Art in Focus

Join us as we discuss some of the works on view in For Which It Stands... in an informal setting, led by Curator of Education and Academic Engagement Michelle DiMarzo!

Please note: the first two events in this series will take place in the Bellarmine Hall Galleries; the second two events will take place in the Walsh Gallery.

• February 12: Childe Hassam (1859-1935), Italian Day, May 1918, 1918, oil on canvas, 36 x 26 in. Art Bridges. Bellarmine Hall Galleries
• March 12: Jane Hammond, Untitled (28, 157, 272, 179, 64, 95, 45, 244, 247, 109, 146, 185, 9, 234, 207), 1993, oil on canvas with metal leaf. Collection of the Orlando Museum of Art. Purchased with funds provided by the Acquisition Trust. © Jane Hammond. Bellarmine Hall Galleries
• April 9: Julie Mehretu, Corner of Lake and Minnehaha, 2022, 17-run color screenprint on white Coventry Rag paper. © Julie Mehretu. Image Courtesy of Highpoint Editions and Julie Mehretu. Walsh Gallery
• May 7: Rosson Crow, Fragility (Pax Americana), 2023, acrylic, spray paint, photo transfer, and oil on canvas. Courtesy of the artist and Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY. Walsh Gallery

About the exhibition: This exhibition examines depictions of the American flag through 70+ works by a diverse group of artists, beginning during WWI with Childe Hassam’s Italian Day, May 1918 and continuing to the present day, including a textile sculpture commissioned for the show from Maria de Los Angeles. The exhibition includes work in a variety of media by artists including Jasper Johns, Faith Ringgold, Robert Rauschenberg, Shepard Fairey, and Julie Mehretu, and challenges viewers to consider who the American flag truly represents and whether justice is available to all.

For Which It Stands… forms part of America250: The Promise and Paradox, an initiative through which Fairfield University Explores 250 Years of the American Experiment. To learn more, click here.