Homage to NMAAHC
Homage to NMAAHC is a flag book created to celebrate the National Museum of African American History & Culture. Sarah Matthews was inspired after several visits to the museum to create a work in response to what she experienced and learned. The base layer of the flags is from a digital collage of the photos taken at the museum. On top of the base layer are original designs by the artist, followed by an excerpt of Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech:
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
"Homage to NMAAHC" is a flag book designed by Sarah Matthews and printed by Amanda D'Amico & Erica Honson on a Heidelberg Offset Printer in the Borowsky Center for the Publication Arts at the University of Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on a chilly weekend in March 2022.
Variable edition of 128
6.25" H x 12” W (closed)
Homage to NMAAHC is in the following collections:
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Cynthia Sears Collection, Bainbridge Island, WA
Bradley University, Cullom-Davis Library, Peoria, Illinois
Emory University, Woodruff Library, Special Collections, Atlanta, Georgia
IUPUI, Herron Art Library, Artist Book Collection
Library of Congress, Rare Book & Special Collections, Washington, DC
Mass Art Library, Special Collections, Boston, MA
Scripps College, Denison Library, Special Collections, Claremont, CA
Smithsonian Libraries, National Museum of African American History Library, Washington, DC
Swarthmore College Libraries, Special Collections, Swarthmore, PA
University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Design Library, Berkeley, CA
University of California, Santa Cruz, McHenry Library, Special Collections, Santa Cruz, CA
University of Maryland, Literature & Rare Book Collections, Special Collections & University Archives, College Park, MD
University of Miami, Otto G. Richter Library, Coral Gables, FL
Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries, Richmond, VA
