Opening June 2023 • Arlington, VA
I'm proud to announce that my ceramics will be on permanent display alongside the work of 16 other artists as part of Nekisha Durrett's Queen City commission.
Queen City was a Black, self-sustaining neighborhood that thrived for 40 years before it was demolished in 1941 to make way for the Pentagon and related road construction. This resulted in 903 individuals losing their homes with almost no notice, resulting in economic hardship and a shrinking housing stock. Queen City is a 35’ tall, well-like tower structure in Metropolitan Park, Arlington, VA that peers over trees and architecture to mark the site of what existed before.
Queen City aims to invite the public and to relearn the erased history of the historically Black neighborhood. As part of the project, I, along with 16 other ceramic artists, was commissioned by Nekisha Durrett to make 903 ceramic teardrop vessels that signify the 903 individuals of Queen City who were displaced. I contributed a total of 70 vessels to this monument."
