Upcoming Events

Revolutionary Acts: Ceremony for Revolutionary Seeds

Saturday, September 19, 2026 - 11 am to 3 pm
Performance at 12 noon​

Revolutionary Acts is a Monument Lab performance and public art series for 2026
exploring the histories of the American Revolution
through contemporary forms of commemoration, asking:
What revolutionary stories shape who we are today? 

​Ceremony for Revolutionary Seeds,
presented as part of Monument Lab’s Revolutionary Acts series,
is a traveling installation and participatory ritual program. 
It will be presented at the William Trent House in Trenton (September 19), 
the Johnson Cemetery Memorial Park in Camden (September 26), 
and the Fort Lee Historic Park in Fort Lee (October 3).

Ceremony for Revolutionary Seeds centers the often-overlooked contributions
of Black women in Revolutionary-era New Jersey
through a sculptural ceremonial structure, guided tea rituals,
site-based performances, and hands-on art-making workshops. 

Ceremony for Revolutionary Seeds invites residents and visitors to reflect
on memory, resilience, and the stories that continue to shape civic life.

Freedoms Reframed: Art on the Edges of the Constitution
An Exhibition of Art and Poetry

Exhibition extended to October 3, 2026
Closing Reception October 3rd - 5:00 to 6:30 pm

The Freedoms Reframed exhibition presents the work of artists and poets of different racial backgrounds, nationalities, and gender and gender expression, elevating voices historically underrepresented or ignored in constitutional and civic discourse.

Their work calls attention to the freedom to love without restriction, to pursue equitable educational opportunities, to enjoy personal and collective safety, to earn economic dignity and living wages, to access health care, and to self-definition and identity.

Placing contemporary creative expressions in art and poetry on the site of an early 18th century slave-holding plantation will encourage visitors to consider how America has expanded the rights and freedoms of citizens over the past 250 years and to imagine a more equitable and just future.

Organized by Trent House Association and Art Against Racism
 and curated by  Judith K. Brodsky and Rhinold L. Ponder.

We are grateful to an anonymous donor, the CTC Foundation, and Hunter Research
for their support of the exhibition.​

This exhibition is part of the Re-Visioning America: 1776–2026 initiative.
Partners include the Arts Council of Princeton, Morven Museum & Garden, Princeton Public Library,
Historical Society of Princeton, William Trent House Museum, Garden Theatre,
Princeton University Art Museum, and the Princeton University Humanities Initiative.

Further information on Re-visioning America is available 
​on the Princeton University Humanities Initiative website.