JUSTICE, HEALING, & REPAIR

COLLECTIVE ARTIST STATEMENT

This exhibition features projects that embody a spirit of Justice, Healing, & Repair, created by a collective of marginalized and minority scholars who are not always fully appreciated in institutionalized spaces. We look at how we can push this spirit through an evolving ethical grounding. This grounding is important for us because the spirits of our works in this exhibition show that there is still work to be done. Our individual and collaborative practices shift as we learn together and cultivate respect and care for each other. Our work will continue to grow and transform as we balance what is aspirational and what is actionable. Status quo and traditions in academia exert forms of violence and erasure that we refuse to be a part of, even as we acknowledge that we are not absolved from violence. This exhibition explores how creative work can be and can be done otherwise. This exhibit is for us, by us; we are not trying to appease anybody. We share these moments on our pathways with you and invite you to look at this exhibition as us pushing ourselves and our understanding of the world around us. Thank you from us all.