About this Event
About the Exhibition
This exhibition is an invitation to witness the Black interior and how Black care persists even in borrowed places.
For the diasporic subject, the concept of "home" is often fraught with displacement and the pressure of transience. We have learned to live lightly, delaying decoration, postponing attachment and treating our environments as mere stopovers. This exhibition serves as a visual protest against that hesitation. It is a shift from awaiting external permissions to practicing a deep, internal belonging.
In honor of Black History Month, we celebrate the resilience inherent in Black homemaking. To decorate a temporary world is not just an aesthetic choice—it is a radical act of self-determination.
A Message from the Artist
This project began as a personal act of care. I started making these pieces for the walls of my own apartment as a way to unlearn the habits of transience. I chose to hang work anyway, to sit with it, and to allow myself to take up visual and emotional space without guarantees.
The collection you will see is a dual reflection of that journey. Some pieces are direct meditations on this state of mind—capturing the internal process of settling, and at times failing to. Others were created specifically to live on my own walls, serving as physical anchors for my daily life.
Sharing this work now is an extension of that self-love. Whether these pieces eventually leave my walls to grace yours, or simply offer you a moment of quiet inspiration to take back to your own sanctuary, my hope is that they remind you of your own right to belong.
— Stella Ituze
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
180 E Pender St, 180 East Pender Street, Vancouver, Canada
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