photoville exhibit: dandoles sus flores // giving them their flowers
Community,
We are honored to be part of the the 10th Annual Photoville Festival!
WOCArchive is the recipient of the Educator Exhibition Grant thanks to Photoville in partnership with PhotoWings! If you’re in the New York area, please visit our photo cube, open until December 2021.
dándoles sus flores (giving them their flowers)
Inspired by the use of altares as tributes to those we admire, giving them their flowers is an exhibit honoring the tenacity of our matriarchs of color. Our collaged photographs are visual and aural altars for the living—celebrating Black and brown women who are often overlooked and under valued.
The five images on the first panel were created by youth and adult community members with roots in Eritrea, México, and Panamá. The remaining three panels showcase work by recent and current high school youth—whose pieces explore themes from their ethnic studies course and center the importance of art, oral histories, and the experiences of women of color.
We invite you to interact with our projects in two ways.
First, slowly gaze at the photographs: Where is your attention drawn to? What’s coming up for you?
Next, scan the QR code and listen to our stories: What did you feel while listening? How did the movement of the visuals affect your understanding?
The practice of centering our matriarchal roots is part of reclaiming our histories and healing the absence of our stories. We hope this exhibit inspires you to preserve the stories of your abuelitas, lolas, adeys, and aunties—to showcase the brilliance we’ve inherited from our ancestors.
