Arwe Journey: Twentieth-Century Afri-Caribbean Migration at Housatonic Museum

Through February 21, 2025

In this exhibition, the artist Iyaba Ibo Mandingo tells the story of the Afri-Caribbean migration to Europe and North America in the twentieth century through his paintings and sculptures. On view for the first time as a full series, his sixty-one part painting series, Arwe Journey, depicts the history of the Windrush Generation as inspired by Jacob Lawrence’s Great Migration series and August Wilson’s plays. The back gallery continues the story, showing the ancestral and spiritual roots of Mandingo’s artwork. He pays special homage to the incredible strength and impact of Black women who he credits as nurturers, survivors, and leaders in his life and beyond.

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