Congressman John Lewis visited The Phillips Collection in May 2008 during the whirlwind first months of my tenure as director of the museum. He joined me and curator Elsa Smithgall along with National Endowment for the Arts Chair Dana Gioia to view our installation of Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series. He also generously made time to […]
In this series, we profile our 2019-20 Sherman Fairchild Fellows. As part of our institutional values and commitment to diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion, the Sherman Fairchild Fellowship is a comprehensive, yearlong paid program that includes hands-on experience, mentoring, and professional development. Over the summer, fellows gain experience in all facets of the museum, then […]
This month, Chief Diversity Officer Makeba Clay hosted 40 participants from the US Government Accountability Office’s chapter of the Blacks in Government (BIG) Affinity Group. Having chosen “Migration” as the overarching theme for their Black History Month celebrations, BIG members thought seeing panels from Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series (1940–41) at the Phillips would be the […]
