piecemeal (earthen works in progress) is a gathering of artists and makers exploring what it means to build joyful kinship with the Land. Centering the perspectives of Black folks engaging in these kinship practices, these creatives are learning to heal with the land and arrive at belonging with/in the ecosystem. piecemeal is an experiment in radical honesty and risky play. On this journey, the artists are collaborating with the Land – they are farmers, gardeners, earthkeepers, herbalists, foragers, healers, chefs – turning to ancestral practices, plant wisdom, (re)memory, and more to seek solutions and respite from the violence of environmental racism.

We each look to the Land around us – its soils that nurture life, the plants that nourish us, the waters that make life possible, the air that moves us, and the fire that sustains us – with reverence and intention to be responsible stewards of life.

piecemeal includes works by alexandra antoine, Bryana Bibbs, Courtney Morrison (in collaboration with Atoi Glennette & Evéa), darien hunter golston, Forrest Parks, and saylem mississippi celeste. Each artist offers works in gratitude to our kinship journeys with the land. We honor what we have survived and celebrate the lessons from these experiences. These exaltations take the form of quilts, film, weavings, earthen sculptures, papers, and scents. piecemeal intends to uplift the means and miracles, both the extraordinary and mundane actions, making our continued existence possible beyond violence to our bodies, communities, and ecosystems. Join us in gathering, piece by piece, the means we need to birth worlds beyond the one existing now.

The exhibition is curated by darien hunter golston