{"id":81202,"date":"2022-10-13T12:58:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T12:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=81202"},"modified":"2022-11-03T16:08:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T16:08:24","slug":"photography-exhibit-in-green-hall-follows-arizona-tribe-on-annual-pilgrimage-to-shrine-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/10\/photography-exhibit-in-green-hall-follows-arizona-tribe-on-annual-pilgrimage-to-shrine-in-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Photography exhibit in Green Hall follows Arizona tribe on annual pilgrimage to shrine in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Oct. 13, 2022 \u2013 In fall of 2018, artist and photographer Maeve Hickey made a five-day pilgrimage with members of the Tohono O\u2019odham Nation in Arizona to the shrine of San Francisco Xavier in Magdalena de Kino, Sonora, Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The journey is the subject of a photo exhibit, \u201cPassage: Images of a Pilgrimage \u2013 An Artist Crosses the Border with the \u2018Desert People,\u2019\u201d being held in Green Hall on the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Kingston Campus. The exhibit is free and open to the 溏心vlog免费B站 community and public. Green Hall, 35 Campus Avenue, is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The exhibit will be up through the end of the school year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An opening reception with Hickey, a 1970 graduate of 溏心vlog免费B站, was held Tuesday, Oct. 18, and Hickey, who is based in Ireland, visited campus from Oct. 17-20, discussing the exhibit in a talk in the Chafee Social Science Center and visiting classes and meeting with students while on campus. The exhibit and Hickey\u2019s visit are hosted by the 溏心vlog免费B站 Department of Art and Art History and sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is my first exhibition at 溏心vlog免费B站 since I participated in student exhibitions,\u201d said Hickey. \u201cSo, this is kind of a wonderful homecoming for me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rebecca Levitan, director of the Main Gallery in the Fine Arts Center, is curating the exhibit of about 27 black and white photographs that line the walls of the first-floor hallway in Green Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is really an interesting project that Maeve has been doing,\u201d she said. \u201cShe\u2019s done a number of series along the U.S.-Mexico border, but these photographs, where she\u2019s documented this pilgrimage, are especially thought provoking.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hickey\u2019s work<\/a> spans numerous media \u2013 such as photography, sculpture, assemblages, and installations \u2013 and arises from profound engagement with place and people, especially along the U.S.-Mexico border, and in Ireland. Her work has been exhibited and represented in collections throughout Europe and the Americas, and she has been a visiting artist and fellow at numerous institutions. The Green Hall exhibit is her 25th<\/sup> solo exhibit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In collaboration with anthropologist Lawrence Taylor, she has also published four books of photographs \u2013 \u201cThe Road to Mexico,\u201d \u201cThe Tunnel Kids,\u201d \u201cAmbos Nogales,\u201d and \u201cTales of the Desert Borderlands.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2018, she accompanied about 100 members of the Tohono O\u2019odham Nation, starting in Arizona in late September and walking beside them through the day\u2019s heat and sleeping alongside them under the stars through the cold nights. The annual pilgrimage arrives at the shrine of San Francisco Xavier (also known as Saint Francis), an important saint to Mexicans in the region and to the Yaqui, Seri and Mayo tribes, by Oct. 4, St. Francis\u2019 Day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have photographed pilgrimages extensively in Europe and I have an artistic as well as personal interest in pilgrimage,\u201d said Hickey. \u201cI think that ultimately, the photographs in this exhibition tell an almost hidden story of life on the border. It is unusual because the journey crossed the border into Mexico, not out of Mexico, as is the usual route, and in a region that is so often seen as violent, lawless, and problematic, the pilgrimage represents deep humanity, faith, and hope.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe thing that makes the exhibit powerful for me is that it doesn\u2019t seem to be trying to force one point of view,\u201d said Levitan, an assistant teaching professor in painting and two-dimensional design. \u201cIt\u2019s really very focused on small intimate moments, everyday people, and what life is like on this journey. It allows you to draw your own conclusions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibit, Levitan said, fulfills several of her goals as director of the Main Gallery. It exposes art students to a different art form. Its subject challenges students and other viewers and isn\u2019t artwork they might normally encounter. And, it helps show the career progression of an artist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen she was here, Maeve mostly studied painting,\u201d she said. \u201cBut a lot of the work she\u2019s done since then has been photography \u2013 showing the different ways of what you think of as your art can morph.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lastly, Levitan said the exhibit also shows art students \u2013 who are also liberal arts students \u2013 how to bring their interests into their art. \u201cI think this work shows the interdisciplinary ways of thinking that is really a strength of the 溏心vlog免费B站.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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