{"id":24449,"date":"2026-02-05T14:11:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T19:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=24449"},"modified":"2026-02-06T01:01:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T06:01:28","slug":"sacd-opens-middle-passage-exhibition-feb-6-for-black-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2026\/02\/05\/sacd-opens-middle-passage-exhibition-feb-6-for-black-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"SACD opens Middle Passage exhibition, Feb. 6, for Black History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-24463\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/01\/Brooks-revisited.jpg?resize=223%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A model-scale architectural installation shows a long hallway lined with rows of colorful, layered panels on both sides. Small, translucent human silhouettes stand throughout the space, suggesting visitors moving through the exhibit. Above, staggered geometric ceiling elements create depth. At the far end, a large abstract artwork made of wavy, multicolored shapes hangs on the back wall. Text on the lower right corner reads: \u201cBrookes (Revisited), _mpathic design, Elgin Cleckley, NOMA, eic2n@virginia.edu.\u201d\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/01\/Brooks-revisited.jpg?resize=223%2C300&amp;ssl=1 223w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/01\/Brooks-revisited.jpg?resize=409%2C550&amp;ssl=1 409w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/01\/Brooks-revisited.jpg?w=446&amp;ssl=1 446w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>In celebration of Black History Month, the <a href=\"https:\/\/architecture.udmercy.edu\/\">School of Architecture &amp; Community Development<\/a> (SACD), in collaboration with the <a href=\"https:\/\/chass.udmercy.edu\/\">College of Humanities, Arts &amp; Social Sciences at Detroit Mercy<\/a>, will host a month-long exhibition designed by Elgin Cleckley, NOMA. The exhibition will kick off with a public lecture and exhibition opening on <strong>Feb. 6 at 4 p.m.<\/strong> in the Warren Loranger Architecture Building Exhibition Space.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition revisits the drawings and methods British abolitionists once used to show the harsh conditions aboard the Brookes Slave Ship (1781-1804). It includes models representing each of the ship&#8217;s 11 voyages, along with full-scale sections from its third voyage, which carried 740 enslaved people, based on historical records. These models are paired with drawings that reflect the 43 days spent crossing the Middle Passage.<\/p>\n<p>At the exhibition opening, Cleckley will join Detroit-based art historian Samantha No\u00ebl to discuss the research and creative process behind the exhibition and stories it highlights about the Middle Passage.<\/p>\n<p>Cleckley is an associate professor of Architecture and the undergraduate program director at Detroit Mercy. He leads _mpathic design, a multi-award-winning pedagogy, initiative and professional practice, and has collaborated on multiple award-winning civic projects. Cleckley was a Muschenheim Fellow at the University of Michigan and has taught at the University of Illinois, Chicago.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The <em>free<\/em> exhibition will run from Feb. 6 through 27, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. or by appointment. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit Mercy\u2019s SACD is celebrating Black History Month with a month-long exhibition designed by Elgin Cleckley, opening Feb. 6. The exhibition reimagines historic drawings and models used to document the conditions aboard the Brookes Slave Ship. Cleckley and art historian Samantha No\u00ebl will speak at the opening event. The exhibition is free and open to the public through Feb. 27.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":677,"featured_media":24463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6,6438,4404],"tags":[91,6726,825,7249,812,6164,6165,4957,7250,4920,7251,1246],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/01\/Brooks-revisited.jpg?fit=446%2C600&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-6ml","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24449"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24449"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24635,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24449\/revisions\/24635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}