Presented at Different Voices: a Social, Cultural, and Historical Framework for Change in the American Art Museum, a two-part symposium presented by the Association of Art Museum Directors. Part 1 was held in Chicago, Illinois, June 1-8, 1990. Part 2 was held in Honolulu, Hawaii, January 31, 1991-February 1, 1991.

I would like to locate my own analysis of the social, cultural and historical framework for change in the American art museum in the particular confrontational events between young artists and the general public that have occurred at the School of the Art Institute over the past three years. These events have informed my understanding and grounded my assessment of the current situation of the arts in this country and the responsibility, as I see it, of institutions, schools and museums alike to enter the present debate rocking this country to the core - the debate over whose voice, whose perspective, whose point of view, and whose center will most inform and transform the prevailing ideology. (p. 58-59)

Presented at Different Voices: a Social, Cultural, and Historical Framework for Change in the American Art Museum, a two-part symposium presented by the Association of Art Museum Directors. Part 1 was held in Chicago, Illinois, June 1-8, 1990. Part 2 was held in Honolulu, Hawaii, January 31, 1991-February 1, 1991.