Echoes of Our Ancestors
featuring work by Spencer Evans, Sandra Scott-Revelle, & Felicia Jordan
June 10 thru August 5, 2023This year, Kinfolk House is exploring themes of self and community care. Continuing this narrative, our summer project brings together Spencer Evans, Sandra Scott-Revelle, and Felicia Jordan, whose works explore generational harm and healing.
Echoes of Our Ancestors connects historical narratives with present-day stories of internal conflict, trauma, loss, and resilience. Dallas-based artist Felicia Jordan presents interactive pieces conceived through her research about her father and his battle with dementia and new works that pair traditional quilting techniques with 3D printing and visualize trauma experienced by Black people and other people of color in the medical system.
Following the theme of building bridges between the past and present, Spencer Evan’s work features dramatic poses and facial expressions to relay internal conflict brought on by external circumstances. His work highlights identity and culture within Black communities, and the unique skills that Black people have acquired as they navigate survival-based assimilation across generations. Sandra Scott-Revelle’s applique creations tell the emotional stories of people who were enslaved in the U.S. and seeking freedom. Through a textile practice reminiscent of quilting, Scott-Revelle reveals narratives of strength, sorrow, and sacrifice.
Featured Artists:
Spencer Evans was born in Houston, TX. He earned his BFA in Drawing and Painting from the University of Missouri (2009) and his MFA from the University of Texas at Arlington (2017). Currently, Evans lives in Providence, Rhode Island where he is a Professor of Drawing at the Rhode Island School of Design.
Evans has exhibited his work at museums and galleries throughout the state of Texas and beyond, including the Dallas Museum of Art, the Houston Museum of African American Culture, and the Imago Gallery and Cultural Center in Columbia, Missouri.
Sandra Scott-Revelle was born in Sedalia, MO but has spent most of her life in the southwestern desert regions of Arizona and the open spaces of east Texas. Scott-Revelle is a writer, speaker, and textile artist. Her work has been exhibited at the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Dallas, the Tyler Museum of Art, and the InterUrban Art House in Overland Park, Kansas.
Born and raised in Dallas, TX, Felicia Jordan is a mixed-media artist whose work ranges from traditional carpentry to three dimensional fabrications. Jordan graduated from Booker T. Washington High School, and received both her BFA in Sculpture (2017) and MFA in Metalsmithing and Jewelry (2022) from The University of North Texas.
Jordan’s work was included in the 2022 Texas Vignette in Dallas, Artspace111’s 8th Annual Texas Juried Art Exhibition in Fort Worth, and Craighead Green Gallery’s New Texas Talent XXVIII in Dallas.
