1000 WORDS

EXHIBITION: September 29 - November 1, 2021

The Nicholson Project and the Family Arts Museum present 1,000 Words, a collaborative project which aims to create portraits of community wisdom and expertise about the art of home and garden. This project celebrates wisdom as fine art while documenting the expertise of the everyday. The 1,000 Words exhibition comprises video interviews, photographs, and wisdom sharing with Geo Edwards, herbalist and Nicholson's Farmer-in-Residence, Dr. Martina Washington, founder of New Life Wellness Center, and Samaria King and Malka Roth, founders of DC Mutual Aid Apothecary.

About Mēlani N. Douglass: 
Curator and conceptual artist Mēlani Naim is the founder of the award-winning Family Arts Museum - a migratory institution focused on the celebration of family as fine art, home as curated space, and community as gallery. Inspired by the birth of her daughter, Mēlani started her own museum, reimagined her studio practice, and refined her innovative approach to community engagement, audience development, and exhibition design. Mēlani currently serves as a consultant on numerous projects and as the director of public programs at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Her work has been highlighted by the New York Times, Atlas Obscura, Shondaland, Bmore Art, American Museum Alliance Magazine, Baltimore Magazine, Artnet, and National Geographic.

This project is generously supported by a grant from the Mayor’s Office of African American Affairs.