Public Programs And Events

The program initiative Indigenous New York declares New York indigenous terrain, and brings together artists, curators, critics and scholars of Native American, First Nations, and indigenous descent along with their non-indigenous peers and colleagues to probe this claim and explore ways to affirm it both locally and in a global context. As indigenous artists, curators, critics, and scholars are increasingly sought-after participants in biennales, exhibitions, conferences, and residencies worldwide, this initiative seeks to provide for a moment of reflection.

Public Presentation and Reception

Part of this initiative, Indigenous New York, Curatorially Speaking, presents key findings of a closed curatorial colloquium that precedes the public event at 4:30pm. The curatorial colloquium examines four key inquiries: indigenous and non-indigenous epistemologies and methodologies; the non-colonial museum; challenges of collaborative curation; the growing indigenization of international art. The ultimate goal of this convening is to provide the opportunity for meaningful exchange between colleagues and to examine how a fuller consideration of indigenous production might reconfigure regimes of thought and practice.

Among the presenters are those who guided the colloquium. A festive reception follows their presentations.

 

Indigenous New York is a public program and research initiative of the The New School's Vera List Center developed in collaboration with artist Alan Michelson. It facilitates collaborations and exchanges among contemporary curators, artists, critics and scholars through public events and colloquia that focus on indigeneity and the legacy of colonialism and position the local as evidence of concerns shared globally. It is supported, in part, by the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, and is part of the Vera List Center’s 2015-2017 curatorial programs on Post Democracy.