Glass Experiments: Hampton sand (Hampton-US-0035)
Maker
Atelier NL
(Dutch, founded 2007)
Artist
Nadine Sterk
(Dutch, born 1977)
Artist
Lonny van Ryswyck
(Dutch, born 1978)
CultureDutch
Date2020
MediumGlass bottle filled with Hampton sand
DimensionsBottles: 7 1/2 × 2 15/16 in. (19.1 × 7.4 cm)
PortfolioVirginia Sand Samples and Glass Experiments
Credit LineGift of Atelier NL
Object number2022.35.14
Not on view
DescriptionThis sand was collected by Terry E. Brown, Former Superintendent of Fort Monroe, on March 3, 2020. Superintendent Brown shares the sand's significance: “It took me a while to embrace the beauty of Fort Monroe.Enslaved Africans were brought here in 1619. They were also freed here 242 years later. Since all have benefited from the cultural exchanges and free labor, the enslaved deserve to be remembered and to have their stories told. This sand captures the beauty and tragedy of this space.” Atelier NL sand archive sample identification number: Hampton-US-0035.
ProvenanceAtelier NL to CMAExhibition History"To See a World in a Grain of Sand", Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, August 12, 2022 - January 22, 2023.
