APRIL 2026

FIRST FRIDAY: April 3, 5-8 PM

EXHIBITION ON VIEW: Saturday, April 4 - Friday, April 24

GALLERY HOURS: Thursday - Sunday, 1-4 PM

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EVENTS

ARTIST TALK WITH AMY MEISSNER: Friday, April 17 at 6:00 PM

PERFORMATIVE READING WITH SIMONETTA MIGNANO: Friday, April 24 at 6:30 PM

CENTER GALLERY
Transitional Objects | Amy Meissner

My work with abandoned textiles explores the literal, physical, and emotional work of women. I’ve been a mother for two decades and it’s difficult for me to disentangle my caregiving experiences and feelings from these materials originally made by unknown mothers, aunts, grandmothers -- all caregivers as well. In the mid-20th century, a British psychoanalyst introduced the term “transitional objects” to describe chosen things that act as a bridge between child and caregiver, easing anxiety and providing emotional well-being during separation, such as a blanket or doll. The transitional objects in this space represent my overactive mothering mind, combining the ridiculous with the terrifying in an attempt, over hours and months of making, to soothe myself from worst-possible outcomes. The variations provided invite the viewer to consider other variations, or what their own object might look like. In this way, the collection explores the lineage of use value in women’s work, the literal overproduction by hand in past eras now shifting to a state of heightened emotional labor, an over-mothering just as prolific. 

amymeissner.com

NORTH GALLERY
Through Our Eyes | UAA Cemera Club

Photography has long been a medium of storytelling and personal expression since its invention in 1839. The photographers of the UAA photo class and Camera Club have put together a collection of their images that present the world as they see it.

The Camera Club is a UAA sponsored club that brings UAA students, faculty, staff and photographers from the community together to teach, learn and create community based on a mutual passion for photography.

UAA Camera Club

SOUTH GALLERY
EPIC FAIL | Simonetta Mignano

This installation is the setting for a performative reading taking place on Friday, April 24 at 6:30 PM, a soft launch of Epic Fail 2009–2025, an artist’s book by Simonetta Mignano, released by Viaindustriae publishing in April 2026.

The project is a critical reflection on failure, seen through the presence of incorrectly drawn swastikas on public surfaces. The result of research conducted between 2009 and 2025, it reflects on how one of the most ancient and widely disseminated symbols—later appropriated by the Nazi regime—is repeatedly drawn incorrectly by those who attempt to reproduce it to assert ideological authority, turning the symbol into impressive achievements in failure and revealing their makers’ incompetence, which undermines the very claims to rigor and control they were meant to convey.

Combining humor, political critique, and personal reflection grounded in leftist perspectives, the project situates these graphic failures within a broader framework of ideological production and collapse. It considers how incompetence operates not merely as an incidental flaw but as an expression of larger political and cultural bewilderment. The project also considers these failures within a broader context of personal and collective struggle, where political defeat, absurdity, and laughter often seem to occur together.

This setting for the performative reading includes the music stands with the book cover and text, the score of My Heart Will Go On from Titanic and the flutes inspired by a YouTube-famous flute fail video. The sunlamp like the swastika in its ancient meaning—the wheel of the sun, radiating light. The two Polaroids were taken in 2023 in Naples, under the colonnade of Piazza del Plebiscito, showing several swastikas drawn incorrectly. The two posters are letterpress prints on fluorescent paper, which was formerly used for political signage in Italy, as it would be visible even at night. The books, CD, and DVD are a selection of references for the project, also cited in the book.

The project comes fully to fruition through the performative reading, where copies of the book are available. Hope to see you there.

simonettamignano.com