Organized by Assistant Curator of African Art, Perrin Lathrop, the exhibit “Clay Has Memory” will be on view in the new PUAM’s first floor welcome gallery from July 2026-July 2027. It will trouble the boundaries between art and craft, centering the contributions of Black artists, especially Black women, and inviting inquiry into the hierarchies that have historically relegated their creative labor to the realm of the anonymous and the undervalued. This grant will provide support for the exhibition as well as interdisciplinary opportunities and hands-on, pedagogy-driven workshops for faculty across arts and sciences.