Community Engagement & Impact

Unpack Culturally Responsive Practice with Native American Collections

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The Denver Art Museum recently launched a program called Art Lives Here, installing Native American objects in community centers, libraries, and schools. In this session, explore the intersection of cultural art objects, community members, school systems, and museum educators. Share ideas for ways the program can be culturally responsive to communities and help them be responsive to the objects in their spaces.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify a culturally appropriate response to a situation involving off-site collections and community members.
• Discuss approaches for museum staff learning culturally responsive practice with community partners and collections.
• Analyze the Denver Art Museum’s approach to supporting community partners’ engagement with Native American objects installed in their spaces.

Presenter(s)

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  Hayley Nicholas

  Coordinator of Teacher and School Outreach Programs
  Denver Art Museum
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  Luisa Zamora

  Schools and Community Programs Coordinator
  Denver Art Museum