Pitney Bowes
Chief Executive Officers
Oil Portrait Gallery
Pitney Bowes
Chief Executive Officers
Oil Portrait Gallery
TECHNOLOGY + PROJECT MANAGEMENT
TECHNOLOGY + PROJECT MANAGEMENT
2023 HBCU LEGACY WEEK ON MARTHA'S VINEYARD
JULY 23 - 30
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Community Outreach Events
Tuesday, July 25
4:30 p.m.
In-Person and Virtual Art Talk
Wednesday, July 26
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
In-Person and Virtual Art Talk
Saturday, July 29
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
In-Person Art Talk and Reception
Sunday, July 30
4:00 p.m.
Virtual Art Talk
Howard University Art Collection Tour
Kenlontae Turner, Curator of Collections, Hampton University Museum
Virginia Mecklenburg, Senior Curator, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Enjoy a tour of highlights from Hampton University’s art collection, with a special focus by Dr. Mecklenburg on the exciting loan to SAAM of two major works by the African American modernist painter Willliam H. Johnson for inclusion in the museum’s presentation of Fighters for Freedom: William H. Johnson Picturing Justice, opening in March 2024.
Oak Bluffs Public Library
56r School Street in Oak Bluffs
Valerie Cooper, Community Outreach Consultant, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Meet at Galaxy Gallery
99 Dukes County Avenue in Oak Bluffs
Composing Color: Paintings by Alma Thomas
Dr. Jane Carpenter-Rock, Deputy Director of Museum Content and Outreach, Smithsonian American Art Museum
In this lively talk, Dr. Carpenter-Rock will preview this exhibition of colorful and exuberant abstract works by beloved African American artist Alma Thomas, opening in September at SAAM, home to the largest public collection of the artist’s work in the world.
Mariposa Museum
57 Circuit Ave in Oak Bluffs
Fisk University Art Collection Tour
Jamaal Sheats, Director, Fisk University Museum
Valerie Cooper, Community Outreach Consultant, Smithsonian American Art Museum
The Smithsonian American Art Museum is home to one of the largest and most significant collections of works by African American artists in the world. The artists represented in SAAM’s collection powerfully evoke themes both universal and specific to the African American experience, from the early Republic and the Civil War to present day questions of personal identity and racism.
(203) 977-8203
Northeast Region
Soundview Plaza
1266 E. Main Street
Suite 700R
Stamford, CT 06902
Mid-Atlantic Region
Evening Star
1101 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20004
Southeast Region
TWELVE Centennial Park
400 W Peachtree St. NW
Suite 3006
Atlanta, GA 30308
