Color in a New Light

Introduction

Jennifer Cohlman Bracchi,

Reference Librarian, Cooper Hewitt,

Smithsonian Institution Libraries

,

Curator of Color in a New Light

Welcome

Mary Savig,

Lloyd Herman Curator of Craft,

Archives of American Art

and

Barbara Stauffer,

Chief of Community Engagement,

National Museum of Natural History

,

Co-Chairs, Material Culture Forum

Speakers

Helen James,

Curator of Birds,

National Museum of Natural History

,

The Deep History of Colorful Plumage in Birds and Dinosaur

Susan Heald,

Textile Conservator,

National Museum of American Indian

,

Protected Purple: Mollusk Dye from the Oaxacan Coast

Josh T. Franco,

Latino Collections Specialist,

Archives of American Art

,

Color on Color: The Color-coded Archives of Fanny Sanin’s Color Studies

Floyd Shockley,

Museum Specialist, Department of Entomology,

National Museum of Natural History

,

Dazzling Diversity: Structural and Chemical Color in Insect