Holiday Hours

Closed for Winter Break. Next Open January 3, 2026.

"Conspicuous by their absence": Curatorial Discussion with Amber N. Wiley and Diana Greenwald

Date & Time

Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.

Category

Talks & Tours

Location

Zimmerli Art Museum

71 Hamilton St, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901

Information

FREE and open to the public.

If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the access provided, please call Nicole Simpson, Access Coordinator, at 848-932-6178 or email nsimpson@zimmerli.rutgers.edu in advance of your participation.

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Detail: Allan Rohan Crite, "Harriet and Leon," 1941. Oil on canvas. Boston Athenaeum, Gift of the artist, 1971. Courtesy of the Allan Rohan Crite Research Institute and Library. Tony Rinaldo Photography.

In conjunction with the Zimmerli Art Museum's exhibition, Allan Rohan Crite: Neighborhood, please join us for a discussion between Amber N. Wiley (Prof, U of Oklahoma and author of the forthcoming Collective Yearning: Black Women Artists from the Zimmerli Art Museum) and Diana Greenwald (William and Lia Poorvu Curator of the Collection, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum).

RSVP and parking registration information coming soon.

This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Women in the Arts at Douglass.

The Zimmerli’s operations, exhibitions, and programs are funded in part by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and income from the Avenir Endowment Fund and the Andrew W. Mellon Endowment Fund. Additional support comes from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and the donors, members, and friends of the museum.

Generous support for bilingual text was provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program.

Grant funding has been provided by the Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners through a grant award from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund. For information on events, go to MiddlesexCountyCulture.com

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