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SUMMARY:Fine Art & Flowers - Amistad to Featuring Wendel A. White\, Genealogical Chart with Hair
DESCRIPTION:Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art – Annual Fine Art & Flowers \n\n\n\nFeaturing Wendel A. White\, Genealogical Chart with Hair\n\n\n\nThe Amistad Center for Art & Culture is honored to participate in this year’s Fine Art & Flowers celebration at The Wadsworth\, highlighting Genealogical Chart with Hair from Wendel A. White’s acclaimed series Manifest | Thirteen Colonies. \n\n\n\nThe photograph references the pioneering scholarship of Caroline Bond Day\, one of the first Black women to earn a graduate degree in physical anthropology from Radcliffe College in 1930. Founded in 1879 as a prestigious women’s liberal arts college and long affiliated with Harvard University (with which it formally merged in 1999)\, Radcliffe conferred upon Day the academic platform from which she would challenge dominant racial pseudoscience. \n\n\n\nA scholar\, writer\, and educator with affiliations to leading HBCUs—including Clark Atlanta University\, Howard University\, North Carolina Central University\, and Prairie View A&M University—Day’s research rigorously dismantled the racist assumptions embedded within early 20th-century eugenics and physical anthropology. Her genealogical studies affirmed the complexity and dignity of Black ancestry at a time when such scholarship was both radical and necessary. \n\n\n\nThe Floral Interpretation\n\n\n\nThe Amistad Center’s installation will accompany White’s photograph with an arrangement that evokes the expressive range of hair textures—coiled\, braided\, woven\, and spiraled—symbolizing lineage\, identity\, and embodied memory. Interlaced within the design will be treasured family photographs contributed by Amistad staff\, visually extending Day’s genealogical inquiry into the present. \n\n\n\nThis interpretive display serves three purposes: \n\n\n\n\nTribute – Honoring Caroline Bond Day’s intellectual courage and enduring legacy.\n\n\n\nCelebration – Recognizing Wendel A. White’s brilliant photographic practice in Manifest | Thirteen Colonies\, which re-centers Black presence in early American history.\n\n\n\nCollaboration – Demonstrating the continued partnership between The Wadsworth and The Amistad Center in presenting scholarship-driven\, community-rooted cultural programming.\n\n\n\n\nThrough this floral and photographic dialogue\, Fine Art & Flowers becomes more than aesthetic pairing—it becomes an act of historical restoration\, affirming that Black genealogies\, textures\, and intellectual traditions are foundational to the American narrative.
URL:https://amistadcenter.org/all-event/fine-art-flowers-amistad-to-featuring-wendel-a-white-genealogical-chart-with-hair/
CATEGORIES:Children,Class/Workshop,Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T130000
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SUMMARY:SNAP! Photography Artist Talk and Reception
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a vibrant evening celebrating the next generation of photographers! The SNAP! Photography Residency brings together Hartford-area teens to explore storytelling through the lens. During this special Artist Talk & Reception\, the 2026 cohort will share their creative process\, inspirations\, and the powerful narratives behind their images. \n\n\n\nEnjoy light refreshments\, connect with emerging artists\, and experience the world through their eyes — bold\, brilliant\, and full of possibility. \n\n\n\nMade possible by SNAP! Photography and landSCAPE is made possible by funds provided by Lauren Allen-Jones and Gregory M. Jones and the Legacy Foundation of Hartford. Additional funds provided by Range Rover Hartford.
URL:https://amistadcenter.org/all-event/snap-photography-artist-talk-and-reception/
LOCATION:Amistad Center For Art & Culture\, 600 Main Street\, Hartford\, 06103
CATEGORIES:Adult,Amistad! For the Culture,Artist Residency,Children,Exhibitions,Family,Talks,Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250807T170000
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SUMMARY:First Thursdays: Caribbean Night
DESCRIPTION:Cash bar\, nibbles\, live music and more. Celebrate Caribbean culture with a lawn party! Bring a portable chair\, vibe to island music\, enjoy performances\, face painting\, dancing\, and dominoes. Take a tour of Yoruba World in The Amistad Center for Art & Culture. \n\n\n\nHeld in partnership with The Amistad Center for Art & Culture and Taste of the Caribbean Jerk Festival. \n\n\n\nFree as part of First Thursdays \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLos Frikis tells the true story of misfit teens in 1990s Cuba who injected themselves with HIV to live in AIDS hospices\, where they found refuge\, freedom\, music\, and chosen family. \n\n\n\nDirected by Ty Roberts. 2024. Cuba/USA (Spanish with English subtitles). 1 hour\, 51 minutes. Not rated.
URL:https://amistadcenter.org/all-event/first-thursdays-caribbean-night/
LOCATION:Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art\, 600 Main St\, Hartford\, Connecticut\, 06103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult,Children,Class/Workshop,Dance,Exhibitions,Family,First Thursdays,Flim,Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250608T120000
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SUMMARY:2025 Juneteenth Family Day
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy artmaking and education as we celebrate African American Emancipation Day. Experience The Amistad Center for Art & Culture’s new Yoruba World exhibition with festivities and food related to West African practices and culture. \n  \nClick Here to Register!
URL:https://amistadcenter.org/all-event/2025-juneteenth-family-day-2/
CATEGORIES:Children,Community Conversations,Exhibitions,Family,Juneteenth,Tour
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SUMMARY:Encounters: From Jubilee to Juneteenth
DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin us for an Encounters Dialogue\, a follow-up to the Pennington Lecture\, which honors the legacy of Rev. Dr. James W. C. Pennington\, a pioneering leader in the fight for racial equality and education. \n\nThis dialogue will explore the trajectory of Black freedom celebrations from Jubilee to Juneteenth and reflect on the meaning of those commemorations in the imaginations of the African diaspora. \n\nInspired by the lecture and Annette Gordon-Reed’s reflections in her book On Juneteenth\, we will examine the complexities of memory and commemoration\, and how these rituals connect personal and collective histories\, shaping our understanding of freedom\, identity\, and justice in America. Together\, we’ll discuss the significance of Juneteenth as both a celebration of liberation and a call to action for continued work toward racial equity. \n\nParticipants will engage in facilitated small-group discussions\, sharing perspectives on the evolving meaning of freedom\, historical memory\, and how these commemorations continue to inspire the African diaspora. Whether you are deeply familiar with Juneteenth or just beginning to learn about its significance\, this dialogue welcomes all voices to reflect\, connect\, and build community together. \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://amistadcenter.org/all-event/encounters-from-jubilee-to-juneteenth/
LOCATION:Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art\, 600 Main St\, Hartford\, Connecticut\, 06103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult,Community Conversations,Exhibitions,Tour
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SUMMARY:Amistad Black History Month Tour: Black Representation in the Wadsworth
DESCRIPTION:The tour will focus on works from both Amistad and Wadsworth collections that are created by or about people of African descent.
URL:https://amistadcenter.org/all-event/amistad-black-history-month-tour-black-representation-in-the-wadsworth-2/
LOCATION:Amistad Center For Art & Culture\, 600 Main Street\, Hartford\, 06103
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250120T120000
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SUMMARY:MLK Family Day: Amistad For the Culture!
DESCRIPTION:Join us on MLK Community Day in partnership with the Wadsworth Atheneum in centering social justice and equality. Looking at objects on view in Freedomways: From Jubilee to Juneteenth\, we will offer artmaking in the galleries. Bethani Blake\, Associate Curator for the African Diaspora\, will lead teens in a gallery talk to discuss the history of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense and other notable figures of the Civil Rights Movement. You can even leave with a DIY Panther pin! At 4pm we will head to the theater for a performance by the Salt & Pepper Gospel Singers—New Haven’s premiere integrated gospel choir.
URL:https://amistadcenter.org/all-event/mlk-family-day-amistad-for-the-culture/
LOCATION:Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art\, 600 Main St\, Hartford\, Connecticut\, 06103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult,Amistad! For the Culture,Children,Community Conversations,Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241102
DTSTAMP:20260501T030120
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SUMMARY:Freedomways: From Jubilee to Juneteenth
DESCRIPTION:Another Amazing Event at Amistad
URL:https://amistadcenter.org/all-event/another-amazing-event-at-amistad/
LOCATION:Amistad Center\, 1310 SW 2ND CT\, Fort Lauderdale\, FL\, 33312\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Conversations,Exhibitions,First Thursday,Second Saturday
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