“It is an honor to bring Jami Powell onto the Terra Foundation’s board of directors,” noted Sharon Corwin, President and CEO. “For the past three years, Jami has served as a member of the foundation’s Indigenous Advisory Council, helping to shape our programs and partnerships. I know that her leadership as a curator and scholar will continue to impact the field of American art and advance our mission. I am thrilled to be working with her.”
Jami Powell is the Associate Director for Curatorial Affairs and Curator of Indigenous Art at the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College, where she also serves as a senior lecturer in the Native American and Indigenous Studies Department. Powell is a citizen of the Osage Nation and has a PhD in anthropology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. During her tenure at the Hood Museum, Powell has curated exhibitions including Form and Relation: Contemporary Native American Ceramics; CIPX Dartmouth with Kali Spitzer and Will Wilson; Madayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Bark Painting from Yirrkala; and This Land: American Engagement with the Natural World. Powell’s co-edited volume Re-Envisioning American Art: Transforming Museum Practice was published by the University of Washington Press in 2025. She is on the board of directors for the Native American Art Studies Association and has served in advisory roles for numerous museums, arts organizations, and publications. Most recently, Powell curated Cara Romero: Panûpünüwügai (Living Light), the first solo exhibition for Chemehuevi photographer and artist Cara Romero, which was accompanied by a catalogue co-published by Radius Books and the Hood Museum of Art. The exhibition is currently on a national tour, opening at the Phoenix Art Museum in February 2026.
“In recent years, the Terra Foundation has been a key supporter of projects examining and expanding narratives of American art and its histories,” said Dr. Powell. “In our current moment, it is more imperative than ever these projects—and the dialogue they encourage—continue. I am honored to join the Board of Directors, and I look forward to supporting the organization and its institutional partners in continuing this meaningful work.”
In addition to service on the Terra Foundation Board, Dr. Powell will remain a member of the foundation’s Indigenous Advisory Council.
About the Terra Foundation for American Art
The Terra Foundation for American Art expands narratives of American art through our grants, collection, and initiatives. With offices in Chicago and Paris and a collection of more than 750 works of art, we work with organizations to foster intercultural dialogues and encourage transformative practices, locally and globally. Since 2005, the foundation has awarded grants worldwide to support projects that engage the visual arts of the United States and Indigenous arts of North America, while questioning and broadening understandings of American art and reshaping how its stories are told.
For more information, visit terraamericanart.org.
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