Craig Hadley to Speak at U of Oregon's Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art

Craig Hadley, director and curator of exhibitions and university collection at DePauw University's Richard E. Peeler Art Center, will present a lecture at the University of Oregon's Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.  The Wednesday, May 30 program is part of a series of talks by museum directors titled “Museum Roles in Challenging Times.”

In his presentation, “On Display: Curating 75 Years of Japanese-American Incarceration,” Hadley "will discuss how the critical lens of the museum exhibition can interpret the Japanese-American internment experience," according to an announcement.

"The role of both academic and public museums changes in response to the needs of society," says Jill Hartz, director of the Schnitzer Museum. "We’ve invited four museum directors to reflect on that role in terms of their own institutions and the field at large."

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The DePauw University Galleries & Collections recently achieved accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the highest national recognition afforded the nation’s museums. That's covered in this summary.