Virtual Fighters for Freedom Juneteenth Conversation
Tuesday, June 18, 7 p.m. 

Explore how artist William H. Johnson depicted the history behind the fight for freedom and the abolition of slavery in the United States in this exciting virtual talk.

SAAM’s Augusta Savage Curator of African American Art, Dalila Scruggs, will moderate a conversation between Hampton University Art Museum Curator of Collections, Kenlontae’ Turner, and SAAM’s Teacher Institutes Educator, Phoebe Hillemann, as they discuss two key works on loan from the Hampton University Art Museum, as well as other paintings featured in SAAM’s exhibition Fighters for Freedom: William H. Johnson Picturing Justice.

Learn about the role SAAM and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), like Hampton University, have played in preserving William H. Johnson’s work as well as the connections between the subjects of Johnson’s Fighters for Freedom series and the history and celebration of Juneteenth.

Converse with a Conservator: Caring for Fighters for Freedom
Tuesday, June 18, 5:30 p.m.

Smithsonian American Art Museum
Meet in the G Street Lobby
Free | Registration encouraged

Join Keara Teeter, the Meisel Conservator of Modern American Paintings, for an in-person gallery talk about the conservation process for artworks in SAAM’s exhibition Fighters for Freedom: William H. Johnson Picturing Justice. Discover how art meets science through conserving and preparing select paintings for travel and display in the museum’s galleries.

The Smithsonian American Art Museum is able to create and share experiences like these thanks to funding from generous supporters like you. Thank you for ensuring that American art is available to all. Donate to support SAAM.