The Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska, has named Annika K. Johnson as its first ever associate curator of Native American art. Johnson hails from the Twin Cities region of Minnesota—which is called Mni Sota Makoce by the Dakota people—and received her Ph.D. in art history from the University of Pittsburgh, where she focused on building relationships with Native communities and employing decolonizing strategies in her research and curatorial practice.
Prior to joining the museum, Johnson was s