Incredible conversations at Declaring Freedom Conference: America 250 CT from Governor Ned Lamont keynote to panel “Hidden in Plain Sight: Telling Inclusive Stories” w/ CTH Vice Chair Frank Mitchell, Wadsworth Atheneum Philippe Halbert, Hartford Foundation Mike Keo, Smoke Sygnals’s Steven Peters.

This exhibit would not be possible without Wadsworth Atheneum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Kimbell Art Museum, and Detroit Inst of Arts sharing pieces from their collection with us.❤️

The 6th annual Hartford History series shows the power of place as we explore newly discovered aspects of the past.

We give these photos, found in the museum archives' Hartford Art School collection course catalogs, an A+!

Hartford Art School classes were held in the Avery Memorial studio space when the building opened in 1934. The school moved to University of Hartford campus in 1964. #ArchivesU

Get your tickets for 'Showing Up', screening this weekend at the Wadsworth: thewadsworth.org/film/

This week’s Nose wants its own water working:

· Kelly Reichardt’s Showing Up, starring Hong Chau
· Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale, starring Hong Chau
· endorsements

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Co-curated by Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, founder of Vision and Justice, 'I Am Seen…Therefore, I Am: Isaac Julien and Frederick Douglass' at Wadsworth Atheneum presents Julien's work 'Looking for Lewis,' for the first time since its debut. Learn more at the link below.
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Hartford’s Wadsworth Atheneum has acquired a piece of art called, “Portrait of a Gentleman,” by one of the most celebrated female painters of the 18th century, Venetian painter Rosalba Carriera (1675-1757).
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Get creative this summer with 2 adult artmaking workshops. Capacity is limited, sign up at thewadsworth.org/events:

After-hours Figure Drawing with Peter Cusack: Tuesdays, August 8 & 15, 6–8pm

Tintype Workshop: Sunday, September 10, 10am–2pm

A new acquisition by Gisela Colón has our Gallery Attendants swooning.

Describing her sculptural vocabulary as “organic minimalism” Colón draws inspiration from nature, including the abundant flora & fauna of her native Puerto Rico. #contemporaryart

Congratulations Wadsworth Atheneum on the acquisition of their new Rosalba, J.21.0433 in my dictionary. Superb portrait with silly attempts to identify the sitter (when will art historians grow out of this insidious habit)?
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This Friday, July 14 at 1pm, join curator Oliver Tostmann for a gallery talk in 'Chasing Rembrandt' as he explores Rembrandt’s role as a historical artist and a modern media phenomenon. Free with admission. Meet in front of the Museum Shop.

Students at UConn Hartford's Teacher Certification Program for College Graduates (TCPCG) explored community cultural wealth and representation on a tour of the Wadsworth Atheneum. Thanks Lindsey! (Photo credit: Danielle Filipiak)

Wadsworth Atheneum celebrates the 350th anniv of #RosalbaCarriera 's birth in spectacular fashion - the museum has just acquired Portrait of a Gentleman, c1730. 'We ... look forward to sharing Rosalba
Carriera’s brilliance with our visitors very soon,” said Director Matthew Hargraves.

✨A new Spotlight opens today, June 29, featuring a special loan from the Columbia Museum of Art (SC).

'Thomas Day: Southern Entrepreneur and Free Person of Color' is on view through October 22. This exhibition a part of the Art Bridges Cohort Program. #artbridges #thomasday

Conservation Talk this Friday at 1pm!

Paintings conservator Allen Kosanovich examines an in-process treatment of Salvator Rosa’s 'Landscape with Tobias and the Angel' (c. 1660). Free with admission. Meet in front of the Museum Shop.

Thank you to Fox for covering the opening of the show I was thrilled to co-curate with Henry Louis Gates Jr the Wadsworth Atheneum on Frederick Douglass, photography, and Sir Isaac Julien. fox61.com/article/entert…

Thank you to The Amistad Center Wadsworth Atheneum and the beautiful community that supported our growth for honoring my wife and and me tonight with the Spirit of #juneteenth Award.

'It is a triumph, one that catches and holds you long after you're out the door...' The The Boston Globe reviews 'I Am Seen…Therefore, I Am: Isaac Julien and Frederick Douglass' Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, CT:
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#Juneteenth Isaac Julien

There is still time to sign up for tomorrow's FREE community conversation: Exploring Mental Health & Art as Healing. Sign up at my.thewadsworth.org/35348/37300