True American Landscapes: Ansel Adams and Civil Rights

Sunday, January 5, 2025 from 2–3 p.m.

Registration required

$15, children 12 and under free

Join the Cincinnati Art Museum’s Curator of Photography, Nathaniel M. Stein, as he explores the relationships between Ansel Adams’s belief in civil rights, his ideas about American landscape and identity, and his photography.

Arrive early or stay after to view the exhibition Discovering Ansel Adams (ticketed separately).

This lecture is organized by the Donald P. Sowell Endowment Committee, an affiliate group of the Cincinnati Art Museum. Ticket proceeds support the Sowell Committee’s work to promote greater interaction and involvement of the African American community with the museum, including professional development opportunities, the acquisition and display of artwork by African American artists, programs, exhibitions, and other forms of creativity of interest to the African American community.

If you need accessibility accommodations, please contact us in advance at access@cincyart.org or fill out the accessibility request form.