Lightning Talks: GATHER, a student-curated exhibition @ Emerson

Join us for this unique opportunity to hear student-curators deliver short talks about the artists of !
* Please note: The Huret and Spector Gallery is located on the 6th Floor of the Tufte Building. Please enter through the doors at 10 Boylston Place Alleyway. Visitor registration and ID are required for visitors without an Emerson ID. Emerson Community need not RSVP.
was curated by upper-level Emerson undergraduate students (listed below) as part of the seminar VM415 “Curating Contemporary Art,” taught and led by Leslie K. Brown, PhD. As a part of the class and the exhibition, students are responsible for all aspects of the exhibition, encompassing graphic designs, loan agreements, object checklists, educational didactics, social media assets, and press materials.
Emerging student-curators of GATHER:
Abigail Andrews, Anjali Bakhru, Dylan Boyd, Sophie Dodd, Claire English, Julia Giammarco, Lang Han, Ruyi Huang, Kitty Lei, Daniel Petrylka, Arlo Rader, Jie Sun, Bianca Todini, Maya Wang. The students in Emerson Curatorial Practices represent majors from Media Arts Production (SOF), Writing, Literature & Publishing (WLP), and Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS), with minors as diverse as Art History, Curatorial Practice & Visual Culture, History, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, and Science.
Image Credit: Beth D’Elia, 45 objects/Mum, 2025, from the series "Holding," 10 x 8 inch cyanotypes on paper, 50 x 72 inches, courtesy of the artist

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