The Following Exhibitions are Closing on December 17, 2017.
Unfiltered: An Exhibition About Water
This exhibition is organized in collaboration with the departments of Natural Resources and the Environment, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Marine Sciences, Institute of Water Resources; as well as the CLEAR, CT Sea Grant, and CT NEMO Programs at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. Unfiltered explores water as a universal concern and touches specifically on the themes of: the power of water and the changing landscape, water pollution and biology, water scarcity, climate change, the physical properties of water, and the Connecticut River. The exhibition attempts to place on view works of art which provide visual launching points for discussions about these important water-based issues. The following artists are included in this exhibition: contemporary artists Diana Barker Price, Will Sillin, Leif Nilsson, Stacy Levy, Ravi Agarwal, Vibha Galhotra, Kate Cordsen, Susan Hoffman Fishman, Jamie Murphy, Michael Singer, Rani Jha, and Atul Bhalla; as well as nineteenth- and early twentieth-century artists: Lionel Feininger, Frederick Judd Waugh, Reginald Marsh, Arthur B. Davies, Gerrit Hondius, Martin Johnson Heade, Fairfield Porter, Maurice Prendergast, Henry Ward Ranger, and Robert Motherwell.
Living in Frames: Gendered Spaces
Gender and space are the central concepts of this exhibition. Gendered identities are confined to public or intimate spaces and monitored through palpable gazing techniques. The culture of the gaze seems invisible and natural, at times, making us complacent about how inequalities are created. It is important to pay attention to the ways in which spaces are embodied and how boundaries can be created by the movement of conforming or defiant actors.
This exhibition was curated by students enrolled in Anthropological Perspectives on Art taught by Professor Françoise Dussart (Spring 2017) at the University of Connecticut. The student co-curators are: Stephanie Abadom, David Attolino, Sarah Castleberry, Hannah Einsiedel, Alexa Every, Jocelyn Hernandez, Esther Kang, David Lagace, Kevin Mendoza, Conor Merchant, Hayden Miller, Beth Park, Bruno Perosino, Catherine Ramirez Mejla, Lily Shih, Mackenzie Tarczali, Abdul Vanadze, Daphnée Yiannaki. The William Benton Museum of Art is proud to collaborate with students and faculty to provide engaging learning experiences.
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