Push and Pull: Russian and Eastern European Migration to the Cape Fear Region

The Push and Pull exhibit was the culmination of a year-long project that included oral history interviews, a material culture study, and research. I found items to take on loan for the exhibit, interviewed participants, wrote exhibit text, designed and fabricated exhibit elements, made artifact mounts, and installed exhibit components. Clips from the oral histories used in the exhibit are available here. The exhibit was located at the UNCW Randall Library and later traveled to the Pender County Public Library, both in 2014.

  • UNCW
  • Wilmington, NC
  • 2014
  • For Love or Money: Post-Soviet Migration (My section) Photo by Dr. Tammy Gordon.
  • One of my cases. Photo by Dr. Tammy Gordon.
  • The interactive area and the case displaying the original suitcase. Photo by Dr. Tammy Gordon.
  • Suitcase Interactive Component. Photo by Dr. Tammy Gordon.
  • Sewing the body-shape to the padded hanger to create a mount for Anton’s suit. Photo by Dr. Tammy Gordon.
  • At the Push and Pull Exhibit Opening at Pender County Public Library, October 2014.
  • Jayd Buteaux, me, and Leslie Randle-Morton at the poster session presentation on Push and Pull. Photo by Tammy Gordon.