Anthology: Contemporary Narrative Art from the Lise Curry Collection

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According to Ms. Curry’s vision for an academic art collection, it is already serving as a valuable teaching resource. During the spring semester, Pace students Ellis Clay ’25 and Vesper Vargas ’28 worked with gallery director Professorf Sarah Cunningham to curate the inaugural exhibition from more than 200 artworks. Vargas reflected, “Curating this exhibit has been the highlight of my freshman year. As an art major, I gained valuable insight into how exhibitions are created from start to finish.” Cunningham expands, “I am so grateful to Ms. Curry for her remarkable gift which is already transforming the way we teach and learn here at Pace.”

Given the Curry Collection’s broad thematic range, the curatorial team organized the inaugural exhibit into four sections—Strong Women, Relational Pairs, City of Jazz, and Natural Abstraction—viewed as chapters in a larger narrative about living with joy, integrity, and curiosity. The Anthology exhibit showcases 33 distinguished artists working in diverse media, including painting, drawing, and photography. As part of the exhibit, the gallery has also commissioned a new site-specific textile installation by artist Rosa Chang, expanding on her collection piece and using traditional Korean indigo and natural dye techniques.

Additional featured artists from the collection include Elana Adler, Daphne Arthur, Maya Brodsky, Bri Cirel, Beatrice Coron, Antide de Champagne, Francks Deceus, Rose Deler, Lola Flash, Joseph Franklin, Takao Fujioka, Takao Fujioka, Jocelyne Gaudreau, Nathalie Grenier, Cynthia Hartling, Zach Horn, Laura James, Philippe Lechien, Peter Leitch, Christine Mace, Megan Marlatt, Carolina Martinez, Felicita Maynard, Hibiki Miyazaki, Rebecca Morgan, Rachelle Mozman, Rowan Renee, Sigita Rucinskaite-Praneviciene, Sir Shadow, Joshie South, Natsuki Takauji, Mark Tanabe, Willie Torbert, and Rasa Vaisvilaite.