie Goldstein, Jennifer Rubio Associate Curator Marcela Guerrero, DeMartini Family Curator Rujeko Hockley, Arnhold Associate Curator Welcome remarks provided by Erica Wall, Director of Lunder Institute for American Art. This program was co-presented by the Lunder Institute for American Art, a part of the Colby College Museum of Art. Lunder Institute @ invites institutions to be in conversation with one another and challenges them to look critically at American art, its history, its future and its evolution. Lunder Institute @ the Whitney Museum of American Art culminates the inaugural year of the Lunder Institute @ program.