Hosted by Flo Gris Museum & PARJE
OLD LYME — On Wednesday, Sept. 22, the Florence Griswold Museum hosts a virtual lecture titled, Promise, Witness Remembrance: A Contemporary Response, starting at 3 p.m.
This virtual event is free but registration is required at this link.
The presentation will be given by Allison Glenn, Senior Curator and Director of Public Art, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston and followed by a Q & A facilitated by Amy Kurtz Lansing, Curator, Florence Griswold Museum and Jac Lahav, Secretary, PARJE (Public Art for Racial Justice Education)
Glenn will discuss her celebrated 2021 art exhibition Promise, Witness, Remembrance, developed around Amy Sherald’s portrait of Breonna Taylor, at the Speed Museum in Louisville, Ky. She will reflect on the portrait of Taylor and her unique approach to curating this exhibition, and how artists can help us understand larger systemic issues of gun violence and inequity in policing.
Audience members will learn how a diverse range of artists addresses memory, hope, and racial justice through their work.
This lecture is part of a series Arts & Advocacy: Methods to Spark Positive Change Through Art and made possible by the State of Connecticut and the National Endowment for the Humanities, both of which provide significant support to Connecticut Humanities.
Register for this free lecture and conversation at this link.
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