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A Symposium on Curating Native American Art

People walking through the Arts of Indigenous America galleries in the de Young museum

Installation view of Arts of Indigenous America, at the de Young, San Francisco, 2025. Photograph by Gary Sexton. Image courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

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Attend an interdisciplinary symposium exploring the challenges and opportunities with curating Native American art. Generously supported by the CORA Foundation and the Henry Luce Foundation, the symposium is part of a constellation of free, installation-responsive public programs and education initiatives related to Arts of Indigenous America that will unfold over the next three years.

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People walking through the Arts of Indigenous America galleries at the de Young

Featured speakers 

  • Brian Vallo (Pueblo of Acoma)

  • Pimm Tripp-Allen (Karuk/Yurok)

  • Alme Allen (Karuk/Yurok)

Panelists

  • Joseph Aguilar (San Ildefonso Pueblo)

  • Meyokeeskow Marrufo (Robinson Rancheria/Eastern Pomo)

  • Hillary C. Olcott

  • Will Riding In (Pawnee/Santa Ana Pueblo)

  • Sherrie Smith-Ferri (Dry Creek Pomo/Bodega Miwok)

Contact info

Public Programs
publicprograms@famsf.org
415.750.7694

Sponsors

Lead Sponsors

Thomas W. Weisel Family

Major Support

Significant Support

The San Francisco Auxiliary of the Fine Arts Museums

Programmatic support is provided through major support by the CORA Foundation.

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