Name: 510: Funerary Column Of Abidallathos, Mele, Cassia, and Germanos ("Qartaba Column") by The Met
Duration: 1 min 37 s
Description: This Audio Guide is sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies.

Explore ​​vibrant expressions of Native sovereignty, identity, and connections to community and family in the Art of Native America Audio guide. Narrated by Indigenous stage and film actor Tantoo Cardinal from the Metis Nations of Canada—a founding member of the celebrated Gordon Tootoosis Nikaniwin Theatre Company is Saskatchewan, and whose work confronts issues impacting Native communities—this tour features contemporary Indigenous artists, curators, and historians, who share their perspectives on the traditions and techniques on display from the Charles and Valerie Diker Collection of Native American art.

9817: Amber Dawn Bear Robe On Indigenous Design And Fashion

9816: Joe Baker's Artistic Journey

9815: Dante Blais Billie On Seminole History

9814: Socorro Black-On-White Storage Jar, Ancestral Pueblo

9813: Black-on-Black Jar, Maria Martinez And Julian Martinez

9812: Plains Beadwork

9811: Snow Goggles, Thule

9810: Mask, Yup'ik Artist

9809: Portrait Figure, Haida Artist

This podcast features artists discussing works from the exhibition and themes that arise in representations of the Black figure in Western art
Hear perspectives of contemporary artists on how Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux and other sculptors of his time represented and, in many ways, mischaracterized the idea of freedom in their work. Speakers include painter Elizabeth Colomba, photographer Delphine Diallo, and artist, professor, and activist Fabienne Kanor.

Produced for the exhibition "Fictions of Emancipation: Carpeaux Recast."

Learn more about the exhibition here: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/carpeaux-recast

This podcast is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies.

Fictions of Emancipation: Carpeaux Recast Podcast

This Audio Guide is sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies.

510: Funerary Column Of Abidallathos, Mele, Cassia, and Germanos ("Qartaba Column")

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510: Funerary Column Of Abidallathos, Mele, Cassia, and Germanos ("Qartaba Column")

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