Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
Wright State University’s 2024-25 visual arts season has opened with photography exhibitions examining storytelling and elementary schools in Toledo.
“ReWritten: Photographers Reshaping the Narrative” and “Elementary: Photographs by Daniel McInnis” are on display through Nov. 2 in the Stein Galleries, located at 160 Creative Arts Center on the Dayton campus.
Curated by Marcella Hackbardt, professor of studio art at Kenyon College, “ReWritten: Photographers Reshaping the Narrative” features artists who pioneer New Genre Narrative photography, emphasizing social justice and personal identity among other themes.
“From tintypes to artificial intelligence, a range of photographic methods are employed to redefine visual narratives with both urgency and contemplative depth,” stated organizers in a press release.
“ReWritten” features works by Jacqueline Arias, Jen Everett, Amber N. Ford, Ellen Garvens, Emily Hanako Momohara, Gina Osterloh, Leonard Suryajaya, Raymond Thompson Jr., Jonathan Vega, Carmen Winant, Jacqueline Woods and Emily Zeller.
Interested in a deeper dive? Check out these events:
- Thursday, Sept. 12, 6 p.m.: Curator talk with Marcella Hackbardt and opening reception, Stein Galleries.
- Wednesday, Sept. 18: Film screening of “Namba” by Emily Momohara, 4 p.m., 280 Creative Arts Center; and reception, 5:30 p.m., Stein Galleries.
- Thursday, Oct. 3, 6 p.m.: Artist talk with Gina Osterloh and reception, Stein Galleries.
