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 .