QUEERING THE COLLECTION
RISD Museum

As a verb, to “queer” is to challenge or subvert normative ideas of gender and sexuality. Join museum educator Sam Nehila to “queer” an object on view in our galleries. The discussion will focus on how artists and makers of the past and present explore their identities in ways that are meaningful to our own experiences today.

OCCUPIED THOUGHTS
RISD Museum

Art can offer complex perspectives and provide a reflective space to sit with difficult emotions and ideas. Occupied Thoughts, an interactive series of conversations led by museum educators, Maggie Bauer and Sam Nehila, will use artworks as a way to explore and discuss land rights, occupation, gentrification, and conflict-induced displacement. The discussion will be guided using anti-bias, multicultural and social justice principles to provide a respectful space to consider current global issues.