Join us in the opening celebrations for our Winter Exhibitions Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch and Alex Jacobs-Blum: Living and Lost Connections.

Meet the artists, curators, lenders, and other contributors to these exceptional exhibitions, meet the AGH staff and take in everything the AGH has to offer! The public reception will occur from 3:00 – 5:00 pm with remarks at 4:00 pm. 

Everyone is welcome and no RSVP is required to attend.

Preceding the celebration will be an engaging Curatorial Conversation between renowned Mohawk artist Shelley Niro and the three curators of her retrospective exhibition: Melissa Bennett, AGH Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, Greg Hill, Independent Curator, formerly Audain Senior Curator, Indigenous Art, National Gallery of Canada, and David Penney, Associate Director of Museum scholarship, Exhibitions, and Public Engagement at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.

Hear exclusive anecdotes and behind-the-scenes stories about the making of the Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch exhibition. This will be a unique opportunity to celebrate the opening of this ground-breaking exhibition with the people who brought it to life.