Above: Otsego Institute Workshop, 2017
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. Between 1997 and 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.
•Otsego Institute Workshop, Summer 2017
“Beyond Hybridity: Modelling Intercultural Histories and Material Worlds in Native North America”
Workshop Participants:
Alexandra Beuscher, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Felicia Garcia, New York University, New York, NY
Kendra Greendeer, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, New York, NY
Dakota Hoska, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Christopher Martin, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Lindsay Nixon, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
Jackie Olson, Alberta College of Arts & Design, Calgary, AB
Naomi Recollet, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Leah Shenandoah, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Abra Wenzel, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
Christina Williamson, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
Jordan Wilson, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
•Otsego Institute Workshop, Summer 2015
“Materials and Materiality in Native North American Art History”
Workshop Participants:
Jennifer Bowen Allen, University of Victoria, Victoria BC
Heather Haverhill, University of Alberta, AB
Wahsontioo Cross, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
Stacy Ernst, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
Christopher Green, Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY
Hadley W. Jensen, Bard Graduate Center, New York, NY
Kaitlin McCormick, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
Paula Menarick, Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute, James Bay, Quebec
David Winfield Norman, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Jami Powell, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Kristine Ronan, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), MI
•Otsego Insitute Workshop, Summer 2012
"Native American Art: The Being of Objects"
Workshop Participants:
Yve Chavez, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Kristen Daigle, York University, Toronto, ON
Fiona McDonald, University College London, London, UK
Emily Moore, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Alex Kahsenni:io Nahwegahbow, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
Patricia Norby, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Chris Patrello, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Darsita Ryan, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Carolyn Ann Smith, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Sarah Anne Stolte, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI
Mette van der Hooft, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
Lisa Whitecloud-Richard, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
•Otsego Institute Workshop, Summer 2010
“Native American Art: Collecting, Curating, Understanding”
Workshop Participants:
Gloria Bell, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
Amy Chan, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Ann Destecher, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
Nadia Jackinsky-Horrell, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Denise Nicole Green, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Jessica Horton, University of Rochester, Rocherster, NY
Stacey Loyer, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
Alexander Marr, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Ashley Verplank McClelland, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Crystal Migwans, Ojibwe Cultural Foundation, M’Chigeeng, ON
Polly Nordstrand, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
Solen Roth, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
•Otsego Institute Workshop, Summer 2005
“A Century of Native American Art History”
Workshop Participants:
Mique’l Askren, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Lara M. Evans, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Dawn Glinsmann, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Heather Igloliorte, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
Michelle McGeough, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
Marla Redcorn-Miller, Columbia University, New York, NY
Ryan Rice Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
Megan A. Smetzer University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Jenny Tone-Pah-Hote, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Norman Vorano, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
•Otsego Institute Workshop, Summer 2002
“Objects and Inquires: Native Art Historical Studies in the 21st Century”
Workshop Participants:
Leah Bowe, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN
Katie Bunn-Marcuse, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Barbara Elliot, University of London, London, UK
Lara M. Evans, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Christopher Dueker,Columbia University, New York, NY
Aaron Glass, New York University, New York, NY
Greg Hill, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
Jennifer Kramer, Columbia University, New York, NY
Megan A. Smetzer University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Laura E. Smith, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Norman Vorano, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Otsego Institute Symposium, 1998
Participating Scholars:
"Fifteen Years of Northwest Coast Art History—and its New Direction"
Aldona Jonaitis
"The Recognition of Coast Salish Art"
Wayne Suttles
"Central Coast Salish Art: Characteristics and Relations to Northwest Coast Styles"
Steve Brown
"Understanding Northwest Coast Art: Text and Context"
Nora Dauenhauer
"The Repatriation of Sto:lo Artifacts"
Chief Steven Point
"Context, Collections and Repatriation"
Andrea Laforet
"Afterlives of Objects"
Martha Black
"The Location of Cultural Commentary, or How to Write about Northwest Coast Art"
Charlotte Townsend-Gault
"The World is as Wide as the Imagination: Globalization and Locality in Northwest Coast Art Projects"
Judith Ostrowitz
"Northwest Coast Box Drums: The earliest and the Latest"
Robin Wright
"Beneath the Patina: Using Technology to Expand the Study of Northwest Coast Painting"
Bill McClennan
Otsego Institute Symposium, 1997
Participating Scholars:
"From Ethno aesthetics to Art History: Circulation, Institutions, and Fine Art"
Fred Meyers
"Notes on Biographical and/or Post-Structural Art History"
W. Jackson Rushing
"Attribution and Connoisseurship on the Northwest Coast"
Robin K. Wright
"Art History and the Native Made Object; New Discourses, Old Differences?"
Ruth B. Phillips
"The Anthropology of Inuit Art: A Problem for Art Historians"
Shannon Bragg
"Edmund Morris: Speaking for the First Nations"
Jeff Thomas and Anna Hudson
"Art Museums and Their Exhibits"
Aldona Jonaitis
•Otsego Institute Workshop, Summer 2017
“Beyond Hybridity: Modelling Intercultural Histories and Material Worlds in Native North America”
Workshop Participants:
Alexandra Beuscher, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Felicia Garcia, New York University, New York, NY
Kendra Greendeer, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, New York, NY
Dakota Hoska, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Christopher Martin, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Lindsay Nixon, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
Jackie Olson, Alberta College of Arts & Design, Calgary, AB
Naomi Recollet, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Leah Shenandoah, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Abra Wenzel, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
Christina Williamson, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
Jordan Wilson, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
•Otsego Institute Workshop, Summer 2015
“Materials and Materiality in Native North American Art History”
Workshop Participants:
Jennifer Bowen Allen, University of Victoria, Victoria BC
Heather Haverhill, University of Alberta, AB
Wahsontioo Cross, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
Stacy Ernst, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
Christopher Green, Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY
Hadley W. Jensen, Bard Graduate Center, New York, NY
Kaitlin McCormick, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
Paula Menarick, Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute, James Bay, Quebec
David Winfield Norman, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Jami Powell, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Kristine Ronan, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), MI
•Otsego Insitute Workshop, Summer 2012
"Native American Art: The Being of Objects"
Workshop Participants:
Yve Chavez, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Kristen Daigle, York University, Toronto, ON
Fiona McDonald, University College London, London, UK
Emily Moore, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Alex Kahsenni:io Nahwegahbow, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
Patricia Norby, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Chris Patrello, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Darsita Ryan, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Carolyn Ann Smith, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Sarah Anne Stolte, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI
Mette van der Hooft, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
Lisa Whitecloud-Richard, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
•Otsego Institute Workshop, Summer 2010
“Native American Art: Collecting, Curating, Understanding”
Workshop Participants:
Gloria Bell, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
Amy Chan, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Ann Destecher, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
Nadia Jackinsky-Horrell, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Denise Nicole Green, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Jessica Horton, University of Rochester, Rocherster, NY
Stacey Loyer, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
Alexander Marr, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Ashley Verplank McClelland, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Crystal Migwans, Ojibwe Cultural Foundation, M’Chigeeng, ON
Polly Nordstrand, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
Solen Roth, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
•Otsego Institute Workshop, Summer 2005
“A Century of Native American Art History”
Workshop Participants:
Mique’l Askren, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Lara M. Evans, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Dawn Glinsmann, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Heather Igloliorte, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
Michelle McGeough, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
Marla Redcorn-Miller, Columbia University, New York, NY
Ryan Rice Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
Megan A. Smetzer University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Jenny Tone-Pah-Hote, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Norman Vorano, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
•Otsego Institute Workshop, Summer 2002
“Objects and Inquires: Native Art Historical Studies in the 21st Century”
Workshop Participants:
Leah Bowe, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN
Katie Bunn-Marcuse, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Barbara Elliot, University of London, London, UK
Lara M. Evans, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Christopher Dueker,Columbia University, New York, NY
Aaron Glass, New York University, New York, NY
Greg Hill, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
Jennifer Kramer, Columbia University, New York, NY
Megan A. Smetzer University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Laura E. Smith, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Norman Vorano, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Otsego Institute Symposium, 1998
Participating Scholars:
"Fifteen Years of Northwest Coast Art History—and its New Direction"
Aldona Jonaitis
"The Recognition of Coast Salish Art"
Wayne Suttles
"Central Coast Salish Art: Characteristics and Relations to Northwest Coast Styles"
Steve Brown
"Understanding Northwest Coast Art: Text and Context"
Nora Dauenhauer
"The Repatriation of Sto:lo Artifacts"
Chief Steven Point
"Context, Collections and Repatriation"
Andrea Laforet
"Afterlives of Objects"
Martha Black
"The Location of Cultural Commentary, or How to Write about Northwest Coast Art"
Charlotte Townsend-Gault
"The World is as Wide as the Imagination: Globalization and Locality in Northwest Coast Art Projects"
Judith Ostrowitz
"Northwest Coast Box Drums: The earliest and the Latest"
Robin Wright
"Beneath the Patina: Using Technology to Expand the Study of Northwest Coast Painting"
Bill McClennan
Otsego Institute Symposium, 1997
Participating Scholars:
"From Ethno aesthetics to Art History: Circulation, Institutions, and Fine Art"
Fred Meyers
"Notes on Biographical and/or Post-Structural Art History"
W. Jackson Rushing
"Attribution and Connoisseurship on the Northwest Coast"
Robin K. Wright
"Art History and the Native Made Object; New Discourses, Old Differences?"
Ruth B. Phillips
"The Anthropology of Inuit Art: A Problem for Art Historians"
Shannon Bragg
"Edmund Morris: Speaking for the First Nations"
Jeff Thomas and Anna Hudson
"Art Museums and Their Exhibits"
Aldona Jonaitis