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Letter from the Director Ian Berry
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Trust and Storytelling June Paul talks to Jess T. Dugan
Lorna Simpson, Cloudscape Rachel Seligman
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Demetrius Oliver, Messier Mary Crone Odekon
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Analytical Chemistry in the Museum with Kimberley A. Frederick
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Unrecorded Nupe artist, vessel Ruth Opara
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Wangechi Mutu, Histology of the Different Classes of Uterine Tumors Molly Channon
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Accelerator Series: Culture Now: Appreciate | Appropriate Isolde Brielmaier, Jessica Andrews, Renee Cox, and Matthew Morrison Renee Cox on Representation and Demolishing Stereotypes Interview by Monica Andrews ’19 and Cassie Taylor ’19
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Jeff Sonhouse, Condoleezza Rice Minita Sanghvi
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Wangechi Mutu, Histology of the Different Classes of Uterine Tumors Lara Ayad
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Deborah Luster, One Big Self: Prisoners of Louisiana David Karp
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Accelerator Series: Get Up, Stand Up: Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship Isolde Brielmaier, Sam Durant, Eric Gottesman, and Minita Sanghvi
Jane Irish on History Painting as Activist Art Interview by James Rothwell ’19 and Katie Salk ’19
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Yun-Fei Ji, Bon Voyage Ryan Richard Overbey
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Yun-Fei Ji Meets Students from the Chinese School at the Chinese Community Center of the Capital District of New York Sunny Ra
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The Artist Interview
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Shifting Poses with Geoffrey Chadsey Interview by Bailey Mikytuck ’20 and Emery Spina ’20
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Accelerator Series: On Navigating Forgiveness, Redemption, and Rejection Isolde Brielmaier, Alexandra Bell, Lyle Ashton Harris, and David Karp
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Accelerator Series: Food Futures: Food Justice, Sustainability, and Well-Being Isolde Brielmaier, Kate Daughdrill, Anthony Hatch, and Leah Penniman
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Beck Krefting on Empathic Looking
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James Barnor, Untitled, Accra, Ghana Jada James ’18
William Kentridge, Tango for Page Turning Tom Yoshikami
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Beauty & Bite Rebecca McNamara
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Jim Self on Beehive Interview by Ian Berry and Rebecca McNamara
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About Black Joy: Daesha Devón Harris, Luis Jimenez Inoa, and Kambui Olujimi on Family Photos
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I, Too, Sing America: On Race in Leonard Bernstein’s Songfest Organized by Sylvia Stoner
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Joseph Cermatori on Touching Feeling with C. P. Cavafy and Duane Michals
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E. J. Bellocq, Untitled (Storyville Portrait) Jess Lincoln ’20 Josh Faught on Adding Flair to Sadness Interview by Evan Hasencamp ’20 and Julia Rinaolo ’19
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Sarah C. Stevens on Preserving Josh Faught’s Housecleaning
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Nancy Grossman, Rust & Blue (Yuma) Rebecca McNamara
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Sarah DiPasquale on Celebrating Difference and Seeking Pleasure through Integrative Dance
100 Dyke Action Machine! Carrie Moyer 102 Gwen D’Arcangelis on 1970s Feminism in Wimmen’s Comix 106 New Ms. Thang Dayna Joseph ’19 108 Tending Our Mothers’ Gardens Daesha Devón Harris 112 Hayman Melora Wolff 114 Christa Clarke on Barbara Tyrrell 118 Siobhan M. Hart on NAGPRA and the Museum 122 Off the Shelf: Carolyn Anderson and Garett Wilson on Creating Immersive Theater in the Museum