Thursday, October 31
1:00p.m.
Speaker: Emily Hanna, Ph.D., Director of Exhibitions and Chief Curator at Mingei International Museum
Mingei International Museum
Join members of The San Diego Museum of Art Asian Arts Council (AAC) on a special tour of the exhibition Blue Gold: The Art and Science of Indigo at Mingei International Museum, led by exhibition co-curator Emily Hanna, Director of Exhibitions and Chief Curator at Mingei International Museum. The exhibition features over 180 objects from 30 countries, with one third of the works coming from Asia.
Blue Gold is among more than 70 exhibitions and programs presented as part of PST ART. The latest edition of this landmark regional event, PST ART: Art & Science Collide, explores the intersections of art and science, both past and present. PST ART is presented by Getty. For more information about PST ART: Art & Science Collide, please visit pst.art
Speaker Bio: Dr. Emily Hanna is Director of Exhibitions and Chief Curator at Mingei International Museum where she has served for just under three years. Hanna began her curatorial career at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where she received a doctoral fellowship and wrote her dissertation on African masquerade. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Iowa, with areas of specialty in African, pre-Columbian, and Native American art, and has conducted extensive fieldwork in Africa and Latin America. She has curated over forty exhibitions at institutions including the High Museum of Art and the Birmingham Museum of Art, where she served as Senior Curator and Department Head for Africa and the Americas. Hanna also taught art history at the university level for twelve years. Hanna is co-curator of Blue Gold: The Art and Science of Indigo currently on view at Mingei International Museum.
Save my spot!
Sponsored by the Asian Arts Council
Featured: Gallery image from Blue Gold: The Art and Science of Indigo on view at Mingei International Museum. Courtesy of Mingei International Museum.