The North American Acquisitions Committee research trip, led by Christine Y. Kim, Britton Family Curator-at-Large, North American Art at Tate, explored diverse art scenes of Arkansas and Oklahoma. In Bentonville, Arkansas, the group experienced James Turrell’s The Way of Color at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, toured its permanent collection and American Sunrise: Indigenous Art, and visited the relocated Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Bachman-Wilson House.
In Tulsa and Oklahoma City, highlights included visits to the Queen Rose Art House with Kalup Linzy, the Tulsa Artist Fellowship, and the Philbrook Museum of Art and Greenwood Rising History Center. Plus, an exploration of HONOR SONG, a retrospective of Edgar Heap of Birds at Oklahoma Contemporary, and two studio visits in Norman with Raven Halfmoon and Jereldine Redcorn, both renowned for revitalizing Caddo pottery traditions.