Grounds For Sculpture (GFS) in Hamilton, New Jersey, will present "Shantell Martin: Past, Present, Future," a site-specific installation exploring the nature of time, from September 20, 2026 to July 23, 2028. The exhibition features new murals, sculptures created in collaboration with Johnson Atelier, a daily drawing project called the "Reply Card Project" with audio components, and community quilts made with the Princeton Sankofa Stitchers Modern Quilt Guild. Artist Shantell Martin will also perform at the opening reception and lead a wellness event.
The exhibition matters because it integrates art, nature, and wellness—core pillars of Grounds For Sculpture—while engaging the local community through collaborative quilt-making and interactive visitor prompts. Martin’s meditative, line-based practice and emphasis on kindness and self-care offer a timely counterpoint to fast-paced contemporary life, and the long, nearly two-year run allows for deep, evolving engagement with the work and its themes of time and presence.