2002

Found objects, wood, glass, ceramics, paper, copper, acrylic paint, reconstructed mannequin, transparency collage, and raw canvas

Collection of the California African American Museum

Dominique Moody works in collage, assemblage, installation, and social practice. An urban nomad, she has made Los Angeles her creative home since the late 1990s, and Altadena specifically starting in 2012, connected to opportunities in the area by John Outterbridge. The mixed-media installation A Family Treasure Found was inspired by a duplicate of her mother's 1960s passport photograph, the original of which had been destroyed in a fire decades before. In reflecting on the work in the aftermath of the Eaton Fire, Moody said, "Throughout our lives, there are things that are lost and then found. So when the firestorm struck a community where I had lived years ago and created artwork, I found myself remembering the places, the people, and the environment that make up the rich culture and creativity of Altadena. It will take time to heal, but I feel that there are stories hidden beneath the debris waiting to be unearthed, so that their stories can be told."