How Do We Do History?
Date: 2022-04-28 18:00:00 – 2022-04-28 19:15:00
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The events of 2020 revealed Americau2019s complicated relationship with history where some citizens are engaged in a thorough inspection of the countryu2019s history and others prefer a celebratory view of history that bolsters a sense of patriotism. As part of a Curatorial Research Fellowship from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Ric Kasini Kadour spent 2021 visiting over a hundred historic sites and museums with an eye towards how history organizations share knowledge with the public and what art organizations can learn from them. In this panel discussion, Kadour will be joined by New Mexico State Historian Rob Martinez. A former high school teacher, Martu00ednez u201ctries to view the past through a human lens.u201d As State Historian, he works u201cto foster and facilitate an appreciation and understanding of New Mexico history and culture through education, research, preservation, and community outreach.u201d Also participating are three artists from the exhibition, u201cMany Worlds Are Born,u201d each of whom are picking up the unfinished work of the past and carrying history to the present. Joanna Keane Lopez explores Lu00f3pezville as a looking glass into the complexity of Socorro and a larger story about New Mexico. Margarita Paz-Pedrou2019s work comments on history, survival, labor, and connectivity of New Mexicou2019s Indigenous peoples and how they shaped the region. Marlena Robbinsu2019s Welcome to Aztlan invites the community to contribute to the artwork as a way to consider how history is remembered and performed.
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