FINDING HOME
navigating culture in between
Finding Home, opening October 10 in Hartford, Connecticut, is a multidisciplinary exhibition exploring what it means to grow up navigating two completely different cultures. To grow up longing for a place your body remembers but your mind does not. Through visual art, photography, installation, and mixed media — it is a space to grieve, celebrate, and rebuild.
Each artist was intentionally selected for this exhibition to best explore the story that is Finding Home. From first generation immigrants who carry vivid memories of the homes they left behind, to second generation children of the diaspora who long for places they have never been or infrequently visit — each artist brings a distinct and personal lens to the question of belonging. Working across photography, painting, sculpture, installation, mixed media, and textile, their collective body of work reflects the full breadth of what it means to navigate identity between two worlds. Together they do not just display art — they tell the truth about what it costs and what it means to carry home within you.
the grounding philosophies
Finding Home is guided by 3 african philosophies
Sankofa, meaning to go back and get it. ubuntu, meaning “i am because we are.” ujima, meaning collective work and responsibility.
sankofa
Finding Home is rooted in the act of return — looking back at where we come from, the traditions we carry, and the memories we inherit, in order to move forward with intention and identity intact.
ubuntU
This exhibition exists because community exists — the artists, the stories, and the visitors are not separate from one another but woven together, each person's experience of home made fuller by being witnessed and held by others.
ujima
Finding Home is not one person's story — it is the result of artists, collaborators, and community members building something together, recognizing that the preservation of culture and identity is a shared act, not a solitary one.
ABOUT THE CURATOR
I am a Hartford-based photographer, writer, and curator whose work centers cultural identity, memory, and collective belonging. My practice emphasizes community collaboration and accessible storytelling, using art as a tool forconnection, reflection, and place-making.
My father embodied the duality of diasporic life — rooted in his Caribbean heritage, and academically engaged with the world around him. He was home for me. After he passed, I realized my sense of belonging had never been tied to a location, but to lineage, memory, and connection. This exhibition and all that I am building beyond is what that realization has become.
OCTOBER 10
