The artistic process included the creation of a network of 17 Black ceramists, located across the U.S.

Follow the journey.

Each vessel - the shape and color of water - was handmade by the ceramicists below.

  • Diana Adams

    Long Beach, California

  • Camille Beckles

    Queens, New York

  • Ricky Blanding

    Detroit, Michigan

  • Rich Brown

    Hogansville, Georgia

  • Sondra G. Elder

    Palm Harbor, Florida

  • Yacine Tillala Fall

    Washington, D.C.

  • Martha Jackson Jarvis

    Washington, D.C.

  • Njena Surae Jarvis

    Washington, D.C.

  • Kimberly King

    Washington, D.C.

  • Kay Marin

    Catharpin, Virginia

  • Carmelita Nunez

    St. Louis, Missouri

  • Reginald Pointer

    Washington, D.C.

  • Whitney Simpkins

    Baltimore, Maryland

  • Jasmine Spitzer Smith

    San Francisco, California

  • Nala Turner

    Brooklyn, New York

  • Dom Venzant

    Minneapolis, Minnesota

  • Gema Long

    Arlington, Virginia

  • Red Dirt Studio

    Mount Ranier, Maryland