July 1st, 2008 | RESEARCH
In this article, Andrea Douglas, Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at the University of Virginia Art Museum (UVMA), discusses UVMA's "Forming American Identities: Our Southern Legacy" project. This umbrella project incorporated "The Landscape of Slavery: The Plantation in American Art" exhibition, the "William Christenberry: Site/Possession" exhibition, "The Dresser Trunk Project" exhibition along with several public outreach programs. Douglas addresses how staff and visitors were prepared to interpret this difficult content as well as how the community responded to their efforts.
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Andrea Douglas, Author, University of Virginia Art MuseumCitation
Publication: Exhibitionist
Volume: 27
Number: 2
Page(s): 29
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Audience: Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: Art | music | theater | History | policy | law | Social science and psychology
Resource Type: Mass Media Article | Reference Materials
Environment Type: Exhibitions