“ArtBreak” with AAMP Director & Curator, Dejay Duckett!
Take a deep dive into the imagination of artists, makers and curators featured in our special exhibitions. This informal, conversational tour is a great complement for art lovers, students, scholars, teachers, and curious minds!
Join us every 3rd Thursday of the month for “ArtBreak”, a lunchtime art talk and exhibition tour led by our curatorial staff. This month’s event is led by our Director of Curatorial Services, Dejay Duckett and will focus on Adam’s inspiration in the Green Book and contemporary contexts of the exhibition. Support for ArtBreak is provided by PECO. This in-person event will take place in Gallery 4 and is limited to 20 guests. Please RSVP in advance.
Dejay B. Duckett is the Director of Curatorial Services at the African American Museum in Philadelphia. In the last four years at AAMP she has organized 13 exhibitions including Collective Conscious and Sonya Clark: Self Evident. Formerly, she was Associate Curator at The University of Pennsylvania’s Arthur Ross Gallery where for 15 years she curated projects including Henrique Oliverira: Adenocalcinoma Poliresidual and Darkwater Revival: After Terry Adkins. Duckett earned her B.A. in Art History from Spelman College in 1994, and an M.A. in Museum Studies from Seton Hall University in 2001, where she researched the evolving role of the culturally specific museum in the 21st Century. In 2019, Duckett was awarded the Distinguished Alumna Award from the College of Communication and Arts at Seton Hall University.
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