We’re pleased to announce that SOIL is now on view at Barnard Observatory at the University of Mississippi!

From Wednesday, September 16 to Thursday, October 8, visitors can experience SOIL, an exhibition that invites us to look more closely at the relationship between land, agriculture, Southern culture, memory, and the people who have cultivated and cared for it.

Across the South, agriculture is more than a way of producing food. It has shaped communities, economies, traditions, family histories, and our understanding of place. For generations, particularly across Black farming communities, the land has represented both possibility and struggle: a source of livelihood, a connection to family and culture, and a powerful part of the story of the South.

SOIL creates space to sit with those stories.

The exhibition asks us to consider what the land remembers, who has had access to it, who has been able to hold onto it, and how agriculture continues to influence the communities and culture we know today. It is also an invitation to recognize the people behind the land, the farmers, families, laborers, creatives, and communities whose lives are deeply connected to what grows from it.

For us, SOIL is a reminder that agriculture is not simply about what we grow. It is about who we are, where we come from, and the stories we carry forward.

We invite you to visit Barnard Observatory, spend time with the exhibition, and consider the many ways that soil connects us to one another and to the South.

Stay tuned as we announce more locations!

SOIL

Barnard Observatory

University of Mississippi

255 Grove Loop

University, MS

On view September 16 - October 8