Northern Arizona University’s Clara M. Lovett Art Museum is pleased to host a juried two-dimensional exhibition October 15, 2024 - April 11, 2025. The exhibition includes new works exploring identity, community, and geography within the broader theme of place. The Museum invited submissions exploring the many layers of our connection to physical past, present, and future spaces, and the ways place impacts a community’s collective identity and individual identity all in relation to the Colorado Plateau.

Our relationship with the land we live on shapes our understanding of the world and creates a sense of community with those we share it with. On the Colorado Plateau, the geography dictates much of how we live, from the snow in our mountains to the wildfires that ravage our landscape. Place is, however, more than our physical connection to the earth but also the meaning we ascribe to it. Together, we turn our lived space into a particular place.

The exhibition includes works from:
Brandon Barón

Melanie E. Brewster

Natalie Christensen

Barbara F. Dickinson

Jessica Downs

Matt Drissell

Irwin Freeman

Matt Gauck

Pato J. Hebert

Tony James Holmquist

Megan Beth Johnson

Lynn Haygood Lee

Genise McGregor

Domini Mostofi

David Politzer

Alan Petersen

Mary Ross

Carol Russell

Beth Shadur

Catherine Eaton Skinner

Cheryl A. Thomas

Doug Tolman

Jane Thorp

John L. Vankat

William Waters