Project Space Artist Residency

Prompted by Caribbean cultural/political studies; familial and regional histories; folklore and memory, Samantha Box constructs restless photographs using her body and hair; Caribbean fruits and vegetables; heirloom textiles and jewelry; reedy seedlings; and archival photographs and paintings. These images are autoethnographic, articulating hybrid Jamaican/Trinidadian diaspora experience, from her embodied perspective.

One Kind of Story (2020) from the series Caribbean Dreams (2018–ongoing) by Samatha Box, digital collage printed as archival inkjet print, ©Samantha Box, courtesy of the artist

This program is supported in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; the Max and Marian Farash Foundation; and Joy of Giving Something.