Present tense

american craft council conference 2016

Museum and Interpretation: Moderated Session, “Present Tense”

Link: Museums and Interpretation Panel, American Craft Council Conference

Title: Museum and Interpretation: Moderated Session, “Present Tense” Description: From the American Craft Council’s “Present Tense” conference, October 2016 in Omaha, Nebraska. Moderated by Namita Gupta Wiggers, featuring Tina Oldknow and Anna Walker. The impact of curators focused on craft in museums, perspectives on museums from small to large, how craft shifts and impacts exhibition and museum practices, curatorial authorship (institutional and individual), and shifts in craft and museums. Panelists: Tina Oldknow, independent curator & art historian Anna Walker, Windgate Foundation curatorial fellow for contemporary craft, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Moderator: Namita Gupta Wiggers, director & co-founder, Critical Craft Forum