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Experience the interior of Hollyhock House at your own pace with a self-guided tour. Docents are on hand to provide information and answer questions.

A highlight of recent additions to the permanent collection through new mixed-media works by Sandra Rowe. The work provides insight into the artist’s evolving practice and regional significance. Visitors encounter themes of abstraction, memory, and experimentation.

An exhibition inspired by the life and work of Amaza Lee Meredith (1895–1984), the first known Black queer woman to practice as an architect in the United States. Eleven contemporary artists, architects, and designers were commissioned to create responses to Meredith’s multifaceted legacy, plotting her life and work within themes of placemaking, gender, sexuality, and Black love, while also exploring her impact in public education, the arts, and architecture.

This artist page introduces Sherald’s portraiture practice, emphasizing representation, identity, and cultural storytelling. Visitors can explore works within the museum’s collection and learn about her approach to depicting Black life. The entry provides biographical and contextual insights into her work.

Tracing the journey of African objects as they circulate across time, owners, and geographies. It examines how meaning shifts through colonial histories, market exchange, and cultural reinterpretation. Objects are reframed as carriers of narrative, identity, and memory.