and then down became up: new works by sonja thomsen Closing Reception

May 31, 2025 - 3:00pm

Credit: Sonja Thomsen
(detail) awakening &, 2025, latex print on vinyl, variable dimensions

Free and open to the public.
Closing reception: Sunday, May 31, 2025, 2-5 pm, with panel conversation at 3 pm

On Sunday, May 31, 2025, the artist will be joined by Meg Jackson Fox, Dana Feitler Director of the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago, for an informal conversation and closing reception. Thomsen and Fox will discuss the exhibition and their ongoing research on Larsen Archer. The reception is from 2 to 5 pm, and the conversation begins at 3 pm.

About Megan Jackson Fox

Meg Jackson Fox, Ph.D., is the Director of the Feitler Center for Academic Inquiry and Head of Education at the University of Chicago’s Smart Museum of Art. Previously, Jackson Fox worked as Curator of Interdisciplinary and Community Practices at the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona, and Assistant Professor of Global Art History at the University of Denver. Jackson Fox’s interests lie in the histories of photography, contemporary visual culture, experimental storytelling, and community collaborations, and she has contributed to publications, exhibitions, lectures, and symposia nationally and internationally. Jackson Fox holds a Ph.D. in Contemporary Art and Critical Theory from the University of Arizona; an MA in Art and Museum Studies from Georgetown University, jointly convened with Sotheby’s Institute-London; and an MA in Modern European History from the University of Tennessee.

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