Fragments of Becoming: Loss, Memory, and Discovery

Loss, Memory, and Discovery is a multidisciplinary response to Free as they want to be: Artists Committed to Memory, the special exhibition on view at the Hunter. Bringing together paint, fashion, film, and dance with Vee Rhodes, Karla Bivens, and Reese Hicks, the program explores the ways memory, identity, and cultural inheritance shape our understanding of freedom and the African diaspora.

Moving through three interconnected themes—Loss, Memory, and Discovery—the experience invites audiences to consider what is carried, what is lost, and what can be reimagined across generations.

Generous support provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program.

Free as they want to be: Artists Committed to Memory is curated by Cheryl Finley, Ph.D., and Deborah Willis, Ph.D., and originated as a FotoFocus exhibition at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, on the occasion of the 2022 FotoFocus Biennial. The traveling exhibition is organized by Curatorial Exhibitions, Pasadena, California.

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