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When the Geneseo Migrant Center's African Past, Migrant Present gallery was moved, in part, to the Balch Institute this article was published providing a brief overview of the content and is sources, as well as a discussion about Dr. Robert Farris…

At the close of the 1986 gallery African Past, Migrant Present, some art pieces were transported to the Balch Institute in Philadelphia. They were displayed there as part of their "Freedom's Doors" exhibition. It is unknown what works from African…

Dr. Robert Farris Thompson was a professor of art history Yale University and agreed to be a consultant on the Geneseo Migrant Center's African Past: Migrant Present Exhibit. He also delivered a lecture at SUNY Geneseo--advertised via this hand-drawn…

In late 1990, the Geneseo Migrant Center began to prepare for Passages, another large exhibit. This is a set of working drawings for labels in the exhibit. Hand-drawn and written small pictures, notes, and explanations of the work being done are…

As with designing anything, African Past, Migrant presents went through many iterations before one design was settled on. While all of these plans may look similar, each calls attention to different details or aspects of the gallery and show the care…

The late Dr. Robert Farris Thompson of Yale University was brought on as a consultant for African Past, Migrant Present. His requirements as stipulated in his contract were to look over the assembled collection for the gallery and to provide notes…

These Voices, These Faces was a portion of the gallery assembled for African Past: Migrant Present. Near the beginning of the exhibition it was intended as a wall display to place the viewer of the gallery squarely in the shoes of the creators of the…

Green Empire Farms is a massive, 64-acre Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) operation in Oneida, NY. It is owned by the Mastronardi Produce company, a Canadian firm that also purchased three Intergrow Greenhouse locations in 2023. This location…

Layout for 1986 exhibit in SUNY Geneseo's Bertha Lederer Gallery is being designed with a clear sense of a narrative enacted walking through the show. After an introduction to the show, "These Voices, These Faces" presents twelve poems by African…

The Geneseo Migrant Center has a collection of photographs the were created by at least three members of the family; there also are a handful of collages using those images. This one has an enigmatic annotation perhaps referencing the child's name…