The exhibition Pieces of You, Pieces of Me is a diasporic web that connects culture, art, and personal identity through literal and abstract representations. It features fifteen artists from Pratt whose roots span North America, the Caribbean, and Africa. The works on view combine the fragments that colonization left behind, freezing and distorting space and time, reclaiming space for joy, grief, hope, and pride.

“It feels like you’re looking at a memory,” she said, adding that in considering how to approach a work timed with Black History Month, she wanted to focus attention on ordinary people whose faces may have been lost in the displacement of the African diaspora due to slavery, colonialism, and segregation. “I wanted to explore the thought of, ‘are there times that I mirror the people who came before me?’ When you take away time, modernity, and the objects that make up our daily life, we’re broken down to the core of who we are and what we do. When I did that, suddenly these unknown people felt closer, like my fourth great-grandma was 19 years old, getting her hair done by her mother, or dancing in her room, or admiring the night sky. Maybe we laughed or walked the same way.”

Rising filmmaker Shanoya Allwood has been officially named a nominee for the prestigious Haskell Wexler, ASC Documentary Award for her exceptional work on the film within the flesh. Presented annually by the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) as part of the ASC Student Heritage Awards, this highly competitive honor celebrates extraordinary cinematography in student filmmaking. The award pays tribute to the legacy of legendary two-time Academy Award-winner and activist Haskell Wexler, ASC (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Medium Cool), recognizing emerging creators who use the camera as a powerful tool for authentic, socially impactful storytelling. With this nomination, Allwood’s compelling visual artistry in within the flesh stands out among a premier selection of global student talent, placing her at the forefront of the next generation of world-class cinematographers.