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Event Description
RISE TO FREEDOM: Jacob Lawrence's Toussaint L'Ouverture Prints
Curated by Thalia Vrachopoulous and Bill Pangburn
Dates: March 12 - April 19
Opening reception: Tuesday, March 12, from 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Jacob Lawrence’s Toussaint L’Ouverture suite of prints epitomizes the artist’s lifelong commitment to depicting and documenting black history. This 15 piece epic series by the Harlem Renaissance artist demonstrates the bravery of young Commander in Chief L’Ouverture in his struggle to found the first black Western republic of Haiti during the late 18th and early 19th Centuries.
The President’s Gallery at John Jay College is located at 899 Tenth Avenue, 6th Floor, NYC, NY 10019. The exhibition is free and open to the public Mon – Fri, 9am – 4pm. For more information about the President’s Gallery or the exhibition please call 212.237.8329 or email tvrachopoulos@jjay.cuny.edu or bpangburn@jjay.cuny.edu. |
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