Migration/Home exhibit at BMAC
Brattleboro Museum and Art Center (BMAC), 10 Vernon Street, hosts “Migration/Home,” an exhibit organized by Brattleboro artist Jonathan Gitelson, that explores the meaning of these words to people arriving here, only to encounter new perils in this country. The exhibit consists of seven images, each one eight feet tall, created by five members of Brattleboro’s resettled refugee community: Marwa Safa Azimi, Butunga Bibimba, Abdullah Elhan, Sean Kiziltan, and Zuhra Nadem.
The artists drew on a range of cultural and artistic traditions, including Persian miniature painting, calligraphy, Pashto poetry, Congolese embroidery, and abstract art. Each image functions as an individual work while contributing to a larger exploration of what it means to leave one home, build another, and carry memory, culture, language, and identity across borders. “Migration/Home” considers the complex experiences in the exhibition’s title in the context of a nation whose history is deeply shaped by migration, displacement, colonization, and the continual redefinition of who belongs. The work also reflects the ways American culture is shaped by the traditions and practices of immigrants. By bringing distinct artistic languages and cultural histories together, it creates a new visual language that reflects the complexity of American identity today. For more information visit brattleboromuseum.org. “Migration/Home” is on view through Sunday, November 1.
BMAC is open Wednesdays through Sundays, 10 am to 4 pm. Admission is “pay as you wish.” Located in Union Station, the museum is wheelchair accessible. For more information and accessibility requests go to brattleboromuseum.org, call (802) 257-0124 or email office@brattleboromuseum.org.
