America: 500

As the United States commemorates 250 years of democracy, America 500 asks a different

question: What might America look like 250 years from now?

Through graphite, watercolor, archival collage, and mixed media, Morgan Overton imagines futures

shaped by Black self-determination, ancestral memory, and democratic possibility. Rooted in her

background in social work, public policy, and political leadership, the work explores the tension