Art History Lecture: "Yua, Spirit of the Artic: A Mini-Symposium"

William Fitzhugh, director of the Arctic Studies Center at the Smithsonian Institution, will discuss the Arctic collections of the Smithsonian and a new installation at the Anchorage Museum, Alaska.

Chuna McIntyre, Yup’ik artist and cultural consultant, will discuss a perspective on the restoration, conservation, and care of ceremonial objects.

Abraham Anghik Ruben, Inuvialuit artist, will provide an artist talk.

Roslyn Tunis, independent curator, will discuss the Fowler collection of Inuit and Eskimo art and the Yua, Spirit of the Arctic exhibition at the de Young Museum.

Join the Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas; the Jolika Collection of New Guinea Art; the Caroline and H. McCoy Jones Department of Textile Arts; and a panel of experts for

Museum Fakes, Forgeries, and the Quest for Authenticity: A Mini-Symposium

Thursday, February 9, 2012

de Young Museum | Koret Auditorium

10:00 am–12:30 pm

$10 for the general public / $5 for museum members 

Yellow Lampshade, 1969

Oil on canvas

Museum purchase, gift of Nan Tucker McEvoy in memory of her mother, Phyllis de Young Tucker

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