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Public Art & Public History

Projects & Presentations

Deane Keller with Cosimo

An Artist at War: Deane Keller, New Haven’s Monuments Man

In 1943, Nazi Germany controlled most of Western Europe and the Allies were preparing for the invasion of Italy and France. Urged by American scholars to spearhead an international effort to save and preserve Europe’s cultural treasures, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established a civilian commission to promote the formation of a Monuments…

New Haven Museum New Haven, Connecticut December 7, 2014 – December 30, 2016

Changing Images of Columbus in the Elm City, 1892-2008

The purpose of this brief presentation is to share with you some information and thoughts I have regarding the different images, which scholars call “visual culture” of Christopher Columbus, right here in the Elm City.   This work is part of my dissertation research in public art and fits in as a potential narrative chapter in that in looking at the different ways in which New Haven has commemorated Columbus…

Amity Club, New Haven 2015
Norwalk Quilt Trail Map

Norwalk Quilt Trail

Seven local arts and cultural institutions joined in a unique collaboration to form the Norwalk Quilt Trail, a series of exhibits during 2011 in Fairfield County, Connecticut. The Quilt Trail spotlighted 100 quilts made and collected in Norwalk. Together, the colorful quilts told the story of the life and the changing fortunes of this area…

Museums in Norwalk, Connecticut May to November 2011