Program Files, 2015-2019
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This accession consists of exhibition records that document the planning, design, development, and execution of exhibits at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. and New York, New York. Exhibits documented include "The Great Inka Road: Engineering an Empire," "Transformer: Native Art in Light and Sound," and "Stretching the Canvas: Eight Decades of Native Painting." "The Great Inka Road: Engineering an Empire" explored the foundations of the Inka Road in earlier Andean cultures, technologies that made building the road possible, the cosmology and political organization of the Inka world, and the legacy of the Inka Empire during the colonial period and in the present day. "Transformer: Native Art in Light and Sound" presented the work of ten artists who use light, digital projection, and experimental media to reflect on their place in and between traditional and dominant cultures. "Stretching the Canvas: Eight Decades of Native Painting" presented paintings that transcend, represent, or subvert conventional ideas of authenticity. Materials include correspondence and memoranda, exhibit charters, exhibit scripts, object lists, memoranda of understanding, grant proposals, budget records, label text, meeting notes, schedules, educational materials, visitor studies, presentations, productions, floor plans, design drawings, publicity records, posters, images, rights and permissions records, and audiovisual recordings. Materials are in electronic format.
Subject
- National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) George Gustav Heye Center
- The Great Inka Road: Engineering an Empire (Exhibition) (2015-2021: Washington, D.C.)
- Stretching the Canvas: Eight Decades of Native Painting (Exhibition) (2019-2022: New York, N.Y.)
- Transformer: Native Art in Light and Sound (Exhibition) (2017-2019: New York, N.Y.)
Notes
- Item List in accession file.
- Electronic List in accession file.
- For a description of the record series of which these materials form a part, refer to the "Forms part of" above.
Organization
By exhibition
Repository Loc.
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Date
- 2015
- 2015-2019
Restrictions & Rights
Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2035; Transferring office; 05/08/2023 memorandum, Toda to Arellano; Contact reference staff for details
Topic
- Cultural assimilation
- Art
- Inca roads
- Museums
- Transportation engineering
- Civilization
- Public relations
- Education
- Historians
- Computer art
- Society
- New media art
- Artists
- Museums--Public relations
- Museum exhibits
- Museums--Educational aspects
- Incas--Civilization
- Indians of North America--Cultural assimilation
- Indians of North America--Social life and customs
- Indian arts
- Indian artists
Place
- United States
- North America
Form/Genre
- Digital images
- Collection descriptions
- Electronic records
Local number
SIA Acc. 23-109