In the Spring of 2022, I worked with the entire Art of the Americas Department at the MFA to redesign the top floor of the American Wing, re-presenting the 20th century in an inclusive and more accurately representative way of the American people.

This project included six permanent gallery spaces and one temporary exhibition. Each gallery had a unique curator dedicated to its theme. The themes included: Latin America, the Southwest, Art and Jazz, War and Spirituality, Nature and Abstraction, Folk Art and Modernism, and a temporary exhibition titled Touching Roots: Black Ancestral Legacies in the Americas.

The casework was either newly designed or adapted to work with the visual language of the larger American wing. Within this overarching aesthetic, the design of each gallery was given its own distinctive style and unique design elements to accentuate its theme. For example, ambient music and Art Deco patterned wall paper in the Art and Jazz gallery and a ceramics table display referencing Pueblo architecture in the Southwest gallery. The wall color palette across the floor was limited to four colors in the permanent gallery spaces, used in contrast and conversation with each other to create unity but allow for distinction across the themes.