Join the American Decorative Arts Department at the Yale University Art Gallery online on Friday, May 12 for a live conversation exploring the intersections among science, craftsmanship, and colonialism in the early transatlantic world. Elizabeth Fox, the Marcia Brady Tucker Fellow in American Decorative Arts at the Yale University Art Gallery, and Alexi Baker, who operates the History of Science and Technology collection at the Yale Peabody Museum, discuss a variety of centuries-old objects that experimented with and represented land and sky. In the 1700s and early 1800s, such instruments were finely crafted in America and Europe for use in scientific discovery, everyday life, and colonial enterprises. Some of these are on view in the Gallery’s current exhibition Crafting Worldviews: Art and Science in Europe, 1500-1800. The conversation is moderated by Jessie Park, the Gallery’s Nina and Lee Griggs Assistant Curator of European Art. Closed captions will be available in English. Registration required. To register, visit https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BHm1H6bqQcCzfOlHKfLQww
