A NEW MONUMENT: 350 Sculptures Invoke First Enslaved Africans
“Monumental Reckoning,” 350 sculptures she created to represent the first Africans kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1619.
TURNING BODY BAGS INTO ART
Seattle based artist Abigail Echo-Hawk, a public health researcher for the Seattle Indian Health Board and a member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. When her workplace requested personal protective equipment during the Corona pandemic, they were sent a box of body bags. This left Echo-Hawk feeling like the U.S. government didn't value the lives of Native Americans.
LAND CLAIM
Tomashi Jackson’s show at the Parish Museum of Eastern Long Island explores the experiences—past and present—of communities of color on Long Island’s East End.