Photo Gallery: Unveiling of art

by Viveca Stucke

Here is a collection of photos taken during the unveiling of the Equity Mural, along with other artworks, on November 6. With the topic of diversity, a couple speakers discussed their experiences as minorities on Cape Cod. Art is a common form of self expression, especially when dealing with tough subjects. An underlying question is, how do we treat and show we appreciate different cultures in respectful manners?

Mashpee River Singers, playing the opening music: chants accompanied by drum beats, which is a custom from their tribe.

Joe Diggs, artist of the Equity Mural.

The Equity Mural.

Artist, Joe Diggs, presenting his mural.

Nathalie Ferrier, the Higgins Art Gallery curator, giving her welcoming speech.

Linda Coombs, Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe member, and museum educator at the Aquinnah Cultural Center speaking about her experience as a Native American.

Barbara Burgo, the curator and clerk of the Cape Cod Cape Verdean Museum, relating her own cultural history to themes previously discussed and in the presented artwork.

Nathalie Ferrier presenting the Community Healing Quilt.

Attendees and speakers conversing.

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