Unveiling Histories: A Fabricated Archive: Jessica Monette in Conversation with Ashara Ekundayo

Join us for an Artist Talk & Reception with EAP awardee Jessica Monette for her exhibition Unveiling Histories: A Fabricated Archive. Jessica Monette will be in conversation with inter-disciplinary independent curator and artist Ashara Ekundayo, with a poetic offering by the Director at Stanford University's Institute for Diversity in the Arts A-Lan Holt. Light refreshments will be served.‍

In this talk, Jessica Monette and Ashara Ekundayo will explore the motivations and inspirations behind Monette's work, focusing on her New Orleans roots and the lasting impact of Hurricane Katrina. They will examine how this event connects to ongoing systems of oppression, as well as Monette's artistic process of creating archives, preserving memories, and building cultural legacies. Through these themes, they will discuss how art can serve as a tool for both personal reflection and collective resistance against erasure.