Gravestone located in Crestview Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee. Photo credit: Helen Martin.
Margie Merritt
Craft Archive Fellowship
,
2026
Grant Recipient
Unseen Hands, Enduring Stone recovers Black stoneworkers and cement carvers whose grave markers fill East Tennessee’s segregated cemeteries—makers whose labor has been preserved in stone but erased from the craft historical record.
Location
Washington, DC
EDUCATION
MEDIUM
MATERIAL EXPLORATION
Grant amount
$5,000
Selected works
Gravestone located in Crestview Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee. Photo credit: Helen Martin.
Gravestone located in Crestview Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee. Photo credit: Helen Martin.
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