Join Mario Caro, Director of the MFA in studio arts at the Institute of American Indian Arts, and Lisa Le Feuvre, co-curator of the Teresita Fernández / Robert Smithson exhibition and executive director of Holt/Smithson Foundation in a public conversation to explore some of the ideas circulating in Teresita Fernández / Robert Smithson.

Coffee provided!

Dialogues, Connections, and Divergences Schedule

Session 1 - Book Club Meet

Saturday, September 14, 10-12PM

The group will focus on a section from Édouard Glissant’s Poetics of Relation, published in English in 1997. A poet and philosopher, Glissant (1928-2011) was interested in thinking through the complex and destructive histories of nationalism and colonialism.

Session 2 - Book Club Meet

Monday, September 16, 5:30-7:30 PM

Drawing upon her essay, “Frontrunners as an Exploration of Indigenous Littoral Curation,” we pay attention to the curatorial thinking of Cathy Mattes, a Michif (Southwest Manitoba) curator, writer, and associate professor in history of art and curatorial studies at the University of Winnipeg.

Public Dialogue

Saturday, October 12, 10-12PM

Join Mario Caro, Director of the MFA in studio arts at the Institute of American Indian Arts, and Lisa Le Feuvre, co-curator of the Teresita Fernández / Robert Smithson exhibition and executive director of Holt/Smithson Foundation in a public conversation to explore some of the ideas circulating in SITE SANTA FE’s current exhibition, Teresita Fernández / Robert Smithson. Coffee provided!