Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow: 2024 VCUarts Undergraduate Juried Exhibition
Reception: Thursday, November 14, 5-8pm*
Exhibition on view: November 14–December 7
Reception: November 14, 5-8pm (Curator Lecture and Awards 5-6pm)
The Anderson and VCUarts are pleased to present Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, the 2024 VCUarts Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, November 14–December 7, juried by Misa Jeffereis, Associate Curator at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis.
The annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition is open to undergraduate students from all VCUarts Departments, working in any media or discipline–or combination thereof! This year’s UJE features the artworks of 44 students representing 9 VCUarts departments.
*Please join us for the Exhibition Opening Reception events:
5–6:30pm Juror Lecture & Awards Ceremony (including the Dean’s award, Juror’s award, and department-specific recognitions)
6:30–8pm Exhibition Reception
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
Students were asked to consider the following prompt crafted by Garcia-Maestas when submitting their artworks to be considered for the 2024 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition: “Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow,” and excerpt from William Shakespeare’s 1606 The Tragedie of Macbeth is the main character’s reaction to the death of his wife Lady Macbeth. Filled with hopelessness that each day is the same as the one before, Macbeth mourns his empty life. The sentiment of this statement rings true for many of us today, with catastrophic global events casting dark shadows over our daily lives—from the effects of climate change to tumultuous political campaigns to the atrocities of war. And yet, there is always tomorrow. Tomorrow can bring a new day, a fresh start, and the possibility of living better. Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow invites artists to consider what tomorrow holds. The phrase raises the fundamental issue of how artists grapple with questions of the future; the ways that artists explore time, impermanence, and temporality in their work; how learning from the past can be a means toward envisioning the future; how a warming globe prompts questions of environmental justice, climate action, and sustainable living; the ways that innovation and curiosity are sparked by the onset of a new day—and on the flip side, the anxiety and procrastination of constantly producing new work; how repetition of ideas, materials, or forms may appear in one’s artwork; how daily studio practices and rituals inform one’s work; how artists deal with the onslaught of political and social upheaval through spirituality, religion, and self-care as a means of self-preservation; and how artwork can be utilized as activism in working toward a different reality. As this prompt is being written, the impending US presidential election compels us to consider our values, our agency in making change, and what a better tomorrow can be.
Artists:
Abby Sucher
Anna Kovina
Ashley Gabales
Ashton nelson
Avery Hunter-Holmes
Carmen Roesso
Carolina Rodas
Caroline May
David Handforth
Divine Porter
Donovan Green
Ella Lowrey
Elsie D’Agostino
Emma Havens
Eva McMullan
Ewura Esi Eghan
Fisher Rowley
Fred Frederiksen
Gillian Grunenfelder
Gray Baughan
Hanna Chou
Hannah Dunn
J Winske
Jason brown
Jayden Gail Stanley
Justin Cockrell
Kate Ogden
Katie Marshall
Lareina Allred
Leah Mozeleski
Lily Kassab
Lindsay Voelsing
Louisa Bodor
Matthew Labella
Ollie Hoffmaster
Patrick Derks
Rowan Leary
Savvy Figueroa
Shaeley Lincoln
Syd Osborne
Taylor Moorman
Tyler Brantley
Vivian Hamilton
Walter Garrison
About the juror:
Misa Jeffereis is Associate Curator at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, where she recently organized CAM’s presentation of the touring exhibition Paul Chan: Breathers. She curated Justin Favela: Ruta Madre (2023), Mona Chalabi: Squeeze (2022), Alia Farid: At the Time of the Ebb (2022), and the Great Rivers Biennial (2020), featuring Kahlil Robert Irving, Tim Portlock, and Rachel Youn; co-curated Shara Hughes: On Edge (2021); and has programmed CAM’s Street Views outdoor video projection series with exhibitions by Jonathas de Andrade, Oliver Laric, Jennifer West, and Marina Zurkow. Prior to CAM, Jeffereis was Curatorial Associate at the Walker Art Center. Jeffereis has served on juries for apexart, Association of Art Museum Curators, Bemis Center for the Arts, Center for Maine Contemporary Art Biennial, Harpo Foundation, New American Paintings, Socrates Sculpture Park, the South Bend Museum of Art Biennial, Springfield Art Museum, and The Luminary’s Futures Fund. In 2021-22 she participated in the Association of Art Museum Curators Mentorship Program. She is on the board of Gallery 210 at University of Missouri at St. Louis, and the board of Midwest Artist Project Services, an organization that serves and empowers artists, collectives, and arts organizations in the Midwest. Jeffereis holds a Masters in Art History from Hunter College in New York.
About The Anderson:
Formerly known as the Anderson Gallery, the Anderson reopened its doors in 2017 as VCUarts’s student-centric exhibition facility. Focusing on creative engagement and discovery, the Anderson is a laboratory where students can experiment with conceptual and practical strategies of art making and display.
Accessibility:
Please note that the Undergraduate Juried Exhibition will be located on the first and second floors and the building is not equipped with an elevator. The Juror Awards will be held on the second floor.
Gallery Hours*:
Tues.–Fri. 12–6pm
Sat. 12–5pm
Closed Sunday & Monday
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