MATERIAL MATTERS: Art in Transit
Learn about art handling and the installation and transportation of a 176-year-old First Nations house post.Hear from the Association for Public Art (aPA)’s Deputy Director, Laura S. Griffith, and Atelier Material Systems Manager, Evan Dawson, as they discuss art handling, storage, and conservation centered around the installation and transportation of a 176-year-old Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw Kwagu’ł house post — a heavy, fragile, carved cedar object that requires specialized care.Find out how this aging cedar house post will journey cross-country to Alert Bay, British Columbia, returning to the Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw people after being on display at Philadelphia's Bicentennial International Sculpture Garden at Penn's Landing