Anya Montiel, curator of American and Native American women’s art and craft, jointly at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Museum of the American Indian, will speak on the artists’ books of Rick Bartow. Bartow (1946 – 2016), an enrolled member of the Mad River Band of Wiyot Indians, is considered one of the most important leaders in contemporary Native American art.
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Montiel joined the Smithsonian museum staff in her current role in February 2020. Her responsibilities include researching collection objects, acquiring artworks for the museum’s permanent collection, developing scholarly publications and digital content, and organizing exhibitions that highlight artworks by women and Native American artists. She earned her doctorate in American studies from Yale University (2018), where she researched the intersections of Native American art, global arts and crafts, and material culture. Montiel previously worked at the National Museum of the American Indian, including as curatorial research assistant for contemporary art (2001-2004), lead cultural interpreter (2006-2007), and cultural arts program specialist (2007-2009). She was assistant professor of art history at the University of Arizona, teaching courses in Native American art, global arts and crafts, Indigenous feminisms, and museum studies from 2018 to 2019.  Her publications include “After Columbus [Indigenous Art Highlighting a Legacy of Resistance to Colonization]” in Art in America (2017); read more at: https://s.si.edu/34UHPnZ