HANDLE WITH CARE
Opening November 21, 2026 · Art of Noize · Washington, DC
Who is expected to care for others—and who receives care in return?
In her third solo show, Handle With Care, Hadiya Williams explores care, fragility, and protection through familiar household objects and the histories they hold, particularly in the domestic lives of Black women.
At the heart of the exhibition are ceramic helmets formed from mugs and teapots. In her Ancestor Index® series, these objects of hospitality and service become headpieces that suggest protection and honor. Yet clay holds its own contradiction: a helmet that is meant to protect is also a fragile object asking to be handled with care.
Drawing on the material culture of her matrilineal ancestry which traces back to the Cameroon Grassfields, Hadiya brings together stacked clay forms, 3D-printed figures, prints, and sketches to consider how everyday objects carry connections to identity, status, and ceremony.
Both an instruction and a request, Handle With Care invites us to reflect on how we extend care, and also what it means to regard and nurture with intention.
Join us as the exhibition opens November 21 at Art of Noize in Washington, DC.
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Hadiya + BPPCo.