Art and processing our “place”

Art helps us process the idea of “place,” especially when governments build borders overnight, and force us to live between them. Indigenous people understand this better than anyone. The Sculpture Center in Cleveland is exhibiting Federico Cuatlacuatl’s “Xoxal: Baño de Fuego” until November 8. Read more about his exhibit here, and view some of his installations in this Spectrum News story.

Ohio has other indigenous leaders and communities demanding to be seen, recognized, and respected — both for what happened to them in the places they were forced to leave, despite having descended from that land for centuries — and in their new home, Ohio.

Learn more about indigenous communities from Guatemala and Black Mauritanians, and their art, here.