On turning 250
what survives?
On Turning 250 reflects on the Black Southern experience through the people, memories, and objects that continue to shape Black life in Houston. The work considers what it means to carry culture forward in a city where generations of Black Southerners have built families, communities, traditions, and lives while continually adapting to a changing America.
The series is connected to the history of our enslaved ancestors who, when choosing to escape toward freedom, often had to decide what single possession they could carry beyond the clothes on their backs. Two hundred and fifty years later, that question takes on a different meaning. What would we choose to carry now? What survives?
The objects held by the figures are familiar and deeply personal. Collectively, they become a record of what survives because people choose to preserve it, practice it, and pass it forward.
The title draws from “On Turning Ten”, a poem by Billy Collins in which childhood becomes a point of reflection on growing older and moving into another stage of life. On Turning 250 similarly uses an anniversary as a moment to look backward while asking what should we carry into what comes next.
As the United States marks its 250th anniversary in 2026, On Turning 250 places the Black Southern experience within that national milestone, asking not only what America has carried for 250 years, but what Black Americans have carried, preserved, and made their own along the way.
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This incredible exhibition returns to Houston after an incredible release in Cleveland Ohio. We are honored to have this truly impactful exhibit in our gallery. Join us for the opening reception Saturday, Oct. 3rd 2PM.
- 3PM Artist Talk
- Complimentary Refreshments
- Music & Conversation
2026 Exhibition schedule
Contrast (postponed)
A creative black-and-white exploration that celebrates the quiet intensity and refined beauty of monochrome art.
This exhibition pays homage to the classic tradition of black and white while inviting viewers to consider its deeper symbolism. Without the presence of color, form becomes more pronounced, emotion rises to the surface, and the meaning within each piece grows sharper.
At the same time, the exhibition reflects on “black and white” as a way of thinking—a lens through which people interpret clarity, contrast, identity, and truth. These works challenge the idea of absolutes and encourage us to look beyond simple binaries to discover nuance, depth, and possibility.
How do you see black and white? As contrast or connection? As limitation or liberation?
Through photography, painting, and mixed media, this exhibition offers a space to reflect on the power of simplicity and the complexity that exists within it revealing how black and white can both ground us and provoke us to see more.
Join us for the Opening Reception Saturday Aug 29th 6pm
- Meet the Artist
- Complimentary refreshments
- Live entertainment
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