Manifest | Thirteen Colonies is the culmination of a multiyear journey by photographer Wendel A. White to find and document African American material culture in the libraries, museums, and archives of the thirteen original English colonies and Washington, DC. This “personal reliquary of Black agency and racial oppression stored in public collections” includes both singular objects […]
Across time and geography, wherever systems of domination have existed, they have been met with resistance. Those subjected to oppression have never accepted their condition in silence; rather, they have asserted their agency through organized uprisings, collective struggle, and quiet acts of defiance. The historical record affirms that rebellion, resistance, and revolution are not disruptions […]
America Turns 250 & Harford Answers Be sure to stop by the Amistad Center for your Connecticut250 passport! For five days, Hartford becomes a living stage. LONG WEEKEND is a city-wide festival celebrating history through the lenses of Film, Art, Music, Culture, and Technology. It's a modern gathering rooted in the place where America first […]
Rodneyna Hart, Interim Executive Director of The Amistad Center for Art & Culture, shows the ways artists have reflected on resistance— from collective uprisings to quiet, everyday acts of defiance— in pursuit of dignity, justice, freedom, and self determination. Meet in The Amistad Center galleries. Registration encouraged. Presented as part of The Wadsworth’s American Art […]
The 2026 SNAP! Photography Cohorts' Capstone Presentation celebrates the culmination of The Amistad Center’s SNAP! Photography program is a paid summer residency that empowers high school and college-age students to develop artistic, technical, and professional skills through photography. During this capstone event, participants will present their completed projects, share reflections on their creative journeys, and […]