Join Columbia College Women for an exclusive, behind-the-scenes tour of "The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture" at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Led by exhibition curator and art historian Karen Lemmey CC’95, this small-group event offers a unique opportunity to explore how sculpture has shaped — and been shaped by — American conversations on race from 1789 to the present. This event is co-sponsored by the Columbia College Alumni Association and Columbia College Women.

This event is Part I of a two-part discussion on the acclaimed exhibition. Part II will include a virtual interview of presentation by Karen Lemmey CC’95 in conversation with Nicole Estilo Kaiser CC’20, director of London’s Public Gallery.

IMAGE CREDIT

Left to right: Emanuel Martinez, Farm Workers' Altar, 1967, acrylic on mahogany and plywood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the International Bank of Commerce in honor of Antonio R. Sanchez, Sr., 1992.95; Simone Leigh, Village Series, 2020, stoneware, Promised gift to the Smithsonian American Art Museum from the Collection of Kelly Williams & Andrew Forsyth; Jiha Moon, Tiger Banana, 2023, stoneware with underglaze, glaze, and synthetic hair, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Howard Kottler Endowment for Ceramic Art, 2024.12.