Re-envisioning Difference

Notes from the Forefront of Culturally Specific MuseumsThursday, April 10 at 6 pm Tickets: $8 | $5 for students and Spertus members Call 312.322.1773. Inaugural Spertus Museum exhibition The New Authentics: Artists of the Post-Jewish Generation explores issues of cultural identity. Shown is Tower by Jin Meyerson. Robin Cembalest, executive editor of ARTnews and an award-winning investigative reporter, moderates a Spertus Museum panel discussion exploring the challenges and missions of culturally specific art museums in the 21st century.

The panel includes:
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