Nevertheless: The Art of Persistence highlights creative practices that engage with art as a civic duty and bring lived experiences from the margins to the foreground. It explores the deeply personal elements of identity, community, and political engagement that propel us forward and call us to build, create, and act – even when the odds are against us. The exhibition is presented in conjunction with the Art History Student Association’s 15th Annual Graduate Symposium to expand upon scholarship addressing similar issues. Through this discourse between scholarship and artwork, the exhibition seeks to add nuance and bear witness to the complex intersection of art and social justice.
