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Native American Art Collection Annual Lecture featuring Cara Romero

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Tuesday, Nov 12, 2024
6 – 8 p.m.

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Free with registration

*General museum admission is FREE for residents of Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties.

Artist photographer Cara Romero will share a body of work and offer her perspective on conceptualization, process and experiences making photographs for the last 25 years. Looking at the spirit of capturing light and time, Romero brings together intricately woven stories of both individual and collective heritage, intertribal identity and human experience. Pressing for intercultural understanding of contemporary lived experience, Romero’s photographs often check preconceived notions of what Native art is and counters stories of monolith culture and stereotypes perpetuated by mainstream society. Sometimes serious and sometimes whimsical, her work involves magical realism, untold American history, and contemporary visual dialogues of Native peoples and ideas.

Join us for an opportunity to understand how Romero’s art serves as a powerful medium for preserving and evolving indigenous narratives in the contemporary world.

Event is free with registration, and open to the public.

  • Lecture (Marvin & Betty Danto Lecture Hall): 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
  • Reception (FJC Dining Rooms): 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 
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Artist photographer Cara Romero will share a body of work and offer her perspective on conceptualization, process and experiences making photographs for the last 25 years. Looking at the spirit of capturing light and time, Romero brings together intricately woven stories of both individual and collective heritage, intertribal identity and human experience. Pressing for intercultural understanding of contemporary lived experience, Romero’s photographs often check preconceived notions of what Native art is and counters stories of monolith culture and stereotypes perpetuated by mainstream society. Sometimes serious and sometimes whimsical, her work involves magical realism, untold American history, and contemporary visual dialogues of Native peoples and ideas.

Join us for an opportunity to understand how Romero’s art serves as a powerful medium for preserving and evolving indigenous narratives in the contemporary world.

Event is free with registration, and open to the public.

  • Lecture (Marvin & Betty Danto Lecture Hall): 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
  • Reception (FJC Dining Rooms): 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.