At the heart of the African American experience in the Northwest is the story of our Journey to this region, the establishment of our vibrant community and the ways in which we have survived. To tell this ever-unfolding story, the Museum’s exhibits and programs will feature the visual arts, music, crafts, literature and history of African Americans in the Northwest.
book of the bound by Carletta Carrington Wilson December 15, 2012 – July 28, 2013 Photograph by Mark Frey Carletta Carrington Wilson book of the bound, 2011 Mixed-media collage
Carletta Carrington Wilson’s most-recent series of mixed-media collage layers symbols of language, silence, bodies, and bondage to honor the unheard voices of the enslaved.