Re-Union: Syd Carpenter, Martha Jackson Jarvis, Judy Moonelis, Sana Musasama, and Winnie Owens Hart
“Re-Union” brings together the works of Syd Carpenter, Winnie Owens Hart, Martha Jackson Jarvis, Judy Moonelis, and Sana Musasama. Each of these artists played a significant role in shaping American art–and the field of ceramics–during the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Syd Carpenter’s large-scale clay and metal works investigate the complex history of African Americans and farming, from slavery to the present day. Winnie Owens Hart’s pioneering use of traditional African ceramic techniques and forms engage with contemporary issues concerning race, identity, and gender. Martha Jackson Jarvis’s monumental mixed media pieces explore African American and Native American spirituality, ecological concerns, and histories. Judy Moonelis’s intricate multimedia installations probe the intersections of art and science, drawing inspiration from neuroscience and anatomy and relating the human body to a variety of architectural contexts. Sana Musasama’s constructions of glass, organic materials, and clay are rooted in her global activist and educational endeavors in women’s/human rights.