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ARTIST TALK

Marie Watt

As part of her artist-in-residency at the Carlos Museum in conjunction with the exhibition Each/Other: Marie Watt and Cannupa Hanska Luger, Marie discusses this new body of work, from the inspiration she found in the traditions of the Seneca Nation and in the poetry of Joy Harjo.

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Jingle Dancer

Tue, 12/14/2021 - 11:44

Matowacipi Horse (24C), Emory student and intern at the Carlos, reads Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith, illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu, and published by Heartdrum, in the exhibition Each/Other: Marie Watt and Cannupa Hanska Luger.

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We Are Water Protectors

Fri, 12/10/2021 - 08:41

Matowacipi Horse (24C), Emory student and intern at the Carlos, reads We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom, illustrated by Michaela Goade, and published by Roaring Brook Press, in the exhibition Each/Other: Marie Watt and Cannupa Hanska Luger.

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Behind the Blue

Tue, 11/23/2021 - 13:42

Read the first-hand account of Markaila Farnham, an Emory student studying art history and chemistry, who interned at the Carlos Museum’s conservation lab. This unique story shows how Markaila’s two areas of study were combined into a fascinating project that allowed her to apply her chemistry knowledge in new and unexpected ways. Markaila's story demonstrates one of the many ways Emory students engage with the Carlos Museum.

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Artist Talk by Cannupa Hanska Luger Artist as Social Engineer

Tue, 11/09/2021 - 12:02

Listen to this artist talk entitled "Cannupa Hanska Luger: Artist as Social Engineer" in which the contemporary Indigenous artist discusses his practice and the collaboration and social engagement at its core, from his recent Something to Hold Onto installation at the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museu

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AntiquiTEA

Thu, 10/21/2021 - 16:38

Emily Whitehead, PhD candidate in the Art History Department, and Kaitlyn Wright, Andrew W. Mellon Advanced Fellow in Objects Conservation, discuss a model of a wooden Egyptian boat from the Middle Kingdom.

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Sweet Land Pre-Screening Conversation

Thu, 10/07/2021 - 09:24

Megan O'Neil, faculty curator of the Art of the Americas and curator for the Carlos Museum's presentation of Each/Other: Marie Watt and Cannupa Hanska Luger, hosted a pre-screening conversation with the creators of Sweet Land, the winner of the 2021 Music Critics Association of North America's Be

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In this Moment

Tue, 10/05/2021 - 14:41

Listen in to a conversation with curators John Lukavic from the Denver Art Museum and Megan O'Neil from the Carlos Museum and contemporary Indigenous artists Marie Watt and Cannupa Hanska Luger whose work is featured in the exhibition Each/Other.