Three photographs in a diagonal line starting in the top left corner. A head shot of a medium-dark skinned person with teal chin-length braids wearing a white Nike tank top. A person from shoulders to waist wearing a black top with neon yellow wrists with an “MFA Boston” tote bag over their shoulder. A pair of legs in black jeans from the knees down, wearing black, white, and green Nike sneakers.

I Am More Than Who You See

Education Corridor

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I Am More Than Who You See was created by Lisa Abia-Smith, director of education and Senior Instructor faculty for PPPM, and is inspired by Cephas Williams' 56 Black Men campaign. These museum education programs and exhibitions center around a series of annual workshops held for UO students focusing on identity and misrepresentation.

This year’s project was led and curated by photographers Malik Lovette (Class of 2018) and UO art student Kayla Lockwood. The exhibition documents multiple community conversations with UO students, primarily students of color, and documents their experiences surrounding stereotyping. The project team represented each participants’ authentic view of their identity with the critical and reflective dispositions that accompany their personal development.