Charles White: "Stroke of Genius": A Film by Samuel Harps

Charles White: "Stroke of Genius"

A Film  by Samuel Harps
Saturday, June 4 at 7:00pm
(free of charge, masks & proof of vaccination required)

Program registration begins Saturday, May 21

The film screening will be followed with a Q&A with Samuel Harps and Dimitri Dewes, Jt.

A young art student from Hampton Institute interviews Charles White about his mural "The Contribution of the Negro to Democracy in America" which the artist painted on the walls of the Historically Black University. With Dimitri Dewes, Jr. and Paris Campbell.

This free program is in conjunction with the Charles White: Influences exhibition in partnership with the Gordon Center for Black Culture & Arts and the CEJJES Institute. The exhibition is on view April 2 through June 11, 2022 in the Emerson Gallery @ RoCA.

The Charles White: Influences exhibition was made possible thanks to generous loans from the following individuals and institutions:

RoCA's programs are made possible, in part, with funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature. Funding is also made possible by the County of Rockland.

This project is made possible with funds from the ReStart the Arts, a regrant program of ArtsWestchester with support from the Office of the Governor, the New York State Legislature and the New York State Council on the Arts.