Free. Reservations required.
\n*Limited tickets available.*
\nThe 1960s witnessed the beginning of two influential art movements in the United States: Studio Glass Art and contemporary Native American Arts. B oth intersected in the 1970s at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IA IA) in Santa Fe\, New Mexico\, with the founding of the Native Glass Art movement.
\nJoin us for the 27th Annual Kreines Lectu re\, where scholar and curator Dr. Letitia Chambers (Cherokee) will discu ss the exhibition Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Rei magined in Glass. Her talk\, “Glass Art: A New Interpre tation of American Indian Cultures\,” will explore how these two movement s came together and how Native artists today are melding the properties i nherent in glass art with their cultural ways of knowing.
\nPlease join us for the lecture with lite bites to follow. < /p>\n
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About the Speaker:
\nLetitia Chambers\, PhD\, is recognized for her accomplishments as a CE O\, her contributions to public policy\, and her service to educational a nd non-profit organizations.
\nChambers private sector experience i ncludes serving as CEO for 20 years of a highly successful Washington\, D C based consulting firm\, which she sold to a large global consulting fir m where she became a Managing Director.
\nChambers then served as CEO of the Heard Museum\, where she led major financial reforms and made significant improvements in facilities. Since retiring from the Heard\, s he has maintained a consulting practice and curated several major exhibit ions\, including the acclaimed Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Rei magined in Glass which is currently traveling to major museums acros s the country.
\nEarlier in Chambers career\, in the 1970s\, she se rved on the U.S. Senate staff as the first woman to be named Staff Direct or of a standing committee. In 1992\, she served as the Chief Budget Advi sor to the Clinton/Gore transition\, and in 1996\, Ambassador Chambers se rved as the U.S. Representative to the United Nations General Assembly. I n 2004–2005\, she headed the state system of higher education in New Mexi co.
\nChambers has served on several corporate Boards of Directors\ , as well as on Boards of numerous educational and non-profit organizatio ns\, including as former Chair of the Association of Tribal Archives\, Li braries and Museums and former Chair of the Santa Fe Botanical Garden. \n
She has authored numerous articles and reports and is also the aut hor of Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass\, a book published by the Museum of New Mexico Press and now in its third p rinting.
\nChambers resides in Santa Fe\, New Mexico with her husba nd\, the Honorable Peter P. Smith\, former U.S. Congressman (VT.)
\n< p>*Presented by Mrs. Kenneth Kreines and the Decorative Arts Society of Cincinnati in Memory of Dr. Kenneth Krein es.
\nIf you need accessibility accommodations\, please contact us in advance
at access@cincyart.org.