Liisa-Rávná Finbog, Sámi Indigenous Scholar, Duojár, and Curator

Dr. Liisa-Rávná Finbog is a Sámi Indigenous scholar, duojár, and curator from Oslo, Vaapste, and Sk ánit in the Norwegian part of S ápmi. She is currently based in Tampere, on the Finnish side of Sápmi, where she is doing post-doc research in connection with “Mediated Arctic Geographies,” a project that aims to look at how Arctic geospheres are aesthetically shaped and mediated to become vehicles of environmental, [geo]political, and social concerns at Tampere University. Her specific focus is on the relationship between Indigenous aesthetics in the Arctic and the land. Her written works include contributions to collective works such as Research Journeys In/To Multiple Ways of Knowing (2019), articles in Nordic Museology (2015), and in the digital platform Action Stories (2021); essays in multiple exhibition catalogues (2022, 2023); as well as several upcoming works, including her first book, It Speaks to You—Making Kin Through People, Stories, and Duodji in Sámi Museums (2023).

Tuliza Fleming, Interim Chief Curator of Visual Arts, National Museum of African American History and Culture; Vice President, Inclusion & Outreach, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation

Tuliza Fleming is the Interim Chief Curator of Visual Arts at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. During her tenure, she played a critical role in building the Museum’s art collection, served as lead curator for Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience. (2021), as well as for Visual Art and the American Experience (2016). She also curated Clementine Hunter: Life on Melrose Plantation (2018), and co-curated Ain’t Nothing

Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment (2010). Prior to her current position, Dr. Fleming was the Associate Curator of American Art at the Dayton Art Institute, where she organized exhibitions such as The Glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany and Monet and the Age of American Impressionism. Fleming received her MA and PhD in Art History from the University of Maryland.

Tracee Glab, Executive Director, Flint Institute of Arts

Tracee Glab is the Executive Director at the Flint Institute of Arts (FIA). Previously, as Curator of Collections and Exhibitions, she oversaw more than 100 exhibitions and curated 40 exhibitions. Prior to her role at the FIA, she worked for ten years at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Glab has an MA in Art History from Wayne State University and a BA in Art History from University of Michigan-Dearborn.