Middle of Somewhere

Curated by Martina Morale

Rural Black communities have long been sites of extraordinary artistry and innovation—fertile ground for beauty, tradition, and transformation. middle of somewhere centers the creative power that has flourished in rural places and in-between geographies, where Black communities made beauty from what was given and from what was taken. It honors the layered spaces where artistry lives, geographically, historically, and in the present.

Middle Of Somewhere reorients our sense of place, revealing how creativity thrives in the overlooked and the in-between, how artistry endures wherever people imagine, build, and remember together.