Our Changing Land

In this exhibition, a life-size, primeval forest gives way to an Indian corn field; and then to an abandoned tobacco farm; and finally to roads, bridges, and parkland surrounding a modern capital city. The site is along the Potomac River, and it is reconstructed at 4 different times: in tableaux and murals as it was 10,000 years ago, in 1608, 1776, and 1976. The changes in the landscape are representative of those experiences by our entire nation as parts of it were transformed from virgin land to farmland and ultimately to urban centers.