The Wallace House in Harpersville was built using enslaved labor in 1841. Now a center for education, a local artist has used the grounds to tell a new story.

Frustrated with the absence of positive representations of Black people in art, John Wilson responded by providing images of Black dignity while addressing the painful realities of racial prejudice.

Landscape paintings and prints by Maryland artist James “Jimmy” Rouse are the subject of a solo exhibit that opens on ...