American Art Curators in Conversation
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, MA
The 2026 Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge Lecture Join us for an evocative and exciting discussion around the possibilities and stakes of curating American art in the 21st century with three of the field’s most influential curators—Candice Hopkins, Ilona Katzew, and Stephanie Sparling Williams. Speakers: Candice Hopkins (Tlingit), Executive Director and Chief Curator, The Forge Project Ilona Katzew, Curator and Department Head, Latin American Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Stephanie Sparling Williams, Andrew W. Mellon Curator of American Art, Head of American Art, Brooklyn Museum Horace D. Ballard (moderator), Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Curator of American Art Frances Yee ’28 (moderator), Terra Foundation Undergraduate Student Research Assistant in American Art This event is part of In Conversation, a series of evening programs that feature local and international curators, artists, scholars, and more. Running from September through April, these events highlight our temporary exhibitions, permanent collections, and a range of creative voices.