Three Girls Playing Double Dutch, Hartford ; Thursday is a Work of Art

Slide depicting three African-American girls playing Double Dutch (jump rope) by the Gold Building (755 Main Street) in Hartford. Taken during a Thursday is a Work of Art event. ; Gift ; Accessioned object ; Gift of Robert Gregson ; Thursday is a Work of Art was a public art program in downtown Hartford that took place for eight weeks in the summer of 1977 and 13 weeks in the summer of 1978. Every Thursday, people who lived, worked, shopped, and socialized in the city were confronted with public performance art that changed each week. The art was sometimes political, often controversial and co... Mehr ...