447: Mary Savig on This Present Moment at the Renwick Gallery

Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an
interview with curator Mary Savig. As the Lloyd Herman Curator of
Craft at the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery she is one of the
co-curators of the 50th anniversary exhibition This Present
Moment: Crafting a Better World. The bulk of the exhibition
features 135 recently acquired works from women and artists of
color who are expanding the canon of craft. In our interview we
talk about the curatorial themes of the exhibition, how museum
acquisition campaigns work, and the profiles of a handful of
artists featured in the exhibition. The show will be on display
at the Renwick Gallery until April 2023.


 


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