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Miguel Valerio's discussion of Afro-centric Baroque art in Brazilian churches shows how Black Catholics used religion to emphasize their equality. #MaterializingRace
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This creole-style house with a galerie is one of three documented poteaux-en-terre (post in ground, no foundation) structures still standing in the area. It was purchased by Antoine Recole, a free man of color, in 1840. #materializingrace
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The schedule for #MaterializingRace, an “unconference” on material culture and race, just came out and all of the talks sound absolutely fascinating! I will be speaking on race and schoolgirl art in New England. If that interests you, check out the schedule and register!
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**#MaterializingRace UPDATE** We are closely monitoring the present widespread Zoom outages across the globe, and will get back to you with any updates that might affect our unconference at 1PM EST. Thank you SO MUCH for your support and patience!
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Really enjoyed this gallery of objects made or owned in/around 18th-century Williamsburg. Exhibited amidst gentry portraits and elegant furniture, the inclusion of a fragmented colonoware vessel is especially poignant. @colonialwmsburg #vastearlyamerica #materializingrace
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Hear Dianne discuss her practice of making and wearing distinctive tignon headwraps at #MaterializingRace Activation and Engagement II: Making as Interrogatory Method this Friday! Free ticket sales end tomorrow! #historyinthemaking
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“Govener of ye Affrican Trib,” Boston Trowtrow (circa 1706-1772) was elected Norwich’s “Black Governor” in 1770. Serving until 1772, he was tasked with mediating relations between his mostly enslaved "constituents" and white townspeople. #vastearlyamerica #materializingrace
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UPDATE: Thanks to overwhelming response and feedback, #MaterializingRace: An Unconference on Objects and Identity in #VastEarlyAmerica will be conducted as an OPEN session! Mark your calendars for 1PM EST on August 24 & 25, more info here: https://t.co/BaT3Q54Omh
@cynthiawriter
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Mulata de Lima en 1793/Señora de Lima en 1793 Attrib. Juan Ravenet @MuseoDeAmerica
#VastEarlyAmerica #MaterializingRace
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Loving #MaterializingRace and the short presentation/"unconference" format. Resistance, racialization, fragmented histories, and an amazing variety of materials from deerskin to wax to ruffs to beads to ivory to silver, all packed into <2 hours. #cambtweet
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Tickets for the next @Material_Race event on the 26 are available now through Friday! #materializingrace #vastearlyamerica #materialculture
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#MaterializingRace is pleased to feature Sarah Woodyard, Journeywoman Milliner-Mantua Maker and owner of Sewn Company, at our next event! Committed to hand sewing, she seeks to reconnect people with themselves and their past by “remembering what their hands can do.”
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At #MaterializingRace right now - @e_p_wells asks what we can learn from these objects? Answer, SO much!!
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I SO excited for @e_p_wells analysis of race and samplers at #MaterializingRace I mean, come on, how amazing is this?!?
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"In these stitches, we see her skill, and we see her humanity." #MaterializingRace panelist Sarah Woodyard on Charlot/Charlotte, an enslaved seamstress at @MountVernon, and a late 18th-century cap owned and worn by Martha Washington. #vastearlyamerica #historyinthemaking
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Watch this space for information on our second annual #MaterializingRace #unconference, to include a date and call for papers. More details to come soon! #vastearlyamerica
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Really enjoyed your presentation on ruffs yesterday at #MaterializingRace @lauren_working. My mind almost exploded when this was in my mailbox today! @BitchMedia
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"Aesthetics connect these textiles to themes of American economic independence, but their materiality belies multifaceted connections to colonialism and slavery." #MaterializingRace speaker Justin Squizzero on reproducing an 1830 coverlet. #vastearlyamerica #historyinthemaking
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"There is healing through history. Making and wearing tignons is personal, because these were my ancestors. I'm shaping a narrative when I teach and tell their stories." #MaterializingRace speaker @dihonore on history, making, and memory. #vastearlyamerica #historyinthemaking
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Registration for the first in an ongoing series of #MaterializingRace unconferences ends TODAY at 5 PM EST! Link is in the @materializingrace bio, or visit https://t.co/vICFhkQ84O.
#vastearlyamerica #zoomzoom #zoommeeting #earlyamerican #americanhistory #americanart #materi…
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