I AM MY WHITE ANCESTORS
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EXHIBIT GOALS
The goals of this artwork are to make European American history and identity visible and to inspire white viewers in particular to claim both positive and negative aspects of their own family histories as a step towards participating in the end of racism.
The installation supports broad community outreach on anti-racism education, social justice, gender roles, and history. It uses the power of art for both understanding and social action.
WHO IS THIS FOR?
As a multi-disciplinary project, this artwork is of interest to many different groups who are positioned to explore, share, and put into practice new ideas and information.
Within an educational setting, it is relevant for classes in art, theater, and general humanities including gender roles, history, sociology, English, social justice and more. To engage students, the exhibit includes a teacher’s guide to help high school and college instructors utilize the exhibit in their classes. They will learn about history in a personal way, be invited to examine their own lives, and inspired to take action.Religious congregations and non profits with social justice goals also find this show useful for group discussion.
These groups will be able to use the exhibit to further their own goals by hosting special events and promoting it to their members. The project will engage visitors to reframe the concept of white heritage and its relation to racism and its companion oppressions of classism, colonization, and genocide.
EXHIBIT HISTORY
Alexander Gallery, Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR, September 2016
Rhodes Art Center Gallery, Northfield Mount Hermon School, Mt Hermon, MA, December 2017-January 2018
Runyan Gallery, Newport Visual Art Center, Newport, OR, February 2019
Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, OR, February 2020
The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR, June 2 - July 11, 2020
Highfield Hall and Gardens, Falmouth, MA, September 12-October 29, 2023
REQUIREMENTS
• 110 linear feet of display space. Portraits can also be hung back to back from the ceiling in the middle of the room.
• Table and chairs for Sharing Station
• Insured exhibit space
• Wifi access
EXHIBIT CONTENTS
• Thirteen 84” x 54” photographic portraits on fabric panels
• Curtain rods and mounting hardware
• Sharing Station materials
• Thirteen audio diaries accessed via internet
• Portrait name plates, 12” x 12”
• Title sign, 18” x 24”
• Artist Statement sign, 18” x 18”
• Accordion Books for sale
• PDF file of Teachers Guide
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