Ransom’s solo exhibition, “Numbers Game,” at Co–Prosperity traces the legacy of civil rights leadership through interactive sculpture, while her summer residency at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh explores the material limits of durability in art.
Numbers Game
Co-Prosperity (Co-Pro) | June 27 – August 1, 2025
Professor Britt Ransom’s solo exhibition “Numbers Game” — on view at Co-Prosperity (Co-Pro) in Chicago — draws on her family’s civil rights legacy to reimagine the past through digital fabrication, sculpture, archival materials, and immersive optics. A descendant of civil rights pioneer Reverdy C. Ransom and Emma Ransom, Ransom uses symbolic objects and reflective surfaces to reanimate a history of Black leadership and community resistance on Chicago’s South Side. At the center of the show is the story of the Institutional Church and Social Settlement, founded by Ransom’s ancestor in 1896 as a radical hub of faith, education, and social services for Black migrants during the Great Migration. From recreated policy gambling symbols and 3D-printed roses to archival books and interactive teleidoscopes, “Numbers Game” connects spiritual resistance to contemporary struggles for justice.
Tough Art
Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh | May 27 – August 31, 2025
Simultaneously, Ransom is in residence at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh as part of its annual Tough Art program, which invites artists to develop interactive installations built to endure enthusiastic public engagement. Throughout the summer, she is collaborating with museum staff to create an artwork that challenges both the durability of materials and the assumptions of audience participation. Her upcoming installation will debut in Fall/Winter 2025 as part of a broader effort to expand how young visitors experience art through play, experimentation, and resilience.
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