Image: George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center, Austin
The George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center in Austin is presenting 'Seeing Further', a solo exhibition by Hakeem Adewumi that brings photography, sound and found objects into conversation with Black memory, lineage and liberation. The exhibition is described by the museum as a semi-autobiographical project, and it is on view from May 14 to October 10, 2026 during normal museum hours. The listing says the show is free and open to all.
According to the museum, 'Seeing Further' invites viewers to encounter fragments of ancestral life as they surface in the present as “living, evolving forms.” The exhibition also offers what the museum calls a new and unfolding interpretation of Juneteenth, rooted in the artist’s personal histories, visual references and lived experiences. The show page and museum newsletter use the same core description, emphasizing that Adewumi’s work draws together multiple media to examine how memory and inheritance are carried forward.
The Carver Museum frames the presentation within its broader mission of preserving and exhibiting African American material culture, history and aesthetic expression. On the museum’s main site, the institution says it works to create a space where the global contributions of Black people are celebrated by telling stories about local community and connecting those histories to larger narratives about Blackness. The museum is part of the City of Austin’s arts and culture network and maintains rotating art galleries alongside permanent exhibits and public programs.
The exhibition is listed at the George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center, 1165 Angelina Street in Austin. The event page gives the run dates as May 14 through October 10, 2026, with museum hours listed as Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday is closed. The page also identifies the event as a virtual event on the site, while still specifying the museum location and normal hours for in-person viewing.
Adewumi’s use of photography, sound and found objects places 'Seeing Further' within a contemporary mixed-media approach while keeping the emphasis on personal and collective memory. The museum’s description stresses the work’s relationship to “layered expressions” of Black memory, lineage and liberation, and positions the exhibition as a focused meditation on how family histories and cultural references remain active in the present. The artist’s semi-autobiographical framing gives the show a distinctly personal register without separating it from the larger historical resonance the museum identifies.
The exhibition also appears in the museum’s August email roundup, which places it alongside other Carver programming such as 'Melanated Metaphors: A Poetry Open Mic', a Carver Genealogy Center digital exhibition opening reception, a 'Collective Memory + Collaging Workshop' and the Carver Genealogy Center anniversary celebration. Those additional listings are separate events, but the newsletter underscores the Carver’s recurring attention to memory, lineage and community-based history work. 'Seeing Further' remains on view at the George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center through October 10, 2026.
