The Migrant's Alphabet

In 1846, two Quaker sisters, Mary and Hannah Townsend, published the Anti-Slavery Alphabet to bring attention to the abolitionist cause against enslavement. Inspired by this book of Illuminated characters and accessible poetry, Bridgeport, CT artist Jane Davila started a project, the Migrant’s Alphabet, to bring awareness, education, and conversation to the current crisis of immigration in the United States and around the world. Jane invited leading mixed media artists and activists from all over the US to create 12” square works of art for each letter of a Migrant’s Alphabet.