Five curators engaged in creating the national touring exhibition, “Many Wests: Artists Shape an American Idea,” discuss the exhibition's development and the process of working across multiple partner institutions. Go in-depth with the behind-the-scenes challenges of a traveling exhibition and how local ties play a role into each venue for the tour. Eleanor Jones Harvey, senior curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, moderates the virtual panel of museum peers featuring Amy Chaloupka of Whatcom Museum, Melanie Fales of Boise Art Museum, Anne Hyland of Smithsonian American Art Museum, Danielle Knapp of Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, and Alisa McCusker of Utah Museum of Fine Arts. This virtual conversation was hosted by the Smithsonian American Art Museum on October 26, 2023. https://americanart.si.edu/exhibition...

“Many Wests: Artists Shape an American Idea” is one in a series of American art exhibitions created through a multi-year, multi-institutional partnership formed by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of the Art Bridges Cohort Program.