MAY 1, 2014 - MAY 31, 2014

VINNIE BAGWELL AND FRIENDS OF PHILIPSE MANOR HALL PRESENT

ENSLAVED AFRICANS' RAIN GARDEN EXHIBITION

Local sculptor Vinnie Bagwell has proposed an extensive public-art project that will commemorate the enslaved Africans who resided at Philipse Manor Hall in Yonkers–six of whom were among the first to be manumitted by law in the United States, 76 years before the Emancipation Proclamation. This exhibition in the Community Art Gallery of Philipse Manor Hall will feature five maquettes of the planned life-sized sculptures and will include historical information pertaining to slavery in Westchester.  The exhibit is designed to introduce the public to the Enslaved Africans’ Rain Garden concept.  

Admission to the Community Gallery is Free.

Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 12:00pm - 5:00pm

JOIN US FRIDAY, MAY 2, 6-8PM AT THE 

EXHIBITION OPENING RECEPTION.

SATURDAY, MAY 3, 12-5PM

Admission to Philipse Manor Hall 
will be free to the public, 
courtesy of Friends of Philipse Manor Hall