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Update: This event has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience. David Clyde Driskell, whose work Woman with Flowers, 1972, is currently on long-term loan from Art Bridges, will talk about his life and career as an African American artist, collector, and advisor. Interviewed by HRM Junior Docents, followed by a Q&A and reception with

Explore portraiture in a hands-on workshop led by artist Ebony Bolt, inspired by works on view in Art and Identity: Highlights from the Collections of the Hudson River Museum and Art Bridges. Participants create their own portrait using fine-point pens and markers. Support provided by Art Bridges.

Join us for a special family tour of our new exhibitions Can I Get A Witness: Photographs by Herb Snitzer and Through Our Eyes: Milestones and Memories of African Americans in Yonkers. Be inspired by the images and create and practice performing a spoken word family portrait in the galleries. Ages 3+.

Join Laura Vookles, Chair of the Curatorial Department, in the galleries for a conversation about Herb Snitzer’s broad artistic vision, whose works reflect his deep empathy and desire for social justice.

Join contemporary art curator and entrepreneur Dexter Wimberly as he discusses Black artistic practice in the revolutionary period from 1963–83. Wimberly will focus on paintings by David Clyde Driskell, Barkley L. Hendricks, and Kerry James Marshall, on loan from Art Bridges, and highlight emerging artists who have been influenced by that period. Support provided by

Enjoy a docent-led tour of Art and Identity: Highlights from the Collections of the Hudson River Museum and Art Bridges. Support provided by Art Bridges.

Update: This event has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience. Join us for a film screening of The Lavender Scare, the first documentary to tell the story of a campaign by the federal government to identify and fire all employees suspected of being homosexual. Join Robert Voorheis, President of the Yonkers Mayor’s LGBTQ+ Advisory

Learn about the stories of Yonkers’ past from those who lived it, in a panel moderated by Kress Interpretive Fellow Christian Stegall and Thaddeus Stegall, internationally recognized educator and speaker focusing on race, social justice, and leadership. Panelists include: Luther Garrison, a lifelong resident of Yonkers whose family has been here since the nineteenth century;

Enjoy all there is to see and do at the Museum while sipping beer and wine available for purchase and listening to tango musical selections from HRM Teen DJs. Then, attend a free 8pm performance in the Amphitheater by Latin Grammy Award–winning bassist and composer Pedro Giraudo and his ensemble.

Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH) is just what it sounds like—drag queens reading stories to children in libraries, schools, and bookstores. DQSH captures the imagination and play of the gender fluidity of childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models. Here in the Museum, kids are able to see people who defy