Join us for a closing celebration of Afro-American Images 1971. Enjoy special exhibition tours and art activities for families. Artist Carl Vincent Williams will sign commemorative posters, available for purchase in the Museum store. A panel of community leaders will discuss the impact of Ricks’ vision and the lasting impression it left on our city. Cash bar. Registration required.

Image: Members of Aesthetic Dynamics, Inc. with Curator Margaret Winslow. Artwork (R): ""Soldado Senegaleses"", 1935. James Amos Porter (1905–1970). Oil on canvas, 18 1/4 × 14 1/8 in. (46.4 × 35.9 cm); frame: 25 5/8 × 21 9/16 × 2 3/4 in. (65.1 × 54.8 × 7 cm). Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution. © Estate of James A. Porter."