McClung Museum to Open Exhibition Centering Native Voices and Contemporary Art
“Homelands: Connecting to Mounds Through Native Art” Debuts January 25, 2025
“Homelands: Connecting to Mounds Through Native Art” Debuts January 25, 2025
The McClung Museum’s exhibition, opening in 2025, is part of an effort to change perceptions and educate audiences about the mound on the UT campus by centering Native perspectives and interpretations.
The McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, received a $300,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to support the exhibition, a related website, educational outreach, and programming for “A Sense of Indigenous Place: Native American Voices and the Mound at University of Tennessee.” The exhibition will be presented