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Meet rising senior Sebi, who is interning with us this summer and working with our upcoming exhibitions. He is probably listening to music right now while working remotely from Bethesda, MD. Name: Sebi Sola-Sole (he/him/his) Major: Art History Favorite color: Yellow when it sits next to a medium gray Favorite local business: Summit! What architecture style best describes your personality?: Arts & Crafts Favorite artist in our collection: Louise Bourgeois—I'm in love with early 20th century art, and she's the screaming example of modernism in our collection. Working in New York in the mid-1900s, she drew inspiration from Miro (and...

Next up is rising junior Michaela Gibbons, who is doing PR and marketing for us this summer! While working from home in Guilford, CT, she listens to podcasts, such as "Schnitt Talk." Name: Michaela Gibbons (she/her/hers) Major: Economics and Gender & Sexuality Studies Favorite color: Warm, rosy beige Favorite local business: Nothing Bundt Cakes! What architecture style best describes your personality?: Industrial Favorite artist in our collection: Zoe Crosher! Her photography captures a reality that challenges our notion of Truth. I love her Michelle duBois Project which explores the intersections of fantasy and identity. The Triple Vision Flattened Fantasy from...

Susan Harbage Page (American, b.1959)Bra (Brasier),from the portfolio Borders and Belonging (2011)Color inkjet print on cotton rag paper17" x 22"Gallery Purchase This past semester I had the privilege to study under Dr. Yurika Tamura in Gender and Sexuality Studies 345: Queer Immigration and Diaspora. Through this course, we explore queer theory as it applies to immigration, exile, and diaspora caused by contemporary globalization and transnational economics. While identity categories transcend boundaries, they are often reinforced at the border to align with the new country's normative standards. It is here, in particular, where governments tend to police sexuality and race to...

Mikael Chukwuma Owunna, 4 Queer African Women in the Snow, 2017, Inkjet print on Kodak Pro Endura, gloss finish,24 x 36 in.Gallery Purchase Mikael Chukwuma Owunna, a Nigerian-Swedish American photographer and engineer, explores the black body and queerness and imagines new realities for marginalized identities through his art. In his first monograph published in 2019, Limitless Africans, Owunna challenges the notion that it is "un-African" to be queer. Through his research, he discovered that queerness did indeed exist in pre-colonial Africa, but was suppressed and erased by European colonial convictions of what the African body is capable of and limited...

Jen Ray (American, b.1970) Untitled, 2008 Limited edition inkjet print 23 7/8 x 31 1/2 in. Gallery Purchase Fund. Having interned in the gallery for the past four years, I’ve been a part of countless exhibitions. When I think of the most exciting exhibitions, I immediately recall Jen Ray’s Surrounded by Wolves. I remember the exhibition opening, both raucous and elegant, featured student performers and lots of glitter.  Ray was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, grew up in South Carolina, and currently lives and works in NYC. Her work has been exhibited internationally at such venues as the Kasseler Kunstverein,...