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Harmony at Hemisfair'68?: Girard's The Magic of a People a Zoom Talk with Monica Obniski, PhD
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Harmony at Hemisfair'68?: Girard's The Magic of a People a Zoom Talk with Monica Obniski, PhD

May 19, 2021
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Join us for a talk on Alexander Girard with Monica Obniski, Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at the High Museum of Art.

Register here in advance:  https://nmculture-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMofuuorDsvGtbaMQaHl0mBXl9NlzCwJzzW

Monica Obniski is the Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at the High Museum of Art, where she is responsible for collecting, exhibiting, and programming a global collection of design, which includes a yearly architectural piazza commission. Her curatorial practice engages social issues and is rooted in architecture and design history. She has held curatorial posts at the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Obniski received an MA from the Bard Graduate Center and a PhD from the University of Illinois at Chicago.