Protest Platter

: Cincinnati artist Terence Hammonds creates work, often print-based, that provokes dialogue about history, race, activism and change. This platter is part of an editioned set designed by Hammonds and created in collaboration with Breakfront Pottery and local refugee and immigrant artists of The Welcome Project of Wave Pool Gallery. Hammonds selected images of protest from across history, representing movements related to the environment, civil rights, gay liberation, women’s rights and immigrant’s rights, all issues that continue to affect our communities. “I chose images of people that were holding signs that were in first person and had the appearance of coming from a deeply personal space,” he explains. “I like to think of the platters as maybe having the reverse function of a ‘mammy jar.’ Whereas ‘mammy jars’ would reiterate racist stereotypes in subtle innocuous ways, I wanted the platters to remind us of the social struggles and the people who fought for change, and [who] empower us to keep up that fight in our daily lives.”