NAU’s annual Cline Community Lecture Series in the Humanities, sponsored by the College of Arts and Letters and the Department of Humanities, Arts and Religion at NAU, announces its upcoming series of lectures for the Spring. The theme of the series this year is “Museums in the Modern World: Changes, Challenges and Opportunities.” The series also serves to announce the establishment, next fall, of NAU’s new program in Museum Studies.
On Wednesday, February 13, at 7 pm in Cline Library Assembly Hall, ROBERT BREUNIG, director of the Museum of Northern Arizona, will present a lecture entitled “ The Museum of Northern Arizona at 80 Years: Reflecting Back, Projecting Forward.” Dr. Breunig will be discussing the history of MNA in the Flagstaff and surrounding communities, and visions for the future.
On Monday, March 10, the Cline series continues with a presentation and roundtable discussion, entitled “What’s a Tribal Museum?” Guest museum curators and directors at this event will include: JIM ENOTE, director of the A:shiwi A:wan Museum and Heritage Center at Zuni Pueblo; CLARENDA BEGAY, Curator at the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock; GLORIA LOMAHEFTEWA, repatriation specialist at MNA; MONICA KING, education curator at the Gila River Indian Community in Phoenix; and BOB LOMADAFKIE, silversmith and Resident Elder in NAU’s Applied Indigenous Studies Program. The event is at 7 pm in Cline Library.
On Wednesday, April 9, philanthropist and arts activist ELIZABETH SACKLER will present a lecture on ethical issues facing modern art museums in the United States and around the world. Ms. Sackler is president and CEO of The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation in New York and founder of The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum. In 2002 Ms. Sackler purchased Judy Chicago’s iconic The Dinner Party and presented it to the Brooklyn as the centerpiece of the new Center for Feminist Art. She has also been active for nearly two decades in issues of repatriation and restitution. While she is visiting NAU Ms. Sackler will also take part in discussions in Art History and Women’s Studies courses at the university. Her public Cline lecture will take place at 7 pm on April 9 in the Cline Library Assembly Hall.