Edward M. Bannister: The Artist and his Influences with Nancy Whipple Grinnell
Thursday, March 13th, 2025
Richard I. Burnham Resource Center | 82 Touro Street, Newport
Admission $15-$20 per person
6:30pm to 7:30pm; doors open at 5:30pm for a complimentary reception
One of the preeminent Black artists of the nineteenth century, Edward Mitchell Bannister led a multi-faceted life. Barbizon painter, photographer, abolitionist, transcendentalist, spiritualist, sailor: Bannister was all of these and more during his life of seventy-three years. A member of the Providence, Rhode Island art community, Bannister also spent time in Newport.
Join Nancy Whipple Grinnell, Curator Emerita of the Newport Art Museum, for an illustrated talk as she explores Bannister’s evolution as an artist, his marriage to Christiana Carteaux and the challenges they faced as members of the Black middle class.
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Institution or Organization name - Newport Historical Society
