InterStates of Mind | Behind-the-scenes with Curator Georgia Erger
Georgia Erger takes us behind-the-scenes during the installation of InterStates of Mind to discuss a selection of photographs taken as part of the Farm Security Administration (FSA), a New Deal agency created in the 1930s in the wake of the Great Depression.
InterStates of Mind: Rewriting the Map of the United States in the Age of the Automobile traces the development of the automotive industry and interstate highway system through artworks from the early 1900s to the present. Situated at a crossroads of cultural contradictions, the show unpacks our fascination with the automobile and the different—at times competing—ideals that continue to shape our visions of America today.
InterStates of Mind is on view at the MSU Broad Nov. 7, 2020–Apr. 10, 2021. Reserve your free tickets at broadmuseum.msu.edu/visit.
InterStates of Mind is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and co-curated by Steven L. Bridges, Associate Curator, and Georgia Erger, Assistant Curator, with assistance from Thaís Wenstrom, Curatorial Research and Administrative Assistant, and Nick Sly and Dani M. Willcutt, Graduate Fellows in History. Lead funding for this exhibition is provided by a gift from MSU Federal Credit Union with additional support from the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund.