REPOhistory (1989-2000) An artists’ collective that produced over a dozen collaborative art projects primarily in public locations including New York City and Atlanta, Georgia. The groups mission was to develop site-specific, informational work about the unknown or forgotten histories of working class men and women, of minorities and children. REPOhistory used metal street signs, free maps and the mass media to distribute its counter-historical information. REPOhistory’s projects primarily in public locations including New York City and Atlanta, Georgia. The groups mission was to develop site-specific, informational work about the unknown or forgotten histories of working class men and women, of minorities and children. REPOhistory used metal street signs, free maps and the mass media to distribute its counter-historical information. 

REPOhistory’s projects include: 1996 Buttermilk Bottom, alternative history of Atlanta Georgia & a lost African-American neighborhood.  Donna Kessinger was recruited to be a local artist participant of the Repohistory collective in 1996 as part of the Cultural Olympiad and Atlanta Arts Fest. She and Jenny Hoffner co-created a metal sign presented at the entrance of Buttermilk Bottom.