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Bethani Blake. | Courtesy Amistad Center for Art & Culture
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Amistad Center Announces New Curatorial Role
The Amistad Center for Art & Culture in Hartford, Conn., focuses on the African American experience. Founded in 1987, the center is housed in The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, which dates back to 1842. Last summer, Bethani Blake was appointed programs manager for the African Diaspora at the Amistad Center and the Atheneum. Now she is taking on the role of associate curator at the Amistad Center, a new position created in collaboration with the Atheneum. The appointment is effective immediately. In a statement about her promotion, Blake said: “I hope to empower a new generation of young people to reclaim space within the museum and organize exhibitions which recognize the ambiguity within the world we are currently experiencing. I am humbled to step into this next chapter with both the Atheneum and The Amistad Center.” Blake hails from Ohio and earned a BFA in painting and performing arts from the Savannah College of Art and Design (2021). (5/8) | More
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