Midday Sessions

12:15 to 1:15 p.m. CDT

Logan Center Exhibitions: Carrie Mae Weems: A Land of Broken Dreams

"Carrie Mae Weems: A Land of Broken Dreams" is presented by Logan Center Exhibitions in conjunction with the multi-site exhibition "Toward Common Cause: Art, Social Change, and the MacArthur Fellows Program at 40," which explores the extent to which certain resources—air, land, water, and even culture—can be held in common. Raising questions about inclusion, exclusion, ownership, and rights of access, this project considers art’s vital role in society alongside its calls for vigilance in defending shared resources.

**This tour is sold out.**

A Century of Discovery: An Exploration of the Oriental Institute Museum (Virtual Tour)

The Oriental Institute (OI) of the University of Chicago is a pioneering, interdisciplinary research center housing a world-renowned museum. In this virtual presentation, we will look at the OI's past 100 years of excavation and archaeological projects carried out across the Middle East, followed by an overview of the collections, galleries, and highlight objects on display in the OI Museum—a talk rich with stories of exploration, archival photos, and ancient objects.

Kiersten Neumann

Kiersten Neumann’s research is grounded in theoretical approaches to ancient art, with a focus on sensory experience and visual culture of the first millennium BCE. Her many articles include topics of ritualized practice, built environments, and sensory experience in Assyria and Persia. Additionally, Neumann curates OI museum exhibitions, including “Persepolis: Images of an Empire” (2015–2017).