Kahlil Gibran described an immigrant’s passage as a transformation from “a boundless drop to a boundless ocean.” I conceived of the exhibition A Boundless Drop to a Boundless Ocean as a kind of visual narrative, one that sheds light onto the diverse, complex, and layered histories of the American immigrant experience. Each of the 21 artists on view has developed a distinct visual vocabulary. They draw on color and design, technique and materials, composition and iconography to convey meaning.