Exhibition Openings and Virtual Art Talks

MEMBERS-ONLY VIRTUAL ART TALK: A CONVERSATION ON PHYSICAL/DIGITAL WITH COURTNEY M. LEONARD AND FRANK BUFFALO HYDE

MONDAY, FEB. 1 | ONLINE 12 NOON

Join us for a conversation with artists Courtney M. Leonard and Frank Buffalo Hyde as they discuss their individual practices and collaborative works under their collective, CRANK!. To register for the event, please check your email for a link, or email us directly with the program title at members@heard.org.

Untitled photograph, 1935. Leon Polk Smith Papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

MEMBERS-ONLY VIRTUAL ART TALK: THE LIFE OF LEON POLK SMITH WITH JOE BAKER

THURSDAY, FEB. 4 | ONLINE | 4 P.M.

Join us live, online to learn more about the life and works of Leon Polk Smith from exhibition curators Joe Baker and Chief Curator Diana Pardue before it opens to Members on Friday, Feb. 5. To register for the event, please check your email for a link, or email us directly with the program title at members@heard.org.

LEON POLK SMITH

MEMBERS-ONLY EXHIBITION PREVIEW HOURS

FRIDAY, FEB. 5 | IN PERSON 10 A.M. TO 4 P.M.

All Members are invited to view Leon Polk Smith before it opens to the public. To ensure proper safety and social-distancing protocols, we will be limiting attendance to 20 Members per hour. Advance reservations are highly encouraged. Check your email for a link to the opening event or email members@heard.org to reserve your time.

2020 World Championship Hoop Dance Contest.

MEMBERS-ONLY VIRTUAL ART TALK: HOW DO YOU ORGANIZE A VIRTUAL HOOP DANCE COMPETITION?

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10 | ONLINE 12 NOON

Members are invited to join select Hoop Advisors for an in-depth discussion on what it was like organizing a completely virtual Hoop Dance Contest the Wednesday before the premiere. To register for the event, please check your email for a link, or email us directly with the program title at members@heard.org. Please see page 35 for additional Memberexclusive virtual Hoop benefits.

MEMBERS-ONLY VIRTUAL ART TALK: A DEEPER LOOK AT LEON POLK SMITH’S ARTISTIC PRACTICE

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10 | ONLINE 12 NOON

Join us for a deeper look into Leon Polk Smith's artistic practice. The conversation will be moderated by Brooke Kamin Rapaport, the Deputy Director and Martin Friedman Chief Curator of the Madison Square Park Conservancy and curator for the Brooklyn Museum’s 1996 exhibition Leon Polk Smith: American Painter. Joining the discussion are Patterson Sims, President of the Leon Polk Smith Foundation, and Dana Miller, art historian, independent curator and former curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art. To register for the event, please check your email for a link or email us directly with the program title at members@heard.org.

SMALL WONDERS

MEMBERS-ONLY EXHIBITION PREVIEW HOURS

FRIDAY, MARCH 19| IN PERSON 10 A.M. TO 4 P.M.

All Members are invited to view Small Wonders before it opens to the public on March 20. To ensure proper safety and social-distancing protocols, we will be limiting attendance to 20 Members per hour. Advance reservations are highly encouraged. Check your email for a link to the opening event or email members@ heard.org to reserve your time.

MEMBERS-ONLY VIRTUAL ART TALK: SMALL WONDERS

FRIDAY, MARCH 19 | ONLINE | 5 P.M.

Join us live, online with the exhibition and Chief Curator Diana Pardue and Assistant Curator Velma Kee Craig, who will highlight a few objects in Small Wonders. To register for the event, please check your email for a link, or email us directly with the program title at members@heard.org.

MEMBERS-ONLY VIRTUAL ART TALK: A CONVERSATION ON PHYSICAL/DIGITAL WITH CARA ROMERO AND WILL WILSON

MONDAY, MARCH 29 | ONLINE 12 NOON

Join us for a dynamic conversation with contemporary artists Cara Romero (Chemehuevi) and Will Wilson (Diné) as they discuss their process and conceptual practice as photographers and installation artists, and how their work relates to social justice, representations and equity building. To register for the event, please check your email for a link, or email us directly with the program title at members@heard.org.

MEMBERS-ONLY VIRTUAL ART TALK: OKLAHOMA AND ITS INFLUENCE ON LEON POLK SMITH

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7 | ONLINE 12 NOON

Join us live, online for a panel discussion with exhibition co-curator Joe Baker (Delaware); Dr. heather ahtone (Chickasaw/Choctaw), Senior Curator at First Americans Museum in Oklahoma City; and Dr. Dwanna McKay (Muscogee (Creek) Nation), Assistant Professor in the Race, Ethnicity and Migration Studies program at Colorado College, as they discuss Oklahoma historically and how that framed Leon Polk Smith's artwork. To register for the event, please check your email for a link, or email us directly with the program title at members@heard.org.