I am thinking a lot about this portrait at the New Orleans Museum of Art. François Fleischbein Portrait of a Free Woman of Color.  It is a captivating painting with wonderful detail. This image has become integral to the ideas in my work for this project since a young woman told me the story of her father wanting to go into St. Martin de Tours in Martinville, LA as a child.  He was not allowed in because of his skin color.  She went to the cathedral with her father when he was older and they walked freely into the sanctuary.  It was a very important moment for her father.  A symbol of liberty.