Lisa Jarrett: Migration Studies
Migration Studies (No. 45, In the future there was always a place for us, parts I (5 "un-braids") and II (7 woven panels)
7-panels, mixed media, kanekalon 26" hair woven into Kozo paper and braided, Yasutomo Metallic Gold Black Ink, acrylic, 217" W x 10' H (height variable)
Artist: Lisa Jarrett
Title: Migration Studies
On View: April 6-May 6, 2026
Exhibition Programming:
- SFCC, Visiting Artist Lecture Series: May 5, 2026 at 11:30-12:30 Location: sn-w’ey’-mn Bldg. 24, Room 110
- EWU, Visiting Artist Lecture Series: May 6, 2026 at 12:00-1:00 Location: EWU Art Bldg. Room 116
- Closing Reception at the SFCC Fine Art Gallery: May 5 from 12:30-1:00 Location: Lobby, sƛ̓x̣etkʷ Fine and Applied Arts Building 32
About:
“Migration Studies (2018-present) is an ongoing project. I work with drawing, sculpture, and installation to examine hair care and beauty routines within Black culture as a bridge to themes about inventing our own survival. These routines are rituals wherein we claim beauty standards existing beyond and before dominant narratives. I use the tools of these ritual practices as drawing materials whose histories both trace and extend our lost languages and homelands. These material and formal choices reflect my broader interest in repetition and reproduction as tools of consumer culture and cultural preservation. I am curious about how our personal/private routines (and the attendant products and purchases) live within our imaginations, conversations, and stories while also connecting us to our collective past and future. The art object is the transformative mechanism by which different systems of value become visible and knowable.”