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Wrap-up: Curating & Exhibitions Interest Group Webinar “Rising to the Challenge: Strategies for Tackling Tough Subjects in Exhibitions”

21 Nov 2024 8:53 AM | Patti Gibbons (Administrator)

On November 20, 2024, the Curating & Exhibitions Interest Group hosted the webinar “Rising to the Challenge: Strategies for Tackling Tough Subjects in Exhibitions.” Speaker Nick West, Co-Director of Colgate’s University Museums, Curator of the Picker Art Gallery, and Research Affiliate in Art and History at Colgate University, shared exhibition development approaches that have helped his exhibit team display and interpret controversial and complex subjects with sensitivity and awareness.

Moderator Patti Gibbons, Head of Collection Management at the University of Chicago Library’s Special Collections Research Center, guided the Q & A after Nick’s presentation.

A total of twenty-nine attendees participated in the event.

A recording of the webinar, the slide deck, and additional resources are available at:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iSu25nv44mN-XFjsNtJ__GMwuwW6D2fe

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