Museum of Arts and Design Event

Leading art historians will discuss the controversial career of Fritz Scholder (Luiseño, 1937-2005) on Saturday, May 9 at 2 p.m. at the Museum of Arts and Design. Scholder, the subject of a two-city exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, was best known for his revolutionary paintings of American Indians.

The discussion is a collaboration between the National Museum of the American Indian and the Museum of Arts and Design. Museum admission to the event only, which will be followed by a book signing of the recent publication "Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian," is free.

Participants will include Robert Hobbs, Virginia Commonwealth University; Robert Houle, artist and curator; Truman T. Lowe, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jolene Rickard, Cornell University; Aleta Ringlero, Arizona State University; Katy Siegel, Hunter College; and Paul Chaat Smith, National Museum of the American Indian. The discussion will be moderated by Lowery Stokes Sims, Museum of Arts and Design.

The Museum of Arts and Design is located at 2 Columbus Circle in New York City and can be reached at (212) 299-7703 and at madmuseum.org. It is open from Wednesday-Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m, Thursdays from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m, and is closed on Mondays, Tuesdays and major holidays.