Erika Doss: Monumental Troubles: Reckoning with Problematic Public Art in America

Public art creates a cultural space and invites public participation and public response. But what does being “public art” mean and whose “public” is being represented? Erika Doss will address this in her lecture to the Friends on January 10, 2019. She will discuss ways in which public art does not always communicate the human experience and can become “out of sync” with present-day values and ideals. How do we as Americans address this and the dilemmas of dissent and historical accountability in public culture?

Erika Doss is a professor of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame. The recipient of several Fulbright awards, Doss has also held fellowships at the Stanford Humanities Center, the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Research Center, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Reserve your ticket at artsmia.org or by calling 612.870.6323. Tickets are available for Friends members on December 15, and the general public on December 17.