During a routine manhole excavation in Portsmouth, N.H., in 2003, a baby blue drain pipe was discovered, at the foot of which were several human skeletons. After a work stoppage to call in local experts, the mystery was partially solved: They were the remains of eight individuals of African descent.
After the discovery, the site was officially deemed the Portsmouth African Burial Ground.
With the support of the majority white community and thanks to donations from area businesses, generous citizens, and the city itself, funds were raised to create a monument designed to foster education, reconciliation, and healing.
The project was ultimately awarded to Savannah-based multi-disciplinary artist Jerome B. Meadows.
“Re-Cor-Dare: Sauda Mitchell” exhibition now on view at Telfair’s Jepson Center Sauda Mitchell, Finding Aid, 2021 Sauda Mitchell harnesses the power of archival collections in her ambitious solo exhibition, “Re-Cor-Dare,” now on view at the Telfair Museum’s Jepson Center.
For Mitchell, the act of recording and the purpose of preserving archival material is to give back to our hearts and minds across time and space. This sentiment inspired the title of her exhibition. Referencing the Latin roots of the word, “record”: “recordari,” to remember and “cor” or “cord” meaning the heart, “Re-Cor-Dare” takes a multidisciplinary approach to activating the intellectual and emotional information provided by historical and primary source material, specifically information on American Black history and enslaved peoples.
Georgia Museum of Art receives book awards
Exhibition catalogues Material Georgia 1733 1900: Two Decades of Scholarship and Deborah Roberts: The Evolution of Mimi.
ATHENS, GA
.-The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia has received the 2020 Mary Ellen LoPresti Award for exhibition catalogues from the Southeast Chapter of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA). The LoPresti Award normally goes to one scholarly publication and one exhibition catalogue, but two books from the museum tied for the latter award: Deborah Roberts: The Evolution of Mimi (published with the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art) and Material Georgia 1733 1900: Two Decades of Scholarship.