A White House Arts Discussion
with
Sarah Fling
Historian at the White House Historical Association
Co-Sponsorship Between
The White House Historical Association
& The Arts Club of Washington
Thursday, November 17, 2022 6:30 pm
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
(RSVP required)
Throughout the nineteenth century, American artists consciously and subconsciously excluded Native Americans from their portrayals of the national landscape, embracing a larger theme in artwork, literature, and political rhetoric which historians call the Myth of the Vanishing Indian. The White House Collection holds several historical works influenced by this myth. Sarah Fling, a historian at the White House Historical Association who studies material and visual culture in the Executive Mansion, will discuss these works which both reflected and influenced federal policy towards Native Americans in the nineteenth century and beyond.
View Sarah Fling's bio
Discounted parking (free for members with membership card) at 2001 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
The Arts Club of Washington is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. located at 2017 I Street N.W., Washington D.C. 20006
