Join Baltimore-based artist Amy Sherald and guests in conversation over light refreshments. Sherald discusses her background, artistic process and philosophy, and works featured in the National Museum of Women in the Arts during this informal and intimate in-gallery experience. Sherald explores the ways people construct and perform their identities in response to political, social, and cultural expectations. Sherald says, “I have come to think of what I’m doing as an American painter. . . is painting the lives and realities of everyday people. It’s not all about countering stereotypes, but it is also about making mirrors.” Sherald won the Smithsonian’s […]

This panel will examine company towns that arose in Russia during industrialization in the late 19th century, and those experiencing deindustrialization in the late 20th century. Volodymyr Kulikov will compare company towns in the US and in Imperial Russia, exploring the social transformations that took place as farmers, peasants, and migrants entered the company-centered industrial world. Stephen Crowley will discuss the current dilemmas of Russia’s “monotowns,” one-industry cities and towns created during the Soviet era that are often struggling to survive in a competitive global economy. Stephen Crowley is professor of politics at Oberlin College. Volodymyr Kulikov is Fulbright-Kennan Scholar at […]