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"You are on mute — Who did we leave out of the conversations and how do we include them now?"

This presentation will discuss the permeability of design history to new interpretations, stories, authors, and formats.

 

Ruki Neuhold-Ravikumar is Acting Director of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, in New York City, where she oversees 100 full-time employees and a collection of more than 215,000 design objects spanning 30 centuries. She previously served as the Director of Education for Cooper Hewitt, Associate Provost of Education and Access and the Acting Under Secretary for Education at the Smithsonian Institution. Recently, she was named the 25th President of the Kansas City Art Institute and will begin her term July 1, 2022.

Prior to joining the Smithsonian, she was the associate dean of the College of Fine Arts and Design at the University of Central Oklahoma, where she had advanced from undergraduate professor to director of graduate programs and chair of the Department of Design.

 Originally from Chennai, India, Ruki received her MFA in graphic design from Iowa State University and BFA in the history of fine art and drawing and painting from the Stella Maris College in India. Ruki also has an executive education certificate in business from Yale University and a certificate in museum studies from Northwestern University. 

A proven administrator, educator, and thought leader, Ruki is an award-winning designer and has served in leadership roles at all levels of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), including the Design Educators Community (DEC) and local and national boards. In 2015, she was named an AIGA Fellow by the Oklahoma chapter for her advocacy and leadership as a design educator.

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Monday, April 11, 2022 at 12:00pm to 1:00pm

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