Celebrate Pi Day with a night of math, art, culture, and pie! Enjoy hands-on activities, pie tastings, a gallery tour on Divine Geometry (4:30 PM), and cocktail-making demos (5:30 & 6:30 PM). Show off your best nerdy t-shirt (6:00 PM) and end the night with a screening of Pi (1998) at 7:00 PM. Join us […]
The Amistad Center’s Uncomfortable Conversations Series invites artists, scholars, and community members to address important topics that promote meaningful dialogue and understanding. This session focuses on voting rights, access, participation, and registration in the United States. It aims to foster open discussion and highlight pathways toward progress. April 4, 2025, Uncomfortable Conversations: Voting Rights, Access […]
The Amistad Center, Wadsworth Atheneum, and Brother Carl Hardrick Institute present an evening with renowned artist and filmmaker Titus Kaphar, featuring his critically acclaimed film, Exhibiting Forgiveness. The program is made possible by the generous support of the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation Fund at the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Foundation Black Giving Circle Fund, […]
A $275 value package deal that includes your gala ticket for food, drinks, dancing under the stars, and a signature Amistad Center Juneteenth fan for only $250.
The Amistad Center’s 34th Annual Juneteenth Gala is a powerful evening of celebration, culture, and community. Held at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, this signature event features live music, curated dining experiences, a spirited awards presentation, exclusive auction items, and dancing under the stars. The 2025 theme, People Get Ready!, honors the legacy of […]
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. Click Here to Register!
Selected by MATRIX 196 artist Steffani Jemison, this quietly radical portrait of displacement and resistance follows a young Senegalese woman who leaves home for France, only to face the isolating realities of colonialism. Like Jemison’s work, this debut film speaks through silence, gesture, and the power of what remains unsaid. Directed by Ousmane Sembène. 1966. Senegal/France (French with […]
Selected by MATRIX 196 artist Steffani Jemison, this quietly radical portrait of displacement and resistance follows a young Senegalese woman who leaves home for France, only to face the isolating realities of colonialism. Like Jemison’s work, this debut film speaks through silence, gesture, and the power of what remains unsaid. Directed by Ousmane Sembène. 1966. Senegal/France (French with […]
Enjoy a warm gathering with coffee, tea, and pastries at BMuse Café, followed by a thought-provoking gallery talk with Dr. Sarah Clunis, curator of Yorùbá World and executive director of The Amistad Center for Art & Culture. Dr. Clunis will offer reflections on the cultural meaning behind the featured works, exploring how art serves as […]
Join us for an intimate conversation over coffee, tea, and pastries in BMuse Café, followed by a gallery talk with Sarah Clunis, curator of Yoruba World and executive director of The Amistad Center for Art & Culture. Dr. Clunis shares insights into the cultural significance of the featured works, as well as the power of art to […]
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. Held in partnership with The Amistad Center for Art & Culture and Taste of […]
5pm exhibition viewing of (Un)Settled: The Landscape in American Art | 6pm film followed by discussion This portrait of Black life in Alabama’s Black Belt weaves moments of work, play, and reflection through unscripted scenes to challenge traditional depictions of the American South. Followed by a discussion with the film’s director and Rodneyna Hart, deputy director of The […]
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