New Episode of ‘The Backdrop’ Podcast Features Karima Bennoune on Helping Artists Escape Afghanistan

Soterios J Johnson — September 08, 2021 - 11:00am

With the end of the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan and the quick takeover of that nation by the Taliban, advocates fear a terrible backslide in human rights and civil society there.

New Episode of ‘The Backdrop’ Highlights Manetti Shrem Museum’s Reopening

Soterios J Johnson — May 25, 2021 - 10:44am

The Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art is set to reopen to the public on June 3, following a 14-month closure due to the pandemic.

On this month’s episode, the museum’s founding director, Rachel Teagle, discusses the four new exhibitions on display: “Wayne Thiebaud Influencer: A New Generation,” “Working Proof: Wayne Thiebaud as Printmaker,” “Andrea Bowers: Education Should Be Free” and “Arnold Joseph Kemp: I would survive. I could survive. I should survive.”

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New Episode of ‘The Backdrop’ Podcast Features Karima Bennoune on Helping Artists Escape Afghanistan

New Episode of ‘The Backdrop’ Highlights Manetti Shrem Museum’s Reopening