Public Talks | Lectures
"Stan Douglas: Doppelgänger | A Community Panel Discussion," Toledo Lucas County Public Library (TLCPL) Main Branch, Toledo, OH, Thursday, April 14, 2022, in partnership with the Toledo Museum of Art, TLCPL, and Welcome TLC. Panelists included Sara Dastagir, Executive Director, Islamic Center of Greater Toledo; Eugenio Mollo, Managing Attorney, Advocates for Basic Legal Equality; Meyling Ruiz, Program Assistant, Local Initiative Support Corporation; and Nazarene Tubman, Director, Vaccine Clinical Development (image only)
2021 Arts & Museum Summit, "Dismantling Systemic Structures of Privilege Within the Arts Ecosystem," Asia Society, November 17–19, 2021. With Jennifer King, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Grace Samboh, Research Curator, Hyphen— and Member of 2021 Jakarta Biennale Curatorial Team; and Tamarra, Artist and Community Organizer. Moderated by Alexandra Chang, Associate Professor of Practice, Department of Arts, Culture and Media, Rutgers University-Newark
"All the World's Futures: Global Art and Art History in the Wake of COVID-19," co-organized by the Hood Museum of Art and University of Chicago's Smart Museum of Art, March 4, 2021. Panelists included artists Ho Tzu Nyen, Serge Alain Nitegeka, and Project Anywhere's Sean Lowry and Simone Douglas.
The annual Dr. Allen Root Contemporary Art Distinguished Lectureship, Hood Museum of Art, 2019–2020.
"Responding: Process, Legalities and Engagement," Association of Art Museum Curators, September 1, 2020. With Gail Lord, Allison Heilman, and moderated by Tianna Webb Evans.
"Problematizing the 'Global'," Association of Art Museum Curators Annual Conference, May 5, 2020. Panelists included Sonal Khullar, Orianna Cacchione, and Sarah E.K. Smith.
"Reconstitution and the Impact of Images," Hood Museum of Art, April 8, 2020.
Opening Panel of "Crossing Lines, Constructing Home: Displacement and Belonging in Contemporary Art," Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, September 5, 2019. With Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi and moderated by Makeda Best and Mary Schneider-Enriquez.
"Global Contemporary," Symposium: Art, Artists, and the Museum, Hood Museum of Art, May 3, 2019. Panelists included Lalla Essaydi, Jeffrey Gibson, and Sin-ying Ho.
"The Artist's Voice: Dindga McCannon, Beverly Smith, and Barbara Smith," ICA/Boston, September 27, 2018.
Further talks, lectures, and programs
Lecture, The Contemporaries group, Columbus Museum of Art, February 2024
Lecture, Art Talks, Lesley University, MFA in Visual Arts, Cambridge, MA, June 2023
Lecture, Visiting curator lecture, Rhode Island School of Design and RISD Museum, Providence, RI, May 2022
Lecture, Visiting Artist and Speaker Endowment Annual Lecture, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA, March 2022
Presenter, “Confronting The Party,” Marisol: A Scholars’ Day, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, July 2021
Panelist, “Book Launch of Best! Letters from Asian Americans in the arts,” Clubhouse, March 2021
Session moderator, “Centering on Community,” Curator Gatherings, Association of Art Museum Curators, July 2020
Virtual gallery talk, “Exploring the Multiplicities of Queerness Through Art,” on the occasion of PRIDE with OPAL @ Dartmouth, Hood Museum of Art, June 2020
Panel organizer, “The Pandemic and Strategies for the Future,” American Curators of Asian Art Forum: The Pandemic is Portal, June 2020
Panelist, “Webinar on Fellowships,” Grant Proposal Support Initiative, Dartmouth College, May 2020
Panelist, “Economics of Art,” Hood Museum of Art, March 2020
Exhibition Tour, Reconstitution, Hood Museum of Art, February 2020
Lecture, “Social Engagement and Curatorial/Institutional Practice,” Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA, September 2019
Conversations and Connections, “Globalization and Landscapes,” with anthropology professor Laura Ogden, Hood Museum of Art, August 2019
Highlights Tour, “On Resilience,” Hood Museum of Art, Spring 2019
Curator’s Tour, We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965-85, ICA/Boston, July and September 2018
Film Program, Arthur Jafa’s Dreams are Colder than Death, ICA/Boston, September 2018
Gallery Talk: Dana Schutz’s Shaking Out the Bed, ICA/Boston, August 2017
Gallery Talk: The Political is Personal—Kiki Smith, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, October 2015