Double Take Online: Native Artists Creating during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Description:
Join three experts from across the Smithsonian as they come together to look at protective masks made by Native artists during the COVID-19 pandemic. Anya Montiel, curator of American and Native American Women’s Art and Craft at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, is joined by Alexandra M. Lord, curator and chair in Division of Medicine and Science at the National Museum of American History, and Cécile R. Ganteaume, curator at the National Museum of the American Indian, for this engaging virtual discussion. Learn more about the medical history of masks and their use as well as the impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous communities in the United States.
Video Duration:
58 min 47 sec
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