Opening November 15 at Overlap Gallery, "Forging Freedom: Atlantic Journeys" brings together ten contemporary artists to explore Black and Indigenous histories of freedom-making across the Atlantic world.
Slavery North Job & Fellowship Opportunities 2025-26
Slavery North has announced two unique fellowship opportunities for the 2025-26 academic year and two exciting job opportunities.
Maine Conservation Voters Event | The Malaga Ship: Maine, the Global Slave Trade, and Healing Through Artistic Reclamations on 2/7
In this session, storyteller Antonio Rocha will be joined by Dr. Kate McMahon, Historian of Global Slavery at the Smithsonian African-American History Museum. Together, they will tell the story of the Malaga and reflect on the ways in which historians and artists can collaborate to create new forms of healing and justice through artistic creation.
Osher Map Library Event | Mapping Memory and History: A Dialogue between Billy Gérard Frank’s Palimpsest and Indigo: Entanglements on 2/6/25
Osher Map Library hosts acclaimed artist and filmmaker Billy Gérard Frank. Frank will discuss his Indigo: Entanglements series of paintings and screen his 2022 Venice Biennale short film, Palimpsest: Tales Spun from the Sea and Memory (the film's New England premiere).
Imagine Studios Event | Newburyport’s 4th Annual Indigenous Peoples Day gathering on 10/14/24
Join Newburyport's 4th Annual Indigenous Peoples Day Event, Monday October 14th, at Newburyport Waterfront Park
Partnership of Historic Bostons Event | Unseen New England: Re-envisioning Black Presence in Early American Art on 5/15/24
American Folk Art Museum curator Emelie Gevalt explores the way that early New England art portrayed - or erased - its Black community.
SPACE Re-Site 2024 Events in Portland | site-specific, temporary public art and Portland history-telling
SPACE is a portland-based nonprofit organization that supports contemporary arts projects, champions artists, and encourages an open exchange of ideas. Learn more here about Re-Site 2024 SPACE is pleased to present Re-Site 2024, the second edition of the site-specific, temporary public art and Portland history-telling initiative first launched in 2020. This year’s iteration features artistic interpretation of … Continue reading SPACE Re-Site 2024 Events in Portland | site-specific, temporary public art and Portland history-telling
Event tomorrow | Art & Dread Scott – The Art of Liberation 10/12
Presented by the Colby Museum’s Lunder Institute for American Art Tue, October 12, 2021 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EDT Register here Dread Scott imagines a world free of oppression and exploitation, with resistance and liberation at the forefront. During this talk, the artist will present a range of work from the past 30 years … Continue reading Event tomorrow | Art & Dread Scott – The Art of Liberation 10/12
ABB Event: Remapping New England | Righting History (Memory + Art + Place) on 2/23/21
Presented by Atlantic Black Box & Indigo Arts Alliance Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 7:00 pm EST Register here Indigo Arts Alliance and Atlantic Black Box invite you to join us for the second event in our ReMapping New England series devoted to exploring the role of public art in inscribing history in the built … Continue reading ABB Event: Remapping New England | Righting History (Memory + Art + Place) on 2/23/21