Allan Rohan Crite: The Dean of African American Art in New England

Thursday
October 23, 2025

7 - 8:30 pm
Calderwood Hall

Join us to celebrate the opening of Allan Rohan Crite: Urban Glory. An artist, storyteller, and civic leader who documented the daily life of Black Bostonians, Crite left a profound impact on the city of Boston and has long deserved greater national recognition. In a conversation moderated by co-curator of the exhibition Diana Seave Greenwald (William and Lia Poorvu Curator of the Collection), three Boston scholars and community leaders come together to share personal anecdotes, professional accolades, and profound insights in honor of a seminal artist and documentarian.

 

 

Image: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston. Photo by John Kennard

About The Speakers

Advance tickets are required and include Museum admission. Adults $22, seniors $20, students $15, free for members and children 17 and under. Seating in Calderwood Hall is first-come, first-served. Seating begins 45 minutes before the event. Late seating is not guaranteed.

To request accessible or wheelchair seating please call the box office at 617 278 5156.
 

Allan Rohan Crite: Urban Glory is supported in part by Barbara and Amos Hostetter, the Abrams Foundation, the Barr Foundation, the Henry Luce Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Wyeth Foundation for American Art, The Tom and Katherine Stemberg Fund for Exhibitions and Programs, Fredericka and Howard Stevenson, and by an endowment grant from the Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The Museum receives operating support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which is supported by the state of Massachusetts and the National Endowment for the Arts.