Smithsonian Speaker Dr. Ariana Curtis

Name: Smithsonian Speaker Dr. Ariana Curtis
Start: 2024-10-17T17:00:00-07:00
End: 2024-10-17T18:00:00-07:00
Location: Littleton Museum

Schedule

Thu Oct 17 2024 at 05:00 pm to 06:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Littleton Museum | Littleton, CO

Lecture on Thursday, October 17 at 6:00 p.m. at the Littleton Museum.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m.; Lecture from 6 - 7 p.m.
This event is free and open to the public; an RSVP is required as seating is limited. Abundant parking in attached lot.
Dr. Ariana A. Curtis is the first curator of Latinx Studies at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), where she leads research and collections that center Latinidad through an African American lens. She has also held leadership roles in major Smithsonian Institution initiatives including Reckoning with Our Racial Past and the American Women’s History Initiative. A seasoned public speaker, her TED talk about women and museum representation has over 3 million views. Curtis is a Fulbright scholar with a doctorate in anthropology. She is a founding member of the Black Latinas Know Collective, and board member of Duke University Libraries, the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures, DC Diaspora Arts Council, and the Museums Association of the Caribbean.