“There were things I carried with me that got lost in the floodwaters, and things I left behind that didn’t get saved,” said Willow Naomi Curry, the 26-year-old artist responsible for the installation, called “The Things We Carried.” Items that managed to survive Hurricane Harvey, or reminded their owner of the belongings and people who didn’t. The baskets hanging from the ceiling held family photos and Valentines Day cards, jewelry and baby shoes and well-worn wallets. Leanora Benkato, Contributor / Contributor Show More Show Less Leanora Benkato, Contributor / Contributor Show More Show Less 5 of5Ĭarolyn Rivera interprets the speech previously delivered by Myrtala Tristan on behalf of the Northeast Action Collective at the Hurricane Harvey Fifth Anniversary Memorial Event hosted by West Street Recovery at DeLuxe Theater in Houston on Sept. Leanora Benkato, Contributor / Contributor Show More Show Less 4 of5Īlice Liu, Co-Director of West Street Recovery, welcomes the community to the Hurricane Harvey Fifth Anniversary Memorial at DeLuxe Theater in Houston on Sept. Harvey Forgotten Survivors Caucus members Anna Brooks, and Sandra Martin speak about obstacles to recovery they experienced after Hurricane Harvey at the Hurricane Harvey Fifth Anniversary Memorial Event hosted by West Street Recovery at DeLuxe Theater in Houston on Sept. Leanora Benkato, Contributor / Contributor Show More Show Less 3 of5 “Things We Carried,” an art installation by Willow Curry, uses hanging baskets to hold mementos from Hurricane Harvey survivors at the Hurricane Harvey Fifth Anniversary Memorial hosted by West Street Recovery at DeLuxe Theater in Houston on Sept. Leanora Benkato, Contributor / Contributor Show More Show Less 2 of5

Community members from flood-affected areas fill the DeLuxe Theater reception hall for West Street Recovery’s Hurricane Harvey Fifth Anniversary Memorial, featuring speakers from the Northeast Action Collective, and the Harvey Forgotten Survivors Caucus, in Houston on Sept.

Arcadia by Willow Naomi Curry