Jelilah Wiggleton
Exploring the HU Museum
After participating in the guided museum tour, I learned a lot about the history of Hampton. Although all of the work was unique, a few pieces stood out to me more than others.
The first piece that stood out to me is titled Flora. It was a painting done by Henry Ossawa Tanner in 1880 and was being displayed in the Pioneers of African American Art exhibit. This piece stood out to me because the picture shows a lot of texture and reminds me of a dark forest. It shows that even in darkness there lies beauty.
After leaving the Pioneers of African American Art exhibit, we visited the Harlem Renaissance exhibit. In the exhibit, a piece called Black Belt captured my attention. Archibald J. Motley Jr. created the piece in 1934. It stood out to me because it was extremely vivid and showed African Americans celebrating and enjoying life together.
Down stairs we visited the Journey of Hope exhibit that was dedicated to President Obama. My favorite piece in the exhibit was a quilt designed by Carolyn Crump in 2008 titled From Vision to Victory. This piece was interested me the most. It showed President Obama surrounded by people who fought for African American rights during the civil rights movement. This piece stood out to me because I’ m extremely proud of what Obama has done. I’ m quite sure that many of the historic people surrounding him would be proud of him too because they fought so hard for this day to come.
Jelilah Wiggleton
The last exhibit that we visited was the Native American exhibit. In the exhibit there was a piece called Sunday’ s Family Coming Along Into The New Millennium. It was created by Teri Greeves in 1998 and showed beaded converse shoes. This piece stood out to me because I wear Converse. It was a piece that I could relate to and it let me know that people from the past were a lot like myself.