Upcoming Exhibitions & Events
FALL 2025
The More Elegant and Graceful Plant
Exhibition: October 9 – October 30, 2025
Reception: Thursday, October 9 from 6–8PM
artLAB Gallery, JLVAC
Curated by Dr. Cody Barteet and Natalie Scola
This exhibition features works by Jamelie Hassan, Ron Benner, Olivia Mossuto, Steve Sabella, Carole Conde’ & Karl Beveridge, Julio Jorge Celis Polanco and archival materials from 深夜福利站 Archives and Special Collections and The Dr. Laurie L. Consaul Herbarium. Music for the exhibition is shared courtesy of the Digital Analysis of Chant Transmission (DACT).
Botanical art captures the worlds plants inhabit and the hands that study them. For centuries, artists have turned to plants not only as subjects to be studied and represented, but also as materials - pigments, dyes, and papers drawn from the natural world. These works map how plants were collected, named, and carried across continents. At the same time, they root us in gardens and communities, revealing how plants have cultivated knowledge, beauty, and belonging. Bringing together archival materials and contemporary art, this exhibition invites reflection on the intertwined histories of empire and science, and on the role of plants in shaping both past and future environments.
Support for this exhibition is provided by 深夜福利站 Research.
reframing STEM
Exhibition: October 9 – October 30, 2025
Reception: Thursday, October 9 from 6–8PM
Cohen Commons, JLVAC
featuring works by: alexandra molenkamp, ambar kaushik, claire huizenga, elyse hughes, ellie marie smith, emily jane margaret taylor, fong lam nicole iun, jamie vojvodin, jennah hynds, karam bhuee, klay van lankveld, laura clavijo gutierrez, lauren grace zeleny, leo hodgson, matthais leon hayes, miaka duan fredin, parisa lahooty, soraya patel, sofia isabel mendoza martinez, sydney elizabeth norton, urvi uppal, vanesa lares diez, violet dieroff, zoe mckeon-shaw
the history of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics is often told as a linear ascent, a sequence of singular discoveries attributed to a narrow pantheon of celebrated men. yet this narrative is less a neutral chronicle of progress than a frame: constructed, rehearsed, and institutionalized to eclipse entire constellations of knowledge. reframing STEM intervenes in this story, foregrounding women whose contributions fracture the myth of the solitary genius and reveal science as a profoundly collective, contingent, and contested pursuit.
developed by the students of ah2690f: art and science unbound, the exhibition bridges historical research and creative inquiry to illuminate the intellectual labour of women in STEM across centuries and geographies. together, these projects form a constellation that resists linear historiography, instead orbiting around a pluralized understanding of innovation.
to “reframe” is not merely to recover what was forgotten, but to interrogate the epistemological architectures that produced absence in the first place. the works on view ask how disciplinary boundaries, institutional gatekeeping, and cultural bias have shaped whose knowledge counts as scientific truth. by entwining rigorous archival research with speculative and imaginative response, students invite audiences to not only remember these women but to reconsider the very frameworks through which knowledge, and its authority, is produced.
reframing STEM opens onto larger questions: what might science become when its history is told not through the lone voice of invention but through a chorus of minds, each embedded in its own time, culture, and ecology of thought? what new possibilities unfold when we acknowledge science as a site of entanglement—of cross-cultural transmissions, embodied insights, and cosmological wonder? by situating women as vital participants in shaping STEM, this exhibition does not simply fill historical lacunae; it insists on a reimagining of how we conceive knowledge itself: relational, interstellar, and in constant motion.
AJE24
Exhibition: November 13 – December 4, 2025
Thursday, November 13 from 6–8PM
People’s Choice voting: 6-7PM
AJE Award Announcements: 7:15PM
The Annual Juried Exhibition returns for its 24th consecutive year! This group exhibition represents a diverse selection of artwork from all disciplines and all levels of undergraduate study in the Department of Visual Arts.
SUMBIT YOUR WORK / WIN PRIZES
<<Tuesday, October 28 to Friday, October 31 by 3PM.>>
ELIGIBILITY The AJE is open to all undergraduate students currently enrolled in a Studio Art, Art History or Museum and Curatorial Studies course.
*All media are accepted
*All works must be original and completed within the last calendar year
*Works previously exhibited in the Artlab Gallery or Cohen Commons are not eligible
*A maximum of TWO works may be submitted by each student
JURYING All submissions will be considered by a professional five-person jury. Artists will be notified by email with exhibition results. Awards will be presented for works that demonstrate creativity, conceptual rigor, technical facility, and viewer engagement.
SUBMISSION FORMS: These will be available as of Tuesday, October 28 at 10am, from the artLAB reception desk only. All submissions MUST be accompanied by a correctly filled out submission form (if submitting two works, fill out two forms). Return completed submission form(s) to the artLAB Gallery front desk.
SUBMISSION INSTALLATION: Work for AJE24 jurying can be installed on all designated wall/floor areas throughout all three levels of the VA building. Please put your name on the back of your work. Installation occurs from:
Tuesday, October 28 to Friday, October 31 by 3PM.
PLEASE NOTE: Wall/floor space CANNOT be reserved in advance, but is available on a first come, first serve basis after you have picked up a submission form. Use the digital media submission form for video / performance-based work (usb or links).
Design by Stefania Dragalin, artLAB Gallery Intern.
