Details | Heighten your civic awareness through conversations about art, history and material culture. Each month, educators from the National Portrait Gallery will partner with colleagues from across the Smithsonian to discuss how historical objects from their respective collections speak to today’s social justice issues. Why does accurate representation matter? Together with the National Museum of the American Indian, we will explore this key question in relationship to a1885 collotype of Sitting Bull and a1890 photograph of Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria photographing Wild West performers. The Zoom link will be emailed to registered participants via Eventbrite 12-24 hours in advance of the program. Each participant must register separately. We will only allow participants into the meeting if their names (and email addresses) are on the registration list. The Portrait Gallery strives to provide programs that are accessible to all visitors. This program will provide auto-captions. For questions, or to request additional accommodations such as an ASL interpreter or live captions, please email jonesve@si.edu at least two weeks in advance of the program. In order to register and participate in this program, you must be 18 or older, or be accompanied by a parent/guardian. Image Credits: LEFT: Sitting Bull by Rommler & Jonas Lithography Company (copy after Rudolf Cronau), 1885. Colored collotype on paper. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian InsInstitution. RIGHT: Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria photographing Wild West performers in camp. Photographed by Frank Lehner at Buffalo Bill's Wild West show in Munich, Germany, in 1890. NMAI.AC.147. National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution. |
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