Sunday, November 5, 2 – 3 p.m.
Folklorist Annette B. Fromm presents a compelling story of how images and perceptions of Native People, especially the Florida Seminole, have been manipulated in the past, as well as how the Seminole have been represented by artists from their own community toward the end of the 20th century and into the 21st. To illustrate this significant change, she’ll talk about the work of renowned 19th- and 20th-century Euro-American artists such as George Catlin and Edward Curtis and 2011 Florida Artist Hall of Fame honoree James Hutchinson, as well as work by noted 20th-century Florida Seminole artists including Noah Billie. Admission is free to this Native American Heritage Month program.
Annette B. Fromm is a museum specialist and folklorist who has worked in museums in Ohio, Oklahoma, and Florida over the past 40 years, with a focus on topics including ethnic cultural diversity and historic preservation. She has taught anthropology and museum studies at the University of Tulsa and museum studies at Florida International University for more than 10 years. For the past three years, she has served as associate editor of Sephardic Horizons, an online journal. She is the past chair of the Florida Folklife Council and past president of the International Committee for Museums of Ethnography.
This lecture is based on an exhibition that was jointly developed by the Frost Art Museum at Florida International University and the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum.
Funding for this program has been provided through a grant from Florida Humanities with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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