Panel Discussion
Re-envisioning Difference
Notes from the Forefront of
Culturally Specific Museums
Thursday, April 10
Inaugural Spertus Museum exhibition The New Authentics: Artists of the Post-Jewish Generation explored issues of cultural identity. Shown is Tower by Jin Meyerson.
Robin Cembalest, executive editor of ARTnews and an award-winning investigative reporter, moderated a Spertus Museum panel discussion exploring the challenges and missions of culturally specific art museums in the 21st century.
The panel included:
- Melissa Chiu, Sherman Lee Director of the Asia Society Museum, New York
- Romi Crawford, Curator and Director of Education and Public Programs at The Studio Museum in Harlem
- Deborah Cullen, Director of Curatorial Programs, El Museo del Barrio, New York
- Rhoda Rosen, Director of Spertus Museum