Crafting a Better Future: The Renwick 50th Anniversary Symposium

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Crafting a Better Future: The Renwick 50th Anniversary Symposium

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The exhibition "This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World" showcases the dynamic landscape of American craft today. This symposium, organized in conjunction with the exhibition, highlights the role that artists play in our world to spark essential conversations, stories of resilience, and methods of activism—showing us a more relational and empathetic world. Led by SAAM curators Nora Atkinson and Mary Savig, artists and scholars discuss ways in which everyday objects can teach us lessons about who we are and the future we are creating. The Smithsonian Women's Committee Endowment provided generous funding for this program. Additional funding by Dorothy Saxe in honor of George Saxe. Media sponsorship provided by the American Craft Council. Image credit: Alicia Eggert, "This Present Moment", 2019-2020, neon, custom controller, steel, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Renwick General Acquisitions Fund, 2021.4, © 2019, Alicia Eggert Chapters: 00:00 Welcome, Stephanie Stebich, The Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery 07:19 Introduction, Nora Atkinson, The Fleur and Charles Bresler Curator-in-Charge of the Renwick Gallery 15:00 In memoriam 18:35 Keynote, Virgil Ortiz, eVOlution: Guided by Clay Ancestors 1:00:14 Alicia Eggert “How do we make time?” 1:09:05 Einar and Jamex de la Torre 1:17:19 Jiha Moon 1:23:37 Conversation with artists, moderated by Anya Montiel, curator, National Museum of American Indian (and co-curator of This Present Moment) 2:00:00 Sonya Clark, “What do we learn from a dishrag?” 2:09:50 Corey Alston, “What do we learn from a basket?” 2:17:20 Susie Ganch, “What do we learn from trash?” 2:26:15 Carla Hemlock, “What do we learn from a quilt?” 2:37:32 Margarita Cabrera, “What do we learn from a cactus?” 2:52:24 Conversation with artists, moderated by Diana N’Diaye, curator, American Folklife and Cultural Heritage and founder of the African American Craft Initiative. 3:18:18 Full group conversation + Audience Q&A

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