The Archive as Liberation
The Archive as Liberation is a group exhibition and publication by Aaron Turner, published by Light Work.
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Manifest
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New Partnership with Rena Bransten Gallery
I am pleased to announce a new partnership with the Rena Bransten Gallery in San Francisco, CA. The first exhibition opens April 5, 2025 and I will be there on May 10, 2025 in conversation with Makeda Best, Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Oakland Museum of California. https://renabranstengallery.com/exhibitions/wendel-white-schools-for-the-colored/
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Manifest: Thirteen Colonies Book Launch and Conversation
Sept 26 at 6pm, Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. I will be in conversation with Cheryl Finley, Leigh Raiford, Deborah Willis, and Brenda Tindal to discuss this recent publication of my work, Manifest: Thirteen Colonies. Co-published by the Peabody Museum Press at Harvard and Radius Books with six essays and interviews along with two
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Wendel White Folding Time
Rowan University Art Gallery and MuseumSeptember 3 – October 26, 2024 Reception and Artist’s Talk: Thursday, September 12, 5 – 7 pm, Artist’s talk begins at 5:30301 High Street Gallery “Wendel White is a distinguished photographer who focuses on Black history, the legacy of slavery, and the importance of empowering perspectives. Folding Time will feature selected photographs from his
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Podcast with Jennifer Berglund for HMSC Connects
“Welcome to HMSC Connects!, where we go behind the scenes of four Harvard museums to explore the connections between us, our big, beautiful world, and even what lies beyond. My name is Jennifer Berglund, part of the exhibits team here at the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture. And I’ll be your host. Today I’m
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Interview on About Photography Blog
I answer a few questions about my work and the Manifest: Thirteen Colonies project, co-published by the Peabody Museum at Harvard and Radius Books.
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Boston Globe Review of Manifest Exhibition
“A century ago, in “In the American Grain,” Williams wrote that history “is concerned only with the one thing: to say everything is dead.” No view could be more alien to “Manifest.” These artifacts White has chosen and the photographs he has taken to bear them — yes, bear them, with the solidity and subdued
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Wendel A. White: Manifest | Thirteen Colonies from Peabody and Radius
Manifest | Thirteen Colonies is a photographic project and journey through the repositories of African American material culture found in libraries, museums, and archives of the original thirteen English colonies and Washington, DC. Conceived by photographer Wendel A. White, this project is a personal reliquary of the remarkable evidence of Black agency and racial oppression
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Wendel White: Black Lives, Resistance, and Agency in America
Work from three projects will be exhibited in two spaces at Swarthmore College. Selected works from Schools for the Colored and Small Towns Black Lives in the. List Gallery and selected works from Manifest in the McCabe Library. Artist talk, Thursday, March 21 at 4:30 followed by a reception.
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2021 Robert Gardner Fellowship in Photography
“The Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard University, is pleased to announce the selection of the 2021 Robert Gardner Fellow in Photography. Following an international search, the Gardner Fellowship committee awarded the fellowship to photographer Wendel White.” #gardnerfellowship #photography #peabodymuseum #harvard