Registration
Admission for this program is $45.
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This program is for those 18 and older.
Registration opens for Delancey Society members on Friday, September 12, for Rosenbach members on Friday, September 19, and for the general public on Friday, September 26. Registration opens at 12:00 p.m. ET.
Description
Join the Rosenbach Museum & Library and GALAEI for a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance, a literary and artistic movement centered in Harlem, New York that witnessed an explosion of achievement by Black artists working in many genres.
The movement encompassed artists across genders and sexualities who combined artistic excellence with social commentary and civic activism. During this program, you will view rare books, manuscripts, and other artifacts of the Harlem Renaissance and its impact, including letters and writings of Langston Hughes, a first edition of Philadelphian Alain Leroy Locke’s The New Negro, and a signed first edition of Toni Morrison’s Beloved. Following the collection presentation, Jesse Erickson, Astor Curator of Printed Books & Bindings at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York, will discuss how gender and sexuality intersected with racial identities in shaping the art and social life of the period. The program will conclude with a preview discussion of a Harlem Renaissance-inspired performance at the Arden Theatre Company, which will be held on Thursday, November 13.
The content for the conversation is inspired by the Rosenbach’s digital exhibition “I Am an American!” The Authorship and Activism of Alice Dunbar-Nelson, available at www.alicedunbarnelson.com. Each registrant for the Rosenbach program will receive a copy of African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song as part of their ticket purchase. The anthology features poems by Dunbar-Nelson. (Our guest presenter, Jesse Erickson, co-curated the “I Am an American!” digital exhibition.)
Learn more about GALAEI on their website: https://www.galaeiqtbipoc.org/.
This program is part of “The People’s Friend: Civic Dialogues at the Rosenbach.”
As the United States reckons with challenging civic divisions, the Rosenbach is doing its part to create opportunities to learn, grow, and heal together, as one people. “The People’s Friend: Civic Dialogues at the Rosenbach” invites members of our community to learn about history and build a bright future together.