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LAKESHA LEE: MEMORY TO MATERIAL & OBJECTSReece Museum / 363 Stout Dr., Johnson City, TN July 3 - September 19th (Reception: September 4 5:00pm - 7:00pm)

LaKesha Lee's work is an ongoing material dialogue between past, present, and future that honors self-representation, family legacy, and the resilience of Black identity. Through assemblage collages, sculptural forms, and ceramics, Lee uses found objects-old photographs, textiles, ceramics, and everyday artifacts-as a material language to explore memory, history, and cultural traditions. Family is at the heart of Lee's practice. Drawing from matrilineal storytelling and African American craft traditions, she integrates photo repetition, material layering, and quilting techniques to recontextualize personal...