mother in regalia

 

02/ mother’s altar 2025

During her last hour, we placed several items around her: her Native American dance shawl, sage and sweetgrass, her rosary, and her hawk feather. Remembering all she had accomplished, I pondered the magnitude of those objects. In tribute, these stills echo that transformative experience.

01/ Brown Alumni Magazine 2023

Bernice Forrest photographed by her son, artist Paul Guillaume for Brown Alumni Magazine.

https://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/articles/2022-06-21/roots-reconnected

Mother’s Obituary: https://obits.gazette.com/us/obituaries/gazette/name/bernice-forrest-obituary?id=56216747