with Felandus Thames, Artist and Amy Kurtz Lansing, Curator, Florence Griswold Museum

Included with Museum Admission, no advance reservations required

Join artist Thames and Curator Kurtz Lansing for a conversation in the gallery to discuss his recently commissioned work for the Florence Griswold Museum: Believed to be Jenny Freeman in her Sunday’s best (2024–25).

The beaded sculpture presents an imagined portrait of one of the African American women who lived enslaved in the Noyes household, now the Museum grounds. Thames envisions her likeness and dignifies her memory as part of an artistic practice that honors the Black experience.

The Museum’s educational programming is supported by the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut; Connecticut Humanities; the Randolph and John Dirks Fund; the John and Kelly Hartman Foundation; the Sally Bill Children’s Education Fund; the Betty M. Challgren Education Fund; the Elizabeth Matthews Hubbard Education Fund; the Ingalls Foundation Education Fund; the Sali Godard Riege Educational Fund; and the Lelan F. Sillin, Jr. Education Endowment Fund.