Reception and Artist’s Presentation

  Nation building and myth building go hand-in-hand. Through research completed during a NEH Institute: “Toward a People’s History of Landscape,” this session focuses on place-based narratives of Black and Indigenous residents of Washington, DC, overridden and hidden by the grandeur of marble monuments. Washington, DC, serves as a model study of the lasting impact […]

  Looking at movement, migration, and material practices, Dr. Hunter looks at how groups made places of belonging and crafted opportunities for new relationships. Her work is guided by the question: How do people make place and create rhythms of belonging in fragile spaces? The aesthetics of her work are guided by elements of place, […]