I is for Institute
I is for Institute, Episode 3: Lulani Arquette and Flint Jamison
In this episode our guests Lulani Arquette, President and CEO of the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF), and Flint Jamison, a co-founder and Board Chair of Yale Union (a non-profit contemporary art center), both in Portland, Oregon, recount Yale Union’s decision to dissolve as an organization and to transfer the building and land over to the NACF. Arquette and Jamison reflect on the complexities and new possibilities created by this radical action with host Alex Klein, Dorothy and Stephen R. Weber (CHE '60) Curator, and co-interviewer Tausif Noor, ICA Spiegel-Wilks Curatorial Fellow (2017— 2020).
I is for Institute is a collaborative project that focuses on the many individuals who are working to reimagine models for arts institutions. Above all, the “I” in I is for Institute acknowledges that institutions are composed of people and rooted in places. Launched in 2016, the project began with an investigation into ICA’s own history and structure and with a desire to rethink what an “institute” could be in the future. The project includes a podcast, a website that catalogs over 50 dialogues with colleagues working internationally, and a series of institutional partnerships. Currently on view is RAW Académie at ICA: Infrastructure, an exhibition and experimental study program taking place at ICA through May 2022 under the artistic direction of Linda Goode Bryant in collaboration with RAW Material Company.
In this episode our guests Lulani Arquette, President and CEO of the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF), and Flint Jamison, a co-founder and Board Chair of Yale Union (a non-profit contemporary art center), both in Portland, Oregon, recount Yale Union’s decision to dissolve as an organization and to transfer the building and land over to the NACF. Arquette and Jamison reflect on the complexities and new possibilities created by this radical action with host Alex Klein, Dorothy and Stephen R. Weber (CHE '60) Curator, and co-interviewer Tausif Noor, ICA Spiegel-Wilks Curatorial Fellow (2017— 2020).
I is for Institute is a collaborative project that focuses on the many individuals who are working to reimagine models for arts institutions. Above all, the “I” in I is for Institute acknowledges that institutions are composed of people and rooted in places. Launched in 2016, the project began with an investigation into ICA’s own history and structure and with a desire to rethink what an “institute” could be in the future. The project includes a podcast, a website that catalogs over 50 dialogues with colleagues working internationally, and a series of institutional partnerships. Currently on view is RAW Académie at ICA: Infrastructure, an exhibition and experimental study program taking place at ICA through May 2022 under the artistic direction of Linda Goode Bryant in collaboration with RAW Material Company.