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Helina Metaferia
Artifacts 2, 2025
Mixed media, hand-cut, and assembled collage
41.25 x 31.25 inches framed
HM096
Copyright The Artist
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Bibliography: Fisk University Library Special Collections • Ellis, Jimmy, The Nashville Tennessean, “Lunch Counter Strike Spreads…Store Stops Food Service,” Feb 21, 1963. Brooklyn Public Library, Rioghan Kirchner Civil Rights...
Bibliography:
Fisk University Library Special Collections
• Ellis, Jimmy, The Nashville Tennessean, “Lunch Counter Strike Spreads…Store Stops Food Service,” Feb 21, 1963.
Brooklyn Public Library, Rioghan Kirchner Civil Rights Special Collection
• Hansberry, Lorraine, “The Movement: Documentary of a Struggle for Equality,” January 1, 1964.
• N.Y. Core, “Fast for Freedom” Flyer, August 1961.
New York University Library Special Collections
• Photograph from National Guardian, “Woman holding freedom sign,” 1969.
• Photograph from National Guardian, “Young Lords (man standing with his mouth open),” 1970.
Exhibitions
Syntropy. 21 Nov.-20 Dec. 2025, Praise Shadows Art Galley, Brookline, MA.When Civilizations Heal. 6 May-17 Aug. 2025, Project for Empty Space, Newark, NJ.

