To Whom This Ground Belongs

An exhibition by Jalen Hamilton
June 11 – July 22, 2022

To Whom this Ground Belongs is a collection of legacies translated through pathways of resilience, responsibility, and intergenerational conversations. Pulling the title from a poem written for the short film, A Celebration Of Us (2021), the provocation is simple: the land on which we live is contested, and we must challenge the dominant narratives wielded to disinherit African-American communities of their power and potential.

With the ability to structure and restructure the futures and presents we have inherited, Hamilton urges us to ask where we come from in order to know better where we aim to go.

Exhibition curated by Faith Overall