2025 SPE Annual Conference: Adaptations
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A Multi Caucus Exhibition
Thursday, October 01 - 7:00PM to 9:00PM
Schneider Hall Galleries University of Louisville
The Midwest is a varied place in terms of geography, culture, people, and viewpoints. Travel in any direction for a couple of hours and you will pass through a myriad of things to bewitch, excite, entice, and sometimes puzzle the eye. Stories, visual poems, and narratives exist everywhere, with some having a history that spans centuries and some that have sprung up recently, like some of the new myths and cultures that are to be found.
This concept of the visual story formed an important part of the juror’s process for this exhibition. While examining the work the jurors looked for works that told the stories of these fruited plains, whether they be old, new, complete, or just beginning. Some stories are more evident than others; some will form differently in each viewer’s eye. But all share a commonality of being borne out of the minds and experiences of the people who see the Midwest uniquely.
The caucuses themselves reflect this melding of the Midwest: its struggles, the small-town life, the rural life, the city life, and the varied backdrops against which these stories are played out. Midwest images are iconic, and they are strong. They are also, like the people and landscapes depicted, hardworking and reflective. They show people who are self-sufficient, yet who also are vulnerable.
It is these stories and images that we are proud to present here.
Participants: Rachael Banks, Michael Borowski, Amanda Breitbach, Garrett Hansen, Julie Jaidinger, Zora Murff, Lee Ann Paynter, Matel Rokke, Alsion Smith, Alyss Vernon, Kevin Warth, Morgan Ford Willingham, Missy Ziebart
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