June 9-July 24, 2025
"Hope is The Thing With Feathers" has been accepted into the juried art exhibition "Around the Block V: Artists From Our Neighborhood" at the Giertz Gallery in Champaign.
In collaboration with 40 North: Champaign County Arts Council, the exhibition includes artists from the community.
Juried by Josh Fairbanks, the assistant director of exhibitions at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
"It was an honor to take part in this year's exhibition, to listen to the stories, questions, and see the visions these artists are bringing forward," Fairbanks says. "In curating this snapshot, I sought to honor the complexity of their efforts. To present work that captures a community not fixed in a single idea or identity, but that speaks to a broader landscape of making in this moment. I am excited for the public to experience this collection with the same spirit of inquiry and engagement that the artists have so clearly brought to their practices."