The Art of Reading: the Invention of Wings

Sue Monk Kidd’s pre-Civil War story presents two extraordinary women: one an urban enslaved descendant of Fon people of western Africa; the other a planter-class Charlestonian who evolves into a Quaker abolitionist and feminist.

“At the age of 11, I owned a slave I couldn’t free.” – Sarah Grimke

Guided tour, Mint Museum Randolph: Arts of Africa and Portals to the Past galleries to see connections to our art through the lens of two women enduring bondage and resistance, voice and silence, and the enduring struggle for liberation of Sarah Grimké and Handful—two women bound by circumstance, divided by race, yet united in their pursuit of freedom, voice, and selfhood.

This event is included with the price of admission.