Bruce Hartman: Former Director, Nerman Museum of Art (Part 1): - Epi. 165, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

I had Bruce Hartman on today, which was so much fun. He's a
natural, gregarious, happy individual, and he's always been that
way. I've known him for 20 plus years and any time I've ever seen
him at a show (which is usually where I see him)  he's
always laughing and giggling and just having a great time. You
see, Bruce absolutely loves art and is a very knowledgeable
former art professional having just retired after 30 years as
Executive Director and Chief Curator at the Nerman Museum of
Contemporary Art.

At first glance, you may get the impression that contemporary art
was Bruce's main focus at the museum, but don't let that fool
you. He knows an incredible amount on the subject of Native
American art. His father and mother collected prehistoric and
then historic Indian art, which got Bruce's artistic entanglement
going very early in life, resulting in him becoming one of the
foremost authorities on Native American paintings, from both
historic to contemporary - as well as Zuni fetishes.

It was a long interview than normal, not because of any
particular reason other than Bruce is such an interesting
individual. I just couldn't stop listening and, you know, those
are the best interviews as far as I'm concerned. As a result,
this podcast will be split into two parts. This is part one of
the Bruce Hartman podcast.