Art as a Platform for Conversation Recent events in the St. Louis community and across the nation highlight the need for continuing conversations on complex issues such as race, discrimination, and civil rights in the United States. The Kemper Art Museum invites Washington University faculty, staff, and students to use works from the Museum’s collection to serve as a catalysts for these important conversations. Below is a sampling of works that address topics such as African American, American Indian, and Hispanic and Latino identities; sexuality and gender; and civil rights, politics, and war. With advanced notice, these and other works can be displayed in the Museum’s Study Room for class visits. Museum educators are available to work with faculty on crafting conversations and discussions. To learn more about the Study Room, please visit kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu/StudyRoom or contact Kim Broker, associate registrar, at 314.935.5385 or
[email protected]. For questions, please contact Rochelle Caruthers, university academic programs coordinator, at 314.935.9433 or
[email protected]. Art as a Platform for Conversation Race ‒ African American Lewis Hine (American, 1874–1940) Child of a Sharecropper’s Family, c. 1920 Gelatin silver contact print, 5 x 4" Gift of Nicholas Vahlkamp, 1994 WU 1994.13 George Overbury Hart (American, 1868–1933) Mammy, 1924 Drypoint, 16 1/4 x 12 11/16" University purchase, 1944 WU 3700 Madeline Osborne (American) A Shack for Negroes Only at Belle Glade, FLA., 1945 Gelatin silver print, 8 1/4 x 10" University purchase, St. Louis Printmarket Fund, 1993 WU 1993.6 Bruce Davidson (American, b.