Container: Recent Work by Jody Joyner
September 12–October 22
The List Gallery is pleased to present Container, a solo exhibition of recent works by Jody Joyner. Through her interdisciplinary practice, which includes sculpture, video, installation, and mixed-media wall works, Joyner explores the scale and materiality of everyday detritus. The artist will be honored as the Donald J. Gordon Visiting Artist and lecture about her work on Wednesday, September 13 at 4:30 PM in the Lang Performing Arts Center Cinema. The List Gallery reception will follow, 5:30–7:00 PM. A risograph broadside will accompany the exhibition.
Karyn Olivier: Seep
November 1–December 15
The List Gallery is pleased to present Seep, a solo exhibition of mixed media works by the preeminent artist Karyn Olivier. The exhibition, accompanying catalog, and related events are funded by a generous grant from the William J. Cooper Foundation. The artist will lecture about her work on Wednesday, November 1 at 4:30 PM in the Lang Performing Arts Center Cinema. The List Gallery reception will follow, 5:30–7:00 PM.
Workshop of the World: Works by Tabitha Arnold
January 18–FebRUARY 25
The List Gallery is pleased to present Workshop of the World, the first major solo exhibition of works by Chattanooga-based artist Tabitha Arnold. Curated by Exhibitions Manager Tess Wei, Arnold’s tapestries and works on paper are inspired by contemporary labor movements, as well as her own experiences as a worker, socialist organizer, and artist coming of age during a wave of unionization efforts in the United States. The artist will lecture about her work on Thursday, January 25 at 4:30 PM in the Lang Performing Arts Center Cinema. The List Gallery reception will follow, 5:30–7:00 PM.
Wendel White: Black Lives, Resistance, and Agency in America
March 6–April 7
Swarthmore College is pleased to host concurrent exhibitions by Wendel White, a distinguished photographer who focuses on Black history, the legacy of slavery, and the importance of empowering perspectives. From March 6 through April 7, 2023, the List Gallery will feature selected photographs from the artist's foundational bodies of work, Small Towns, Black Lives and Schools for the Colored. Swarthmore's McCabe Library Atrium will feature selected works from his ongoing series, Manifest, which calls attention to artifacts he has photographed in historic collections throughout the United States, particularly objects related to the history of slavery, abolition, and social justice movements. On Thursday, March 21, Swarthmore College will honor White as the Heilman Visiting Artist and Lecturer. The artist will deliver a lecture 4:30–5:30 PM in the Lang Performing Arts Center Cinema and a reception will immediately follow in the List Gallery, 5:30–7:00 PM.
