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Dell M. Hamilton

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Boston-based artist, writer, curator. Acting Director, Alain Locke Gallery at Harvard’s Hutchins Center for African & African American Research

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I’m looking forward to this Thursday’s October 8 Spotlight Talk with Jim Dow fellow co-organizer of 0SMFA at 150: Looking Back,” an episodic history of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA).
Renowned photographer & faculty member emeritus Jim Dow will explore work from the community of photographers at the SMFA from the 1970s onward, and I will discuss the legacies of artistic pedagogies that emerged at the school, from the seminal Black artists and educators trained at the SMFA in the early 20th century to performance art and its development in the latter half of the century which includes the work of Sarah Hill, @allisonmariarodriguez, @waterkeeperslibrary, @helina.metaferia, @abariarts, @klediastudios, in conversation with @maryellenstrom, @daniellejabrams, #marilynarsem & #magdacampospons. The show runs through November 8 and the talks will take place at @smfaattufts Grossman Gallery & Anderson Auditorium, 6pm, 230 Fenway. See you there! by @dellmhamilton

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Y’all! It’s been hectic but it feels great to share some images of a few of artworks featured in *An Introduction to Van Lévé. Sovereign Visions from the Creole and Maroon Caribbean and Amazonia: Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyane & and Haiti: 2001-Now* curated by Claire Tancons. On view at the Hutchins Center’s Alain Locke Gallery, 102 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge from September 28, 2026 - June 5, 2027. Opening Reception on 9/28 at 6pm. Panel discussion with Claire on 9/29, 5pm in Marcyliena H. Morgan Hip Hop Archive & Research Institute, 104 Mount Auburn Street, Floor 2R. Cambridge.

This is the first time, we are presenting a show focused on the French Caribbean, and I’m looking forward to how our visitors will receive the show over the coming months.

From the exhibition blurb:
“As France continues to reckon with its involvement in the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and colonial slavery on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Taubira Law recognizing both as crimes against humanity, Van Lévé asks: how do artists, connected by their fraught past and present connections with France, deploy critical inquiry and aesthetic elaboration to forge emancipatory dreams that can be transformed into tangible sovereign visions?”

Image credit:
David Gumbs, “Sonjé,” 2024. VR installation by @dellmhamilton

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14 days ago

Repost from @tuftsartgalleries
Very honored to be part of this collaborative curatorial effort to celebrate SMFA’s 150th Anniversary. Curating the video & performance works plus a section on Black pedagogies was inspiring 👏🏾👏🏾
Join us on Thursday, September 17 from 6-8PM for the SMFA at 150 Community Celebration, featuring “SMFA at 150: Looking Back.” This milestone anniversary honors 150 years of groundbreaking arts education at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) at Tufts and brings together alumni, students, artists, cultural leaders, neighbors, and friends for an evening of connection, reflection, and celebration.

RSVP at the link in our bio 🔗 by @dellmhamilton

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Y’all! I made my first linocut with the help of Andrew and Stacy at @newimprintstudio 🙌🏾. New Impressions was asked to contribute prints for this year’s edition of the Somerville Art Council’s @somervilleartscouncil ArtBeat Festival in Davis Square. The theme was revolution. Within my studio practice that has always meant that the end and the beginning are two sides of the same coin. As a result, I combined a cosmogram for Damballah, the sky father and creator, from Haitian Vodun with the ouroboros, the symbol of a snake eating itself, which has been transmitted from ancient Egyptian iconography and absorbed into Greek mythology. In total there are 64 prints produced by the artists at New Impressions Studio. On Saturday, New Impressions will have a table at ArtBeat in Davis Square, and they will be diagonal from the window installation of all the prints (close to JP Licks). Below is more information about ArtBeat.

🎉 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗢𝗡 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄!

Help us spread the word! ArtBeat 2026: REVolution is happening as planned, and we can’t wait to celebrate with you!

There’s a chance of rain, so we recommend coming prepared for a great day outdoors:
💧 Free water refills at the Quench Buggy
🌬️ Cooling Mist Tent near the Boston Children’s Chorus booth, by the Davis Post Office on Day Street (1:00–4:00pm)
🥤 Bring your reusable water bottle
👒 Bring a hat for the sun and ☔ an umbrella or light rain jacket, just in case
🧴 Don’t forget your sunscreen

𝗥𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰, 𝗮𝗿𝘁, 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱, 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝘂𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗲!

📣 Please help spread the word by sharing this post with your friends and family.

ArtBeat graphic design by Pete Moulthrop / Bearded Tales of Woe
#ArtBeat2026 #StayCool #SomervilleEvents #REVolution #newimpressionsstudio by @dellmhamilton

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3 months ago

Repost from @royallhouse1737
I’m thrilled to be a part of this important symposium 🙌🏾✊🏾 happening on June 13, and organized by Kyera Singleton, executive director of @royallhouse1737, the Cambridge Public Library and the Somerville Museum: “Land/Mark: A Symposium on Enslavement, Resistance, and the Revolution”
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Saturday, June 13th | 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM at the Cambridge Public Library Lecture Hall (449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA)
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This symposium explores the story of Mark, Phillis and Phebe, three enslaved people punished in 1755 for fatally poisoning their enslaver, John Codman, in order to break free from slavery. The case was so well known that 40 years later, Paul Revere used the location of Mark’s body as a landmark when describing his famous 1775 ride. How should we remember Mark, Phillis and Phebe? And how can we reclaim stories of Black life, resistance and rebellion?

Presented at Cambridge Public Library Lecture Hall by the Royall House & Slave Quarters and the Somerville Museum in partnership with History Cambridge, Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge Black History Project, Old North Illuminated and the Somerville Department of Racial and Social Justice. Made possible by a grant from Mass Humanities through the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC).

Keynote Address: @kelliecarterjackson , author of We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance

Two panels featuring insights from Aabid Allibhai, Jaimie Crumley, Dan Breen, Ifé Franklin, Dell M. Hamilton, Angela M. Counts, Kendra Field, and Kyera Singleton.

Refreshments: Complimentary refreshments will be provided

Admission: Free and open to the public https://cambridgepl.libcal.com/event/16793265

Thank you @royallhouse1737 @masshumanities @mcc and event partners @oldnorth1723 @histcambridge @cambridgeblackhistory @somerville.rsj @cambridgepubliclibrary Thank you to panelists @kendra.t.field jaimiedcrum @ife_franklin_slave_narrative @dellmhamilton by @dellmhamilton

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4 months ago

Fantastic news, yall! “Renaissance, Race, and Representation in the Harmon & Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art” has been extended through June 16. This will be your last chance to see this beautiful exhibition before it heads back to San Antonio. The final curator’s tour will take place on Friday, June 12 at 3pm. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 10am-6pm, Saturday, 10am-5pm. To learn more about the show, visit: lockegallery.fas.harvard.edu. by @dellmhamilton

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4 months ago

I’m in the midst of taking another screenprinting class at @newimprintstudio but also taking a printmaking class working with found materials at @cambridgecenter. Both classes have opened up possibilities for projects that I’ve had in my head for a while but didn’t exactly know how to execute. Besides having fun, and making a lot of mistakes, it’s been a godsend for reminding me why I have to keep doing PT for my shoulder and getting to the gym. I have to persevere if I have any chance of regaining my confidence in the studio. by @dellmhamilton

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5 months ago

This afternoon at 1pm we are live-streaming “Exhibiting Art from the French- and Creole/Kreyol-Speaking Caribbean and Amazonia: Sociological, Historical, Art Historical, and Museological Perspectives” - a two-day symposium we are launching in anticipation of the Alain Locke Gallery’s fall exhibition opening on September 22. The exhibition’s guest curator is Claire Tancons who has selected contemporary artists from Haiti, Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guiana.

The symposium is organized by Cécile Fromont (Harvard) and Audrey Célestine (NYU) and the speakers include Claire Tancons, Tao Leigh Goffe, Denise Murrell, Justin Brown, Marina Kliger, and Cédrine Scheidig among others. The talks are free and open to the public. You can also check out the livestream on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/hutchinscenter.

Image credit: Gwladys Gambie, Anatomie du sensible #14, 2020 by @dellmhamilton

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Repost from @cadvc_umbc
Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture (CADVC) at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County: Last fall @rku_views, director of CADVC, invited me to not only perform with #mariamagdalenacampospons but to also contribute a short essay for the digital guide which commemorates the December 5th, 2025 performance, “Vignettes in 3 Sessions: An Immersive Ancestral Experience” with KaMag (María Magdalena Campos–Pons and Kamaal Malak) in the CADVC gallery, and the presentation of “I am Soil – My Tears Are Water” (2025) as part of CADVC’s public art projection series.
The performance of “Vignettes in 3 Sessions” transformed CADVC gallery into a a multi-media, multi-sensory sanctuary combining spoken word, live music, sound design, and other sensorial experiences in an intimate, participatory format. This multimedia publication gathers multiple points of entry into that experience, with additional essays by @tatigrams and Maleke Glee.

The digital publication is alt-text embedded and available to the public as a free, open-access resource.

Thanks to performance supporters @artsatumbc, the UMBC Arts+ initiative, @circa_umbc, and @umbc_cahss, as well as fellow performers M’Balou Camara, Tibetan Buddhist practitioners Xiaoming Zhang and Lawrence Galea, event producer Zak Gutzwiler, photographer Tedd Henn, and many others. Special thanks to designer Gwen Knott and CADVC Graduate Assistant Elle Jones for their efforts on the publication. And, above all, thanks to KaMag for the opportunity to perform with them last year. ❤️

Check out the digital guide by visiting https://cadvc.umbc.edu/multimedia-publication/vignettes-in-3-sessions-kamag-at-cadvc-digital-publication/

@cadvc_umbc @maria_magdelena_campos_pons @kamaalmalak @umbc_cahss @artsatumbc @umbclife @umbccampuslife @umbcalumni @circa_umbc @MDArtsCouncil @teddhenn #ArtsatUMBC #cadvc #umbc #umbclife #arts #research #umbcretrievers #umbcalumni #baltimore #MDArtsCouncil by @dellmhamilton

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6 months ago

Between doing deep dives on the Black printmakers featured in “Renaissance, Race, Representation in the Harmon & Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art” in our current exhibition at the @lockegalleryhc_harvard, our upcoming fall exhibition on French Caribbean contemporary art, and my own studio projects, my office has turned into a what I’m calling a zone of discursive chaos. My brain is overloaded with info (in a very good way)! Here’s just a handful of the titles I’m working through right now: the catalogue from the fantastic “Say It Loud: AAMARP, 1977 to Now” curated by @jeffreydeblois, as well as “The New Negro: A History in Documents, 1887-1937” by @henrylouisgates and Martha H. Patterson, “To Conserve a Legacy: American Art from Historically Black Colleges and Universities” edited by Richard Powell and Jock Reynolds, “A Camera in the Garden of Eden: The Self-Forging of a Banana Republic” by Kevin Coleman, “Colonialism & Resistance in Belize: Essays in Historical Sociology” by O. Nigel Bolland, and just received today “Who We Art: 30 Years of Haitian Art in New England” edited by Charlot Lucien which features a round up of artists from the Haitian Artist Assembly of Massachusetts…truly an embarrassment of intellectual richness for me to absorb and think about. by @dellmhamilton

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6 months ago

Repost from @hutchinscenter
Tonight at the @thehiphoparchive (Hutchins Center, 104 Mount Auburn Street, Floor 2R) with @debwillisphoto and @sarahelizabethlewis1 in conversation, with a reception following @lockegalleryhc_harvard. The 25th anniversary of Deborah Willis’s fantastic book, “Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers 1840 to the Present.” The first 50 guests will receive a special gift, courtesy of @harvard_arts #ArtsThursdays and the Hutchins Center by @dellmhamilton

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I’m still not 100% after rotator cuff surgery last year so I feel like I’m re-learning how to work small again. I’m also taking a really fun screenprinting class at @newimprintstudio. Can’t tell you how good it has been to get my hands dirty again. 🙌🏾 by @dellmhamilton

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