Film Series

Friday Afternoons with Elizabeth Catlett

A man and a woman looking into each other's eyes with serious expressions on their faces.
Elizabeth Catlett, Randy Hemminghaus, Anne Q. McKeown, Print Club of New York, Gossip, 2005, color digital and photo-lithograph on wove paper, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008.115.1185
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Join us on select Friday afternoons for lunch-time screenings of documentaries celebrating legendary artist Elizabeth Catlett.

Programmed in conjunction with the exhibition Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist.

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