The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, presentsHomecoming: Domesticity and Kinship in Global African Artfrom July 22, 2023, to May 25, 2024, featuring over 75 works drawn from the museum's collection of African and African diaspora art.
The 2022–23 Hood Museum of Art interns, from left to right, back to front: Moonoka Begay '23, Conroy Intern, double major in studio art and Native American studies; Milanne Berg '24, Homma Family Intern, major in art history, double minor in sustainability and anthropology; Lydia Davis '23, Homma Family Intern, double major in biology and art history; Han Bit (Lex) Kang '21, Homma Family Intern, major in linguistics, psychology, and government mod. philosophy, politics, and economics; Caitlyn
During the dark months of winter and through the summer people passing the Hood Museum will be able to experience a video work,Ga Bose Gangwe, by the South African artist Mohau Modisakeng. This graceful expression of resilience and determination will be on display in the vitrine window above the doors of the museum through August 2023.
The Hood Museum of Art happily welcomes a new work honoring the Black women graduates of 1973 to 1976 by visual artist and Dartmouth alum Wendy (Thompson) Kendrick '76. This commemorative work was commissioned by the Black Alumni of Dartmouth Association (BADA), which unveiled it during their 50th reunion celebration (May 27–30, 2022), after which it entered the museum's collection. Its acquisition at Dartmouth was made possible by the Class of 1968.