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Community Day

Join us for a day of free, family-friendly activities featuring local artists and performers. Visitors of all ages are invited to draw comics, play games, make music, tour our exhibitions, enjoy treats and more!
MAKING + DOING
comics workshop with Adam Wallenta (10:30 am–12 pm)
music making with Thabisa (12–12:45 pm)
art-making activities (12:30–2 pm)
architectural models (10:30 am–2:30 pm)
games + puzzles + books (10:30 am–2:30 pm)
SEEING + LEARNING
special exhibition tours (11:00 | 11:30 | 1:30 | 2:00)

Ayi Kwei Armah’s “The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born” (1968), an Inspiration

Stephanie Newell, George M. Bodman Professor of English, Yale University, discusses the classic Ghanaian novel that inspired Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s ongoing series “The Beautyful Ones,” represented in the YCBA’s current exhibition of her work. Newell will describe the history and context of Ayi Kweh Armah’s novel of Ghanaian independence, and explore some of its themes. In this visceral novel, filled with dirt and bodily fluids, Armah vividly conjures the stench of political corruption.

Art In Context | Njideka Akunyili Crosby: Archiving Memory

Cheryl Finley (Yale PhD 2002), Director, Atlanta University Center Art History + Curatorial Studies Collective, Distinguished Visiting Professor, Spelman College, and Associate Professor, Cornell University, will discuss the central role photographic archives play in Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s practice, having the power to conjure memory while harnessing the past to signal the future.

Lisette: A song's journey from Haiti and back.

Baritone and musicologist Jean Bernard Cerin explores the tale - across centuries and continents - of “Lisette quitté la plaine,” an enduringly popular song from Cerin’s native Haiti alongside other music that intersects with the African diaspora. Cerin will be joined in the performance by soprano Michele Kennedy and keyboardist Joyce Chen. The performance is co-sponsored by the Yale Department of Music with support from the Institute for Sacred Music. In Sudler Recital Hall on the Yale campus.

Researching the Histories of Cataloguing to (try to) Make Better Metadata

Join us in the DHLab as Rossitza Atanassova (British Library) and James Baker (University of Southampton) discuss their work on histories of cataloging. They will provide an overview of computational approaches to analyzing and characterizing historical cataloging labor, and the purpose of that work: to support the production and maintenance of better and more equitable collection catalogs

Race in the Roberts Court: Prof. Khiara Bridges on Race, Abortion, and the Court

Please join the Solomon Center for Health Law for a discussion with Professor Khiara Bridges about her Harvard Law Forewords Article, “Race in the Roberts Court.” Her work examines the Supreme Court’s conceptions of racism by discussing its recent decisions, including an in-depth analysis of the Dobbs case that overturned Roe v Wade. This event will also be available via zoom.
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2023 Yale University MLK Commemoration feat. Martin Luther King III

2023 Yale University MLK Commemoration feat. Martin Luther King III
“Sanctuary in the Storm: Healing in Action”
Wednesday, January 18, 2023 | 5:30pm to 7:30pm (Doors open at 5:15p)
The Yale University and Greater New Haven communities are invited to attend this year’s MLK Commemoration that honors the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We are pleased to announce that Martin Luther King III will serve as this year’s keynote speaker.
Please Note:
Mask are required upon entry of Woolsey Hall.

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