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A large-scale collage reflecting on cross-cultural connections and global migration, inspired by Colombian folklore and the Kogi people's concept of aluna (spiritual consciousness).

Proffesional Photograph of Jesmyn Ward

This photo portrays hundreds and rocks lined up in a row with each row increasing in height off the ground. Bennett’s Vibrant Matter encourages us to consider the agency of nonhuman actors, such as, tissues, organisms, and synthetic materials, in…

Signature of Monroe Bell from an 1873 Freedmen's Bureau document

In the letter “The Nervous System that Connects the Voluntary Muscles with the Brain,” author Charles Bell shows how the human nervous system can be stimulated by electricity in order to produce movement and “humanlike” activity, which is applied to…

A poem by Baylee Seeman

Basia Irland's "Ice Receding/Books Reseeding" is an ongoing project that combines sculpture, water ecology, and community engagement. Irland creates "ice books" embedded with native seeds, which are then placed in rivers and other waterways as the…

Signature of Peter Barrow from an 1873 Freedmen's Bureau document