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Gallery Talk: A Tale of Two Vessels

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Harvard Art Museums

Two side-by-side images show a brown vessel with two handles near the rim and a heavily decorated, colorful vase with carved figures.

Join curatorial assistant Casey Monahan to explore how two 19th-century ceramic vessels tell two different stories of the United States.

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Gallery talks are limited to 18 people and registration is required. You can register by clicking on the event on this form, beginning at 10am the day of the talk.

Cost

This Event is free!

Location

  • In-person only.

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States

Neighborhood

Neighborhood 9

Please meet in the Calderwood Courtyard, in front of the digital screens between the shop and the admissions desk.

Dates and Times

.: Wednesday, April 24, 12:30PM – 1PM.

Additional information

Join curatorial assistant Casey Monahan to explore how two 19th-century ceramic vessels tell different stories of the United States. One vessel is made by enslaved potter David Drake and shows us both the artist’s agency and the lack of it. The other vessel is a presentation vase created for the U.S. centennial; it includes narrative imagery intended to evoke a shared American identity after the Civil War.

Two side-by-side images show a brown vessel with two handles near the rim and a heavily decorated, colorful vase with carved figures.

.: Wednesday, April 24, 12:30PM – 1PM.

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Harvard Art Museums

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