In Dr. Jocelyn E. Marshall’s graduate seminar on critical perspectives and contemporary art, MA and MFA students curated an exhibition using the USF Contemporary Art Museum collection that was hosted by the USF Dept. of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, which will remain on view till April 2027.
Opening on April 14th, Office Hours kicked off with a packed house, students’ individual talks about the selected works, and exciting, cross-disciplinary conversations amongst attendees from across the university.
An exhibition catalogue is forthcoming this summer (online & USF library), which is designed by Vinh Huynh and edited by Mya Jones, featuring essays by all students and a foreword by the Chair of
@wgs_usf , Dr. Michelle Hughes Miller.
Office Hours: Toward Alternative Futures imagines new possibilities through acts of refusal and redefinition. The selected works center themes of visibility, embodiment, and resistance by exploring how marginalized communities navigate oppressive societal systems. Through strategies of appropriation, remix, and parody, the artists challenge mechanisms of power and offer vibrant, nourishing portals.
Office hours are typically a time for asking questions, testing ideas, and thinking aloud. Situated within academia, this communal space becomes an active ground for dialogue and reflection. At a moment when the future feels uncertain, this exhibition turns the shared space into an exploration of creative practices vital to imagining and building alternative futures. As student curators, we invite you to join us in questioning, reimagining, and reshaping together a more just world.
Office Hours was curated by Spring 2026 Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Art – Curation Focus students Camilla Byrd, Dysere Rivera-Matos, Josepha Yague, Kayla Simons, Kenny Jensen, Lauren Nelson, Mya Jones, Sabrina J. Barilone, Vinh Huỳnh, Yasmin Diogo, and organized by
@jocelyn.e.marshall and
@usfcam .
