Last week, we shared the first in our series of articles in honor of Juneteenth, America’s second Independence Day. We’re happy to bring you the second installment, in which curatorial fellow Katherine Mintie uses works from our collections to look at the struggle for full voting rights. Many others, from across Harvard, have also covered the quest for racial justice, and we invite you to read these stories as well.
We are in the last week of our extremely popular online Student Guide Tours. Many thanks to those who have attended and to the wonderful guides who have brought art into our homes. The tours will resume in the fall. If you want to learn more about our student guides and their work, check out these interviews.
This week on Harvard Art Museums from Home: Curatorial fellow Katherine Mintie shares works from our collections that address the struggle for full and equal voting rights, from Emancipation to the Civil Rights Movement. Join graduate student Inês Torres to learn about the aesthetics and function of ushabtis, ancient Egyptian funerary figurines. An ushabti is also featured in our coloring book for kids. Join us for an all new live Art Talk series, kicking off Thursday, July 2. Other live events coming up include online Ho Family Student Guide Tours and registration is now open for a new Art Study Center Seminar at Home | 