image of Danny Russo's work in the exhibit, Morning Glory, acrylic on canvas, 2020
November 2, 2022
For the opening of the Creosote Stories exhibit at Rice University Solar Studios.
From the article:
“[The oral histories] are from folks who have lived in Fifth Ward or Kashmere Gardens — long-time residents — so those are wide-ranging stories about what it was like to grow up there experiencing change in the neighborhood,” Ambroso said. “And then, of course, [they discuss] living with the cancer clusters and the health effects of the industry, but also the way that the industry provided middle class jobs and was a way of achieving the American dream for Black families that were cut off from that.”
Read the rest of the article on the Rice Thresher website, or download the pdf here.
