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SUMMARY:Queens\, Gods\, and Devotees: Selections from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art
DESCRIPTION:Tawny Chatmon (b. 1979)\, Iconography/A Hopeful Truth (detail)\, 2023\, 24k gold leaf\, 22k moon gold\, acrylic paint\, semi-precious stones & other mixed media on archival pigment print\, 56” x 42”. Courtesy of the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art. \n\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Cantor Art Gallery\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				 \n\nFeaturing over 30 paintings\, sculptures\, photographs\, prints\, and fiber works from c. 1900 to the present\, Queens\, Gods\, and Devotees foregrounds earthly and divine greatness\, and their associated devotional objects and ritual practices. Many of these images of exalted figures and concepts related to spirituality and worship are specific to the Black American experience\, or are re-imagined in a Black cultural context. References to Greek mythology\, the Judeo-Christian tradition\, ancient cultures and traditional African spiritual practices appear alongside one another.  \nThe exhibition includes work by celebrated artists including Romare Bearden\, Henry Ossawa Tanner\, Richmond Barthé\, John Biggers\, Willie Cole\, Shinique Smith\, Tawny Chatmon\, Imo Nse Imeh and Sharif Bey\, among others. Selections in Queens\, Gods\, and Devotees are drawn entirely from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art. The PFF Collection is a targeted initiative to bring focus to the full range of African American visual creativity and its essential place in the history and discourse of American Art. As part of a growing and thoughtful dialogue about the African American experience through art\, the PFF Collection seeks to visually represent a cross-section of themes that speak not only to the African American community\, but also the broader American community.  \nCurated by Susanna W. Gold\, Ph.D. \n\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Exhibition Events\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				 \n\nOpening ReceptionThursday\, September 17 | 5:30 PM | Cantor Art Gallery \nArtist Talk: Imo Nse ImehThursday\, October 1 | 4:30 PM | Rehm LibraryOrganized by The McFarland Center for Religion\, Ethics and Culture \n\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Details\n \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				On View August 25-November 24\, 2026 \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Price\n \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Free Entry \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Venue\n \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n\nIris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery3rd Floor\, The Prior Performing Arts Center
URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/queens-gods-devotees-african-american-art/
LOCATION:Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cantor Art Gallery,Events at The Prior
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T193000
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SUMMARY:Working Writers Series: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Program\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Working Writers Series\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				 \n\nNew York Times-bestselling author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah will read from and discuss his work as part of the Working Writers Series sponsored by the Creative Writing Program. \nNana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah was raised in Spring Valley\, New York\, and now lives in the Bronx. His debut collection\, Friday Black\, was a New York Times bestseller\, won the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award and the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing\, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Award and the Dylan Thomas Prize. His first novel\, Chain-Gang All-Stars\, was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction\, shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize and the Books Are My Bag Awards\, and selected as a New York Times Top Ten Books of the Year. Adjei-Brenyah is a National Book Foundation’s ‘5 Under 35’ honoree. \n\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Details\n\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				September 10\, 20267:30 p.m. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Price\n\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Free Entry\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Venue\n\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n\n“The Alden” Performance Studio3rd Floor\, Prior Performing Arts Center
URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/working-writers-series-nana-kwame-adjei-brenyah/
LOCATION:Alden Trust Performance Studio (3rd Floor\, Prior Performing Arts Center)\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Creative Writing Program,Events at The Prior
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SUMMARY:Polytope | Memory
DESCRIPTION:Department of Music\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Polytope\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Memory\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Funded by The Patrick E. Moriarty\, M.D. ’57 Visiting Scholars Program\n			\n				Tickets On Sale Soon\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				 \n\nMemory is a concert curated for Polytope Music’s 2026 residency program at Holy Cross. An immersive\, interactive work featuring Jie Ma\, pipa player (traditional Chinese lute)\, educator & sound artist; Brian Foreman\, percussionist and electronic musician; and Professor Brian Saia\, sound designer. \nWhere thousands of years of eastern tradition meet music technology\, it’s an evening that asks the question: what does it mean to remember through sound? \nThe performance is the culmination of a residency that brings Polytope Music into the classroom\, where students work alongside the artists to explore how tradition and technology can be woven into living sound. As the past speaks to the present\, Memory does what music has always done best — it draws us toward connection across generations and cultures\, time and space. \n\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Details\n \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				September 10\, 20267:30 p.m. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Price\n \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Free Entry\, Reservation Required. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Venue\n \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n\nBoroughs TheatrePrior Performing Arts Center
URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/polytope-memory/
LOCATION:Boroughs Theatre – Prior Performing Arts Center\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Department of Music,Events at The Prior
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