From 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.
The Enduring Impact of the African Plant Diaspora is a three-month exhibition, opening April 25, 2025, and running until July 25, 2025. Curated by Mark Harris, the 2023 Lloyd Library Artist-in-Residence, and Lloyd librarians, the exhibition will showcase his original artwork, alongside rare 18th-century botanical books from the Lloyd Library’s extensive collection.
These books—key to the colonial plant trade—have long overlooked the contributions of enslaved and indigenous peoples to botanical studies. Harris’s artwork will highlight these often-unseen contributions and offer an artistic perspective on African plant legacies that have been concealed or erased by colonial narratives. Additionally, the opening reception will feature a film by Mark Harris, Predatory Botany, which offers a further exploration of these themes.
Free and open to the public. Light refreshments.