In the Fall of 2024 we paused, took a deep breath and asked a simple question to check in on ourselves – from individual to community – at a time when we are all wondering: “What’s Going On?”

We chose this question — for all the ways it can be heard — from casual, to concerned, to caring, to confused.  We don’t need to tell you that we have been living in a remarkable time marked by a divisive election cycle, violence, climate change, and, at the same time, and  expansive reimagining, unending creativity, and beautiful resistance. The art of Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr., Ellen O’Grady, Andy Kozlowski, Ed Hall, and Jordy/n Bowen provided glimpses into our world. 

The entire experience was one of the most profound in our history and we are thrilled that one aspect of the exhibition has become a permanent installation at Yellow House.  Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. contributed hundreds of his works to us, which flowed out from our space as offerings to our visitors during the run of the “What’s Going On?” exhibition and still fill a wall at Cafe Resistance, a bookstore and community space owned by our friend and co-conspirator Angie Nixon. 

Typically works are returned to artists at the close of a show, but in this case Mr. Kennedy has gifted the remaining works to Yellow House and they now live in our Living Room.  

Kennedy’s distinctive style is marked by riotous color, multiple layers of ink, and accessible materials that lift up his favorite quotes, proverbs and messages of resistance and joy.  His practice is deeply informed by his childhood in the segregated south, the Black Power movement of the 1970s, and the current battles for justice and liberation.  He is intentionally irreverent and unprecious in his process, but also very serious about the role of art and free expression in pushing back against racism, ignorance, capitalistic harm, and oppression.

Kennedy and his works have served as inspiration for Yellow House for several years, and we are honored to be part of his loose international network called the School of Bad Printing.  Yellow House’s founder, Hope McMath, considers Amos a guide on her own path of artivism and it is an honor to share his work.

Come and see the new installation and take an original print home with you – for as long as they last.  Big love to Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. for his brilliance and generosity.