We discuss: being a white woman from rural USA curating African art, elitism in the art world, co-curatorial practices, the barriers to entry in the curatorial field, the global north, Masquerade, Diaspora throughout the art world, appropriate uses of the term Tribe, restitutions, reparations, the desire for equitable access to art throughout the world, the need for more global circulation among museums, colonialization in art museums, the need for museum transparency

Digital Benin – https://digital-benin.org/

People + Places mentioned:
Digital Benin – https://digital-benin.org/
MARKK – Museum am Rothenbaum – https://markk-hamburg.de/
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art – https://africa.si.edu/
North Carolina Museum of Art – https://ncartmuseum.org/
Hervé Youmbi – https://axis.gallery/artists/herve-youmbi/
Jordan Fenton – https://miamioh.edu/cca/academics/departments/art/about/faculty-staff/faculty/jordan-fenton/index.html
Lisa Homann – https://coaa.uncc.edu/people/lisa-homann
Revisionist History – http://revisionisthistory.com/
Hermitage Museum – https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/?lng=en

Chika Okeke-Agulu – https://artandarchaeology.princeton.edu/people/faculty/chika-okeke-agulu

People that inspire her:
Selly Raby Kane (Senegal): https://www.instagram.com/sellyrabykane/
Alun Be (Senegal): https://www.instagram.com/alunbe/
Tsoku Maela (South Africa): https://www.instagram.com/tsokumaela/
Jean Servais (designer, Côte d’Ivoire): https://www.instagram.com/somiandesign/
Ousmane Mbaye (designer, Senegal): https://www.instagram.com/ousmanembaye_design/
Sheku Fofanah (masquerade designer, or ‘kotu’, Sierra Leone): https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100046761553776

Supported in part by:

EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway

https://eeagrants.org

and we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project:

Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com
Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no