The Chen Art Gallery will host a reception on Thursday, April 3 for its current exhibition, “Emerging Dialogues in the Midnight Sun.” This exhibition features the work of 22 international artists including Adam Fung, Alma Noor, Amy Hoagland, Anna Munster, Christina Weisner, Colin Lyons, Dorota Borowa, Eric Dickson, Frank Horvat, Jann Rosen-Queralt, Jennifer Garza-Cuen, Julian Forrest, Julie Forgues, Karen Wirth, Kathy Sirico, Marielle Guille, Mark Ijzerman, Maya Kramer, Michele Barker, Phil Irish, Sébastien Robert, and Ted Efremoff.
This exhibition is guest-curated by artist and professor Julie Forgues from Département des arts visuels of Université de Moncton in Canada and organized by professor Ted Efremoff of the Central Art & Design Department. Professors Forgues and Efremoff both participated in the Arctic Circle artist residency program around the Svalbard Archipelago (Norway) in the Summer of 2023 with a group of fellow artists, musicians, and scientists hailing from all over the world. This exhibition represents the variety of practitioners that took part in this expedition and their understanding of climate change.
All are welcome to attend the reception. There will be a talk by the curator, with the artists on site, discussing how their interpretations of climate change in the Arctic have surfaced as artworks, and a performance by Justin Wright, who also took part in the artist residency program. Refreshments and hors d'oeuvres will be served.
The exhibition will run through April 11.
Elevator access to the gallery is currently unavailable. Please contact the gallery for accommodations.