Awol Erizku A'10, Leslie Hewitt A'00, William Villalongo A'99

Graphic reads: Class Notes

Awol Erizku A'10, Leslie Hewitt A'00, and William Villalongo A’99  had artwork displayed as part of the "Elegies - Still Lifes in Contemporary Art" exhibition, curated by Monique Long at the Museum of the African Diaspora from March 31, 2022 to August 21, 2022. To read more about the exhibition, as described in Document Journal, please click here.

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