The new installation of six objects in the Amistad Center's John Motley Study Center was co-curated by Collections Manager/Gallery Administrator Moriah Peoples, and the Wadsworth Atheneum's Krieble Curator of American Paintings Erin Monroe. The show includes artwork from both collections and seeks to give greater awareness to self-taught African American artists who created work outside of the mainstream art world and were thus labeled as "folk" or "outsider" artists. Works dating from the 1930s to the 1990s address powerful themes such as identity and faith. Learn more below about the Amistad Center's fine art collection and watch the below recording of Curatorial Coffee Hour where curator Moriah Peoples speaks about the life and art of Ellis Ruley.