2023 Ann Street Gallery Emerging Artist Fellowship, Newburgh NY

The fellowship project addresses “decolonization” in a local and contemporary context. The work confronts the tensions and misconceptions in our understanding of American history through study of the land and the story of the Munsee people in the Hudson Valley. The cyanotype "sun-print" process aims to allow the land to tell stories of its original people. Berg’s work explores concepts of shared historical trauma, recovery of Indigenous tradition, and acknowledgement of Indigenous cultural perspectives on mourning, healing, and dreaming. The work enacts a commitment to change through acts of decolonization.