Upcoming Institute:
Beyond Hybridity:
Modelling Intercultural Histories and Material Worlds in Native North America
An intensive four-day workshop on Native American art for graduate students and junior professionals,
Sponsored by the Otsego Institute for Native American Art History,
in cooperation with the Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York.
May 21-26th, 2017
Beyond Hybridity:
Modelling Intercultural Histories and Material Worlds in Native North America
An intensive four-day workshop on Native American art for graduate students and junior professionals,
Sponsored by the Otsego Institute for Native American Art History,
in cooperation with the Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York.
May 21-26th, 2017
Program:
In 2017, the Otsego Institute Workshop will explore multiple research models for understanding the effects of cultural exchange and colonial encounter on the material worlds of Native North America.
Through close hands-on examination of objects in the Thaw Collection of American Indian Art--as well as lectures, readings, group discussions, and exercises in making--participants will be introduced to skills and techniques used in the study of Indigenous North American visual and material culture, including the identification of materials, styles, and modes of production in both historic and current artworks. Drawing on the presence of a beadwork exhibition at the Fenimore Art Museum, we will also seek theoretical and methodological alternatives to "hybridity" as a means to interpret intercultural art forms, with an emphasis on the fur trade, tourism, museum work, and other contexts for artistic transformation.
Participants will present informally on their own current and prospective dissertations or curatorial projects, and will develop a short research essay on a single object of their choice from the Thaw Collection.
Seminar/Workshop Leaders and Resource Faculty
Eva Fognell (Fenimore Art Museum), Aaron Glass (Bard Graduate Center), Jonathan Holstein (art dealer), Emil Her Many Horses (National Museum of the American Indian), Heather Igloliorte (Concordia University), Aldona Jonaitis (Director, University of Alaska Museum), Evan Maurer, (Director Emeritus, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts), David Penney (National Museum of the American Indian ), Ruth Phillips (Carleton University), Jolene Rickard (Cornell University).
Participation
The workshop is open to graduate students and beginning professionals specializing in or considering specialization in Native American Art History, whether in Art, Anthropology, or Native Studies Departments or Museums.
The Otsego Institute for Native American Art History
The Otsego Institute for Native American Art History was founded in 1996 to support and promote the highest standards in the field of Native American art history. 1997 - 2002 the Otsego Institute symposium, planned by the institute and sponsored by NYSHA, brought together Native and non-Native artists, museum professionals and scholars, to address the theoretical issues in the study of Native American art. In 2002, the format of Otsego Institute activities was modified from an academic conference to an advanced workshop for graduate students who examined Native American art history within a framework of formal lectures, hands-on workshops, and informal discussion of contemporary research and scholarly practices with co-participants and faculty.
Location
The Fenimore Art Museum, which houses the Thaw Collection of American Indian Art is in the historic village of Cooperstown, in central New York State, on the shore of Lake Otsego.
Go to Application Page
In 2017, the Otsego Institute Workshop will explore multiple research models for understanding the effects of cultural exchange and colonial encounter on the material worlds of Native North America.
Through close hands-on examination of objects in the Thaw Collection of American Indian Art--as well as lectures, readings, group discussions, and exercises in making--participants will be introduced to skills and techniques used in the study of Indigenous North American visual and material culture, including the identification of materials, styles, and modes of production in both historic and current artworks. Drawing on the presence of a beadwork exhibition at the Fenimore Art Museum, we will also seek theoretical and methodological alternatives to "hybridity" as a means to interpret intercultural art forms, with an emphasis on the fur trade, tourism, museum work, and other contexts for artistic transformation.
Participants will present informally on their own current and prospective dissertations or curatorial projects, and will develop a short research essay on a single object of their choice from the Thaw Collection.
Seminar/Workshop Leaders and Resource Faculty
Eva Fognell (Fenimore Art Museum), Aaron Glass (Bard Graduate Center), Jonathan Holstein (art dealer), Emil Her Many Horses (National Museum of the American Indian), Heather Igloliorte (Concordia University), Aldona Jonaitis (Director, University of Alaska Museum), Evan Maurer, (Director Emeritus, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts), David Penney (National Museum of the American Indian ), Ruth Phillips (Carleton University), Jolene Rickard (Cornell University).
Participation
The workshop is open to graduate students and beginning professionals specializing in or considering specialization in Native American Art History, whether in Art, Anthropology, or Native Studies Departments or Museums.
The Otsego Institute for Native American Art History
The Otsego Institute for Native American Art History was founded in 1996 to support and promote the highest standards in the field of Native American art history. 1997 - 2002 the Otsego Institute symposium, planned by the institute and sponsored by NYSHA, brought together Native and non-Native artists, museum professionals and scholars, to address the theoretical issues in the study of Native American art. In 2002, the format of Otsego Institute activities was modified from an academic conference to an advanced workshop for graduate students who examined Native American art history within a framework of formal lectures, hands-on workshops, and informal discussion of contemporary research and scholarly practices with co-participants and faculty.
Location
The Fenimore Art Museum, which houses the Thaw Collection of American Indian Art is in the historic village of Cooperstown, in central New York State, on the shore of Lake Otsego.
Go to Application Page
