I’m honored to announce the contribution that The Elephant and Macaw Banner was able to make to the Whitney Plantation Museum of Slavery.

Last year, Dr. Ibrahima Seck, Academic Director of the museum, entered in contact with me and Leonardo Amora, asking permission to include the painting “Arrival in Salvador” as part of their permanent collection. I had commissioned this painting from Amora back in 2010, to represent Gerard’s arrival in Salvador, although it just as easily represents the tragic arrival of the slave ships from Africa. Both of us readily agreed to donate a permanent license to the museum. You can also find the image on their website, listed as “Portuguese Caravel”.

I’m honored that The Elephant and Macaw Banner was able to make this contribution, however small, to further education about the terrible past of slavery in the Americas. Education is the only way we can begin to correct the effects of these wrongs which continue on today.

If you’re ever near Wallace, Louisiana, please pay the museum a visit and see for yourself the incredible educational work they’re doing there.