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Date

May 19 2023
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Time

5:00 pm

Cost

TBA
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Artist Conversation: Prof. Henry Lewis Gates, Prof. Sarah Lewis, and Sir Issac Julian

5pm exhibition viewing & reception, 6pm conversation

The contributions of noted abolitionist, author, and statesman Frederick Douglass (c.1817-1895) inspired the Wadsworth’s exhibition I Am Seen… Therefore, I Am: Isaac Julien and Frederick Douglass. Exhibition curators Profs. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Sarah Lewis talk with artist Sir Isaac Julian about the ways image and history weave throughout his work, Lessons of the Hour, a six-screen film meditation about the life and times of Frederick Douglass. Check back for ticket link.

Location

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
600 Main Street Hartford, CT 06103
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Organizer

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Website
https://www.thewadsworth.org/