Events

Past Events

Opening Reception: 'Free as they want to be: Artists Committed to Memory'
February 25, 2025
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6:00PM - 8:00PM EST
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102 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA
In Person
Free as they want to be: Artists Committed to Memory presents contemporary art inspired by historical memory. The exhibition considers in comparative perspectives the historic and contemporary role photography and film have played in remembering legacies...
Omar Diop dressed as Frederick Douglass, in a black suit with a green floral waistcoat matching the background behind him. He holds a bright yellow whistle to his mouth.

Breaking Boundaries: the Global Impact of Hiphop’s Original Dance
March 21, 2024
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6:00PM - 9:00PM EDT
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Hiphop Archive & Research Institute; Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art
In Person
Lecture & Presentation featuring Paul “Paulskeee” Ruma and Lino “Lean Rock” Delgado, pioneers in the breaking world. Together, they bring decades of experience, a deep understanding of breaking, and a passion for educating others about this significant...

Opening Reception: Day One DNA
November 3, 2023
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6:00PM - 8:00PM EDT
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Cooper Gallery, 102 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA
In Person
Day One DNA: 50 Years in Hiphop Culture from the private collection of Ice T & Afrika Islam

ArtsThursdays at the Cooper Gallery
March 2, 2023
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5:00PM - 7:30PM EST
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Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art, 102 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA
In Person
ArtsThursdays at the Cooper Gallery Join us for ArtsThursdays at the Cooper Gallery! The Cooper Gallery will be open late, from 5pm-7:30pm, as a part of ArtsThursdays, a university-wide initiative supported by Harvard University Committee on the Arts...

Discussion Panel: El Pasado Mío/My Own Past
September 20, 2022
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4:00PM - 6:00PM EDT
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Cooper Gallery, 102 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA
In Person
Please join us for conversation with Gertrudis Rivalta, J uana Valdés, Elio Rodríguez, Alberto Lescay, featured in El Pasado Mío/My Own Past: Afrodescendant Contributions to Cuban Art at the Ethelbert Cooper Gallery for African & African American Art...
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Exhibition Opening: El Pasado Mío / My Own Past
September 16, 2022
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6:00PM - 8:00PM EDT
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Cooper Gallery, 102 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA
In Person
Exhibition Opening El Pasado Mío / My Own Past: Afrodescendant Contributions to Cuban Art Admission: First come, first served. Registration available here. On view through June 9, 2023 This exhibition proposes a new approach to Cuban art through a...

Conversation Club with artist Chanel Thervil
July 7, 2021
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4:00PM - 5:30PM EDT
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Virtual
In Person
Join us for our third Conversation Club series honoring Boston-based Artist, Chanel Thervil! Thervil will engage you in conversation about power, value, and the layered experience of creating & reinforcing icons through her own work and Barkley L...
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Conversation Club with Artist Marlon Forrester
Mar 30, 2021
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6:30PM EDT
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Virtual Event
In Person
Does making art really matter? Why do you make art? How does culture affect how we see art? Join artist Marlon Forrester in a conversation and meditation on why art, design, and architecture are becoming one. REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT: https://harvard.zoom...

Drawing on Love & Justice Sketchbook Collective

Feb. 18 - Apr 15, 2021
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12:00AM - 12:00AM EST
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virtual
In Person
A Sketchbook Collective, Co-hosted with Cooper Gallery, February 18 - April 16 A project by artist Evelyn Rydz About the Collective In the time of a rampant pandemic and racial injustice, how can we draw on our tools to bear witness to the world we are...
title card drawing on love & justice

The Connect: A Black History Month Creative Panel & Networking Mixer
February 27, 2020
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6:00PM - 9:45PM EST
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102 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
In Person
REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Register here. On Thursday, February 27th, MullenLowe, The Hutchins Center, and M.I.N.D will host a panel discussion as we tackle a variety of issues and subjects that impact black creatives in the Boston area. The theme of this...

Exhibition Opening: 'Somnyama Ngonyama: Hail the Dark Lioness'
Jan 31, 2020
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6:00PM EST
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Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art, 102 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA
In Person
Exhibition Opening: Somnyama Ngonyama: Hail the Dark Lioness Curated by Renée Mussai 31 Jan 2020 - 01 June 2020 An Autograph Traveling Exhibition In more than 80 self-portraits, celebrated visual activist Zanele Muholi (South African, b. 1972), uses their...

"Playing in the Dark": A Roundtable In-Conversation with Zanele Muholi
Jan 31, 2020
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2:30PM EST
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Paine Hall, 3 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA
In Person
"Playing in the Dark": A Roundtable In-Conversation with Zanele Muholi REGISTRATION REQUIRED In-Conversation round table discussion with image projections and musical intervals featuring artist Zanele Muholi, curator Renée Mussai, and Professor Hlonipha...

Concert & Conversation: Featuring Charles Overton, hosted by Ingrid Monson
Dec 13, 2019
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7:00PM EST
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Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art, 102 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA
In Person
Concert & Conversation: Featuring Charles Overton, hosted by Ingrid Monson REGISTER HERE Contemporary jazz performers and noted guest speakers collaborate on a free evening of music and conversation in an art gallery! Join us for the third installation of...