Jason Baird Jackson

Associate Professor, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana University

Museum Work

Museum Work

A narrative related to my museum work will be posted soon.  A list of exhibition projects on which I have worked in given below.

Exhibition Projects 

2006    (scientific consultant) “Faszination Fußball.” Museums für Völkerkunde Hamburg, Germany.  (E2006-1)

2004    (co-curator)  “Spider Woman’s Gift:  A History of Navajo Weaving.”  Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma.  (E2004-1)

2002    (co-curator) “From Navajoland to Oklahoma: Diné Textile Art.”  Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma.  (E2002-3)

2002    (project director)  “The Mark Allen Everett Collection:  Ancient Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Pottery.”  Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma.  An online exhibition available here. (E2002-2)

2002    (project director) “The Fabric of Mayan Life:  An Exhibition of Textiles.”  Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma.  An online exhibition available here. (E2002-1)

2001    (curator) “World Cultures.” Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma.  (E2001-1)

2000    (project director)  “Creativity and Resistance:  Maroon Cultures in the Americas.” Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma.  (E2000-2)

2000    (co-curator) “Recent Acquisitions.” Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma.  (E2000-1)

1999    (curator) “Children of the Sun: Euchee Indian Culture and Tradition.” University Museum, University of Arkansas.  (E1999-4)

1999    (project director) “Gifts of Pride and Love: The Cultural Significance of Kiowa and Comanche Lattice Cradles.” Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma.  (E1999-3)

1999    (assistant curator) “Symbols of Faith and Belief: Art of the Native American Church.”  Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma.  (E1999-2)

1999    (curator) “Inuit Art of Land and Sea.” Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma.  (E1999-1)

1998    (curator) “Children of the Sun: Euchee Indian Culture and Tradition.” Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma.  (E1998-3)

1998    (curator) “Native North American Arts and Cultures Gallery.” Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma.  (E1998-2)

1998    (curator) “Native Arts of the Southwest.”  Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma. (E1998-1)

1997    (curator) “After the Trail of Tears: Southeastern Indian Culture in Oklahoma.” Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma.  (E1997-1)

1993    (curatorial assistant) “Pawnee Images.” Mathers Museum of World Cultures, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.  (E1993-2)

1993    (curator) “Changing Florida Seminole Life, 1930-1960.” Mathers Museum of World Cultures, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. (E1993-1)