Dates

Spring 2026

exhibiting Artist

Angelique Scott & Monna Morton

Exhibiting location

The Colored Girls Museum

Founded in 2015, the Colored Girls Museum is housed in a 140-year-old three-story Victorian Twin home in the historic Germantown area of Philadelphia. We are the first cultural institution to center and champion the “ordinary” colored girl of African descent, citizens whose ingenuity and labor generate untold wealth yet whose stories are often hidden from view. The Colored Girls Museum has an irreplaceable quality that is both symbolic and grounded in reality.

Our programs and special projects During its years of serving the Philadelphia community and beyond, TCGM has become an anchor institution, turning the concept of radical placekeeping on its head by redefining what a museum can do. It has also been a source of inspiration and support for numerous Black and Black femme-led projects and initiatives.

TCGM distinguishes itself by exclusively collecting, preserving, honoring, and decoding artifacts pertaining to the experience and herstory of Colored Girls. This museum is equal parts research facility, exhibition space, gathering place, and think tank. TCGM was founded in 2015 and is located in the historic neighborhood of Germantown in Philadelphia, an area renowned for its complement of historic buildings and homes.

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Declaration of Interdependence

Declaration of Interdependence is a reimagining of one of America’s most iconic founding narratives—1776 and its commemorative echoes—through the labor, presence, and erasure of Black people, particularly those whose hands built and maintained historic spaces. Scott manifested this with imagined domestic shrines created in mixed media, reclaiming images of labor spaces as altars for rest and recognition.

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About the artist

Angelique Scott

Angelique is an Afro-Caribbean-American artist and educator whose artistic practice is rooted in intergenerational traditions of care and craftsmanship. Angelique received her Bachelors of Fine Arts in Art Education and Craft & Material Studies from Virginia Commonwealth University and earned her Masters of Fine Arts in Ceramics from Temple University’s Tyler School of Art and Architecture. Scott has completed studio residencies at Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Vermont Studio Center, Penland School of Craft, Arrowmont, Hambidge, Ibura Arts at Blue Light Junction, and the Skopelos Foundation in Greece. She served on the Board of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts as the youngest onsite liaison, co-organizing the largest clay conference in the U.S. She currently hosts clay workshops along the East Coast and maintains a vibrant studio-based practice investigating spirituality, wellness, and communal healing through craft.

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rebirth & renewal

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Research Location

Historical Society of Pennsylvainia

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, founded in 1824, is one of the nation’s largest archives of historical documents. We are proud to serve as Philadelphia’s Library of American History, with over 21 million manuscripts, books, and graphic images encompassing centuries of US history. HSP serves more than 4,000 on-site researchers annually, as well as millions more worldwide who use its online resources. HSP is also a leading center for documenting and studying ethnic communities and immigrant experiences in the 20th century, and one of the largest family history libraries in the country. Through educator workshops, research opportunities, public programs, and lectures throughout the year, we strive to make history relevant and exhilarating to all.

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EntrepreNegress

Celebrating the entrepreneurial spirit of the large free Black population in Philadelphia in the late 19th and early 20th century, Morton creates a series of works using material to pay homage to ventures selling pepper pot, dressmaking, hat designing and several other businesses with materials like fabric, copper, organic matter, found objects and ceramic.

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Monna Morton

Morton is from Philadelphia and was educated in the Philadelphia public school system. She earned her BFA from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, with a focus in graphic design, advertising and art direction. Morton is a traditionally trained artist with a strong fine arts background. She maintains her studio practice and has exhibited in galleries and museums (including the Barnes Foundation), and has curated shows in Philadelphia and New York. Morton currently has a permanent installation in the Colored Girls Museum, a small museum in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, which is considered a hidden gem by museum-goers and critics.

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Hope

sample work - featured in The Clay Studio's Welcome Hub

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Research Location

Historical Society of Pennsylvainia

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, founded in 1824, is one of the nation’s largest archives of historical documents. We are proud to serve as Philadelphia’s Library of American History, with over 21 million manuscripts, books, and graphic images encompassing centuries of US history. HSP serves more than 4,000 on-site researchers annually, as well as millions more worldwide who use its online resources. HSP is also a leading center for documenting and studying ethnic communities and immigrant experiences in the 20th century, and one of the largest family history libraries in the country. Through educator workshops, research opportunities, public programs, and lectures throughout the year, we strive to make history relevant and exhilarating to all.

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Full Project

Radical Americana

For the Semiquincentennial, The Clay Studio is leading Radical Americana, a series of exhibitions organized by a consortium of Philadelphia’s arts and cultural institutions. Each celebrates how artists today are continuing the city’s robust legacy as a center for art, skill, and civic engagement. The 45 artists researched and were inspired by the art and history of Philadelphia in 1776, and the subsequent commemorations in 1876, 1926, and 1976. The artists' new work will add their voices to current dialogue about our nation’s present and future, inspire civil dialogue, celebrate Philadelphia's diversity, and continue the rich tradition of creativity in our city.

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