Join the McClung Museum as we present the photographer, Will Wilson, who reinscribes the varied identities, values, and customs of the contemporary Native American community in tintypes. His discussion is presented in tandem with the exhibition, In Conversation: Will Wilson, which is on view at the McClung Museum through December 2nd. The talk will be followed by a reception with light refreshments.

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About the Artist: Will Wilson’s art projects center around the continuation and transformation of customary Indigenous cultural practice. He is a Diné photographer and trans-customary artist who spent his formative years living on the Navajo Nation. Wilson studied photography, sculpture, and art history at the University of New Mexico (MFA, Photography, 2002) and Oberlin College (BA, Studio Art and Art History, 1993). In 2007, Wilson won the Native American Fine Art Fellowship from the Eiteljorg Museum, in 2010 the Joan Mitchell Foundation Award for Sculpture, in 2016 the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant for Photography and in 2020 Wilson was the Doran Artist in Residence at the Yale University Art Gallery. Wilson has held visiting professorships at the Institute of American Indian Arts (1999-2000), Oberlin College (2000-01), and the University of Arizona (2006-08). In 2017, Wilson received the NM Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts. His work is exhibited and collected internationally.

Wilson's campus visit has been made possible by Art Bridges and the College of Art & Sciences' Haines-Morris Grant.