Opening Celebration—March 26 at 5pm in the CWAC Lounge (1st floor)
CWAC Exhibitions is excited to announce Chat About’s first group show, 𝘞𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘴! Eleven artists confront the turbulence of a twenty-first century storm, distinct in its demands and challenges. As artists interpret issues like memory, environment, identity, and the collective unconscious, paired scholars contribute interpretive labels, together forming an interdisciplinary response to today’s challenges.
𝘞𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘴 showcases work by Jef Biesinger (MFA’26), Xing Raffaella Chen (MFA’27), Nathan Holder (MFA’27), Hannah Michelle Ivanov (MFA’27), Nikki Kelsay (MFA’27), el n.k. lee (MFA’26), Zihan Qiu (MFA’26), Olivia Isabel Rosato(MFA’26), Kiana Shahnia (MFA’26), Bradley Verhelle (AM’27), and Siwei Simon Xu (MFA’27).
Labels featured in 𝘞𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘴 are written by Xiyue (Scarlet) Ding, Esme Graham, Molly Hurley (AM’26), Evan DaYu Ling (AM’26), Eric Liu, Anju Lukose-Scott (AB’26, AM'26), Frances Millar (AM’26), Emily Slavin (AM’26), Amanda Sukenick, John Xu, Henie Zhang, and Coco Zhou.
The exhibition is curated by Faye Yingfei Liang (MFA'26), Frances Millar (AM’26), and Emily Slavin (AM’26).
CWAC Exhibitions is organized by the Department of Art History’s Visual Resources Center. Additional support provided by the Master of Arts Program in the Humanities, the Department of Visual Arts, and Marz Community Brewing Co. Installation support, preparation, and fabrication provided by the curators and artists, Noël Da, Libby Konjoyan, Evan DaYu Ling, and Bradley Verhelle. Special thanks to Jef Biesinger, Carl Fuldner, Erica Warren, and the Chat About Student Advisory Committee, Zac Jones AM’27 and Yanlin Zhu AM’27.