Mercy Viola
Sankofa After The Storm: Mercy Viola’s Healing Sanctuary Solo Exhibition
Mercy Viola's capstone was a solo exhibition and community invitation to the methodologies she has found sanctuary in, such as Black feminist thought, liberation literature, rootwork (African
American healing technology), holistic care and Afro-futurism. The exhibition includes
interdisciplinary art and workshops serving as an ode to the movements for liberatory healing such as the Black arts movement, Black Panthers free clinics and liberation schools, Black and Afro-indigenous healing and creative epistemologies, Black and Indigenous farming traditions and relational healing (family, ancestral, generational, community. Viola's work highlights the spirit of the medicine wheel, a Cheyenne principle, that centers honoring all our relations as a mirror and call to community responsibility and reflection.
Academic Advisors: Kevin McGruder, Michael Casselli, Forest Bright, Cary Campbell
Co-op Advisor: Luisa Bieri
Co-ops: Community Engagement and Education Intern with Creative Time (NYC, 2016); Girls As Leaders andAdvocates: Arts and Justice Fellow (NYC, 2017); Arts Based Early Relationship Abuse Prevention with DAYONE(NYC, fall 2018- summer 2019) Wind and Warrior Institute for Liberatory Healing Fellow (NYC, 2024).
Additional Campus Involvement: Native Apothecary Garden, Antioch College Farm, Black and Native Arts and Cultural Organizer at The Coretta Scott King Center, Black Queer Student Union Coordinator at the Coretta Scott King Center
Languages: English, Spanish
City: Martinsville, IN, Yellow Springs OH, Brooklyn NY,
Email: mercy.carpenter1@gmail.com
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