Central Connecticut State University’s second art exhibition of the 2025 spring semester explores the effects of climate change on the Artic.
Hosted in the Chen Art Gallery in Maloney Hall, the exhibition, Emerging Dialogues in the Midnight Sun, was guest curated by Associate Professor Julie Forgues from the Department of Visual Arts of Moncton University in New Brunswick, Canada and organized by Professor Ted Efremoff of the Art & Design Department at Central.
The exhibition features the work of 22 international artists including both Forgues and Efremoff along with 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, Karen Wirth, Kathy Sirico, Marielle Guille, Mark Ijzerman, Maya Kramer, Michele Barker, Phil Irish and Sébastien Robert, according to a Central press release.
All of the participating artists took part in an expedition to the Svalbard Archipelago in Norway during the summer of 2023. The interpretations of their experiences there and how climate change has shaped the environment served as the basis for all of the works, according to the press release.
The artwork covers a variety of different mediums including photography, oil paintings, mixed media collages, watercolors, recorded audio, videos and interactive pieces. Each piece comes with a short description from the artist explaining their inspirations and how their art portrays the environment of the Arctic and how it has been affected by humanity.
The exhibition will be open to the public from March 10 to April 11. There will be a reception with a curator and artist talk in Chen Art Gallery tonight from 5:30-8 p.m.
