Arts at Oceania by Maggie Wander
Before joining SCU, Maggie Wander (Art & Art History) was part of the team who produced the audio guide in the new Oceania galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This week, that audio guide received the Silver & Community Voice awards from the Anthem Awards. Maggie and the rest of the curatorial team interviewed Pacific artists, curators, poets, and scholars who shared their reactions to these objects, reflected on their elders' knowledge, and spoke to the future of these thriving art forms. This recognition from Anthem Awards acknowledges how the audio guide—unique among the guides normally featured at the Met—uplifts and foregrounds Indigenous Pacific voices. Listen to the guide here!
Caption: Logo for the Arts of Oceania galleries in the new Micheal C. Rockefeller Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.