Nostos: An Exhibition of Home, Memory, Migration and Belonging

About this event

NOSTOS An Exhibition of Home, Memory, Migration and Belonging On-View: November 20, 2026 - January 24, 2027 City Gallery | 34 Prioleau Street Wednesday - Sunday | Noon - 5:00pm Opening Reception: November 20 from 5:00-7:00pm

What does home mean to you? Is it a place, a memory, a family story or a connection to where you began? This November, City Gallery at Joe Riley Waterfront Park invites visitors to explore these questions through NOSTOS: An Exhibition of Home, Memory, Migration and Belonging , featuring Charleston artists Vassiliki Falkehag and Susan C. Gregory.

On view November 20, 2026 - January 24, 2027, the exhibition brings together more than 45 works of installation, encaustic, mixed-media painting, sculpture and printmaking.

Taking its name from the Greek word nostos , meaning homecoming, the exhibition explores the evolving meaning of home through memory, migration, family history and cultural identity. Drawing on their shared Greek-American heritage and family journeys from Greece to the American Lowcountry, Falkehag and Gregory connect ancestral traditions with contemporary experiences of place and belonging.

Through found objects, natural materials, family keepsakes and layered landscapes, the artists create a visual dialogue between generations and geographies, reflecting on how our origins continue to shape who we are and where we feel at home.

Exhibition Details • Dates: November 20, 2026 - January 24, 2027

• Opening Reception: Friday, November 20, 5:00-7:00pm (free and open to the public)

• Artists’ Lecture: Sunday, January 17, 2:00pm

• Admission: Free