NPR Covers Recent Work

A former plantation in Harpersville, Alabama, built in 1841, is being reimagined as a space for healing, art, and reparative history, shifting away from romanticized preservation to instead highlight the legacies of slavery and the resilience of Black communities. The “Out of Whole Cloth” exhibit uses everyday objects, photographs, textiles, and projection to tell the stories of Black families rebuilding life after Emancipation, while artist Tony M. Bingham’s memorial sculpture honors “hush harbors” where enslaved people secretly gathered. Community rituals, dialogues between descendants of enslaved people and enslavers, and the work of local artists and historians all center truth-telling and reconciliation, supported by groups like the Wallace Center for Arts and Reconciliation and the Alabama Humanities Alliance. Though funding and political headwinds pose challenges, the project transforms the site into a living landscape of acknowledgment and resilience. Notably, DeSean Motley of Dmot Productions also served as a crew member, contributing to the realization of this effort.

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