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ColumbiaDC: Museums and Communities in a Time of Crisis

Wednesday, May 12, 2021 6:30 pm to Thursday, May 13, 2021 7:45 pm
Online
ColumbiaDC: Museums and Communities in a Time of Crisis
Event Type: 
Lecture
Open To: 
Alumni
Columbia College
Topic: 
Arts
Location: 
Online

Event Contact

Miyako Yerick

How have the pandemics—one novel and the other as old as our country—impacted American museums? With doors closed and digital windows open, how have museums pivoted to stay connected to their audiences during the COVID-19 lockdown? How has the social justice movement and economic upheaval pressured museums to reconsider their operating models to better serve their communities? Lastly, what are the attitudes and expectations of museum audiences for their future museum experiences?

Bring your questions and share your hopes about the future of American museums in a post COVID world. Stephanie Stebich CC'88, the Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and its branch museum the Renwick Gallery, offers insights from her journey leading a free national museum ranked as one of the top five most visited art museums (pre-COVID). She will share data from national audience surveys and address the controversies rocking the museum sector. Stephanie has mentored recent Columbia graduates on how to navigate the evolving new normal in the arts. Stephanie was interviewed in Columbia Today on the occasion of assuming her new post in the nation’s capital.

With your Columbia education, which promises a lifetime of learning and a world of opportunity, what is your role in keeping American museums strong to foster understanding and healing in today’s divisive America?

There will be time allocated for moderated audience questions.
100% of proceeds from this event will be donated to the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University.

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