By Freedom or Willpower: Artists in Early Maryland

Description

Brittany Luberda, associate curator of decorative arts at the Baltimore Museum of Art, will share groundbreaking research on previously under-celebrated artists in colonial and Federal Maryland who were enslaved, indentured, or barred from access to training and advancement.

Disrupting art histories that privilege workshop owners and formally educated painters—often white men—Luberda will reveal that early Maryland artists came from all economic, gender, racial, and national backgrounds.

Free Admission February

In honor of Black History Month, Homewood Museum welcomes all visitors, free of charge, during the month of February. Visitors can tour the house's period rooms and learn about the struggles, contributions, resistance, and resilience of Homewood's first Black residents, including William Ross, Charity Castle, and Izadod Conner.