IMAGES OF THE BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT BY ROBERT TEMPLETON FEBRUARY 4 -MARCH 15, 2002 Housatonic Musuem of Art Burt Chernow Galleries   Foreword by Director of HMA The Promise of Equality and Justice for All essay by Tony Ball

Lecture - Amy Bartell

February 7 - 11:00 am in the Gallery
Will discuss social activism in art.

Amy Bartell and the Mural Project Follow the progress of Amy's mural in the cafeteria.

We Shall Overcome, Verses from the 1960s

February 20 - 7:00 pm, Performing Arts Center
Cyd Slotoroff & Friends

"Cyd Slotoroff is a wonderful singer, songwriter and songleader," says Pete Seeger. Weaving elements of folk, jazz and blues, Cyd's concerts are playful, compassionate and empowering. Accompanying herself on guitar, Cyd is joined by a bass player and/or a guitar or dobro player. Her concert will feature "Civil Rights and Protest Songs." This is event has been funded in part by the Connecticut Commission on the Arts.
This event is free.

Film - A Time for Justice (Ongoing in the Gallery)

Produced by three-time Academy-award-winner Charles Guggenheim.
Recalls the crises in Montgomery, Little Rock, Birmingham and Selma. But more importantly, it reveals the heroism of individuals who risked their lives for the cause of freedom and equality.
On Continuous View in the Gallery

Lunch and Lecture
Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" and the 1960s

March 6 - 12:30 pm in A101

Peter Ulisse
Professor of English and Chairperson of the Humanities department, HCC