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Closer Look Tours

First Friday of the Month, 2 p.m.

Coincides with the MAM’s Free First Fridays

Join us for informal 20-minute gallery talks that provide an in-depth examination of one work of art on view in the galleries. Tours led by MAM educators and docents.

Spotlight Tours
African American Artists on View at MAM

Saturdays, February 11, 18, 25, 1 p.m.
Free with Museum Admission

These 45-minute docent-led tours will highlight works by African American artists in the current exhibitions at MAM.

ALL ME: The Life and Times of Winfred Rembert

Thursday, February 16, 7 p.m.
FREE

In this moving documentary, the artist Winfred Rembert relives his turbulent life in the segregated South and the injustice and bigotry he experienced as recently as the 1960s and 70s. The film is abundantly visualized by his extensive paintings depicting the day-to-day existence of African Americans in that era; his indelible images of toiling in the cotton fields, singing in church, dancing in juke joints, and working on a chain gang are especially powerful. In a series of intimate reminiscences, the film shows us how even the most painful memories can be transformed into something meaningful and beautiful.

Rembert, now in his 60s, and film producer and Montclair resident Mark Urman will introduce this not-to-be-missed documentary that preserves an important, if often disturbing, chapter of American history. After the screening, film director Vivian Ducat, Rembert, and Urman will participate in a question-and-answer session.

For more information on the film, visit www.allmethemovie.com.

Image: Winfred Rembert, Chain Gang (All Me), 2004, dye on carved and tooled leather. The Collection of Margo and Frank Walter. Courtesy Adelson Galleries, New York. This work by Rembert is part of MAM's exhibition Look Now: Modern and Contemporary Art from Private Collections, on view February 12-June 17.

Fifth Annual Montclair African American Film Festival

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

Thursday, February 23, 7 p.m.
FREE
The Montclair Art Museum’s African American Cultural Committee (AACC) proudly collaborates with the Montclair African American Heritage Committee and Montclair resident Lonnie Brandon for the Fifth Annual Film Festival. The festival includes film screenings and discussions on topics relevant to the African American experience from the early 20th century to the present.

The Black Power Mixtape examines the evolution of the Black Power Movement in the black community and Diaspora from 1967 to 1975. The film combines music, startling 16mm footage (lying undiscovered in the cellar of Swedish Television for 30 years), and contemporary audio interviews from leading African-American artists, activists, musicians, and scholars.

All programs celebrating African American Heritage are sponsored by the African American Cultural Committee and made possible by a grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation.