“We The People”

About the Exhibit:

“We the People” are the first words of the Constitution, but we know those words were never meant to include us. Not the people who built this country from the ground up, both literally and figuratively. Not the people whose lives were stolen, who were taken from their homelands and forced into a system that sought to use and erase them.

We are the people who have shaped and defined what is known as “American culture,” even as our contributions get overlooked, minimized, or claimed by others. This exhibition challenges that systemic narrative. It reclaims the meaning of Black culture by presenting it in its fullness, beyond stereotypes, beyond what is packaged for consumption on screens.

This is about Black American culture in its truth, its depth, and its everyday reality.

Because We Are The People. 

About the Artist:

Hello, my name is Cameron Felton, I'm a multimedia artist and musician out of Raleigh, NC who just moved to the DC area last year. I started my art journey in Charlotte, NC, in early 2024, just doing graffiti and tagging around the city. It quickly grew into something more than just a hobby, and I wanted to expand on my creativity. 

StopTrappingBackwards is my brand and means to stop doing things to hurt yourself, similar to the phrase "don't hustle backwards."  Because I feel like a lot of my community has hurt themselves by hustling backwards, although not all from our own doing, I want us to be proud to be Black and really understand the power we hold within ourselves as minorities in this country.

I create art to inform/insight all people especially African Americans/minorities who can’t decipher, systematic narratives from the truth.