Join us for the opening reception of Between Rivers and Revolutions. Vanessa Charlot’s lens moves between the waters of the Mississippi Delta, the tides of Haiti, and the currents off Florida’s coast. She traces the spiritual, cultural, and revolutionary ties that bind these landscapes—a journey shaped by her own lived experience as a Miami-born Haitian American, now rooted in Mississippi. 

The exhibition is part of  Somewhere We Are Human, the 2024-2025 Public Programs and Engagement Series of the Engine for Art, Democracy & Justice (EADJ) at Vanderbilt University, curated by Grace Aneiza Ali. It is organized around the thematic north star—Somewhere We Are Human—a collective vision for a time and space where no one’s humanity is ever in question. The year-long series looks at the city of Nashville and the American South through a lens of migration, exploring the ways immigrant communities have shaped the region’s history and are envisioning its future through art and activism.