David G. Pollart Center for Arts & Humanities

Jim Hodges’ Unearthed exhibition is a monumental bronze cast of an uprooted tree stump. The truncated form resonates with majesty while also serving as a mournful reminder of humankind’s impact upon the natural world. The sculpture is suspended in stillness, suggesting what might have been above, stretching branches that…

“The Mirror that Nature Holds” brings together a vast array of contemporary artists whose practices reflect the natural world as a site of wonder, memory, unease, and potential. In dialogue with the philosophical legacy of the sublime, such as the transcendental aspirations of Caspar David Friedrich and the atmospheric…