Society, Arts and Culture Content / Society, Arts and Culture Content for şÙşÙÊÓĈµ en New Episode of ‘The Backdrop’ Podcast Features Karima Bennoune on Helping Artists Escape Afghanistan /news/new-episode-backdrop-podcast-features-karima-bennoune-helping-artists-and-other-cultural <p>With the end of the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan and the quick takeover of that nation by the Taliban, advocates fear a terrible backslide in human rights and civil society there.</p> September 08, 2021 - 11:00am Soterios J Johnson /news/new-episode-backdrop-podcast-features-karima-bennoune-helping-artists-and-other-cultural New Episode of ‘The Backdrop’ Highlights Manetti Shrem Museum’s Reopening /news/new-episode-backdrop-podcast-features-rachel-teagle-founding-director-jan-shrem-and-maria <p>The Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art is set to reopen to the public on June 3, following a 14-month closure due to the pandemic. &nbsp;</p> <p>On this month’s episode, the museum’s founding director, Rachel Teagle, discusses the four new exhibitions on display: “Wayne Thiebaud Influencer: A New Generation,” “Working Proof: Wayne Thiebaud as Printmaker,” “Andrea Bowers: Education Should Be Free” and “Arnold Joseph Kemp: I would survive. I could survive. I should survive.”</p> May 25, 2021 - 10:44am Soterios J Johnson /news/new-episode-backdrop-podcast-features-rachel-teagle-founding-director-jan-shrem-and-maria