HILL Project

Group Research Project – New Orleans Cluster Seminar, Fall 2022 Jenna Bailey ’23, Mya Jennings ’23, Ally Noel ’24, and Birch Saperstein ’25

Fourteen paintings have a specific moment in time captured. All of the moments are memories of the things that came out of Hurricane Katrina’s destructive path. Most of the paintings in the collection by Rolland Golden are social critiques of the neglect experienced in New Orleans. One piece titled, “Throw Me A Line Mister,” shows […]

Rontherin Ratliff is a New Orleans native artist. His piece titled, “Things That Float,” was created after the flooding of New Orleans’ ninth ward. He took a raft through his grandmother’s neighborhood and saw the destruction to the houses firsthand done by the flooding, all he could recover were a few pictures and other things […]

After observing a lack of access to nutritious, affordable food, I pondered what do communities do beyond food gathering strategies? What happens if a community doesn’t have the option to bargain or can’t access food programs? In New Orleans, community gardening has emerged as a social and political response to disasters and social issues (Kato, […]