Howard Smith: African American Artist in Finland

Speakers

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  Bobbye Tigerman

  Bobbye Tigerman is the Marilyn B. and Calvin B. Gross Curator, Decorative Arts and Design at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, where she focuses on modern and contemporary design, craft, and architecture. 

  Bio
  

  Bobbye Tigerman

  Bobbye Tigerman is the Marilyn B. and Calvin B. Gross Curator, Decorative Arts and Design at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, where she focuses on modern and contemporary design, craft, and architecture. 

  Most recently she co-curated the exhibition Scandinavian Design and the United States, which traveled to the Nationalmuseum Sweden, the Nasjonalmuseet in Oslo, LACMA, and the Milwaukee Art Museum. Previously, she curated or co-curated Beyond Bling: Jewelry from the Lois Boardman Collection (2016), California Design, 1930–1965: “Living in a Modern Way” (2011), and From the Spoon to the City: Design by Architects in LACMA’s Collection (2009). She has earned degrees in the history of art and design from Harvard University, the Courtauld Institute of Art, and the University of Delaware/Winterthur Program in Early American Culture.