On View

Art collections, by nature, spend the majority of their time resting in the undercrofts of museums, quietly awaiting exhibition. Reconsidered Recollections is no different. Carefully co-curated from the ICA’s Permanent Collection by UTC students, the process of selecting, researching, and curating unseen artworks for this exhibition reactivates each artwork within new contexts and interpretations. At the same time, the exhibition itself functions as a measure of recollection, inviting viewers into a shared act of sustaining the histories of these works.

Throughout the gallery, collaborative subsections unify previously disconnected pieces, developing thematic connections across research, interpretation, and display. In these groupings, recurring ideas surface through the construction of identity and memory, escapism, uncertain journeys, and ambiguity. What emerges within this show is not a singular or fixed narrative, but a constellation of recollections that are continually redefined through cycles of interpretations.

Once the exhibition closes, these artworks will return to the ICA’s Permanent Collection, accompanied by new research and renewed visibility. Through this process, Reconsidered Recollections presents these works to the public and extends their interpretive histories beyond the limits of storage, lingering in the ongoing process of looking, remembering, and reimagining.
This exhibition is co-curated by students in Dr. Bart Pushaw’s Spring 2026 class of ART 4150: Object Archaeology—Research, Writing, and Interpretation for the Museum and supported by the Walker Center for Teaching and Learning High Impact Practices Grant. The students who curated the exhibition include:

Josie Bailey, Maggie Bean, Cordelia Burks, Lillian Dent, Jayme Felts, Hadley Garren, Michael Griffith, Delilah Haman, Amarree Hardaway, Elizabeth Howle, Janan Kleinstick, Nora Lindsey, Aly Lovelace, Grace Magnini, Isabelle Malone, Nate Mullen, Kaileigh Odell, Nathan Richards, Renee Ritchie, Isabella Smith, Britain Steward, Jordan Swearingen, Jae Sweetin, and Natalie Wells.

Exhibition open by appointment only until the semester begins.

Upcoming at the ICA

Affrilachia: Testimonies
Chris Aluka Berry 
October 15 – December 4, 2026
Reception and Public Conversation featuring Kelly Elaine Navies: Thursday, November 5, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Affrilachia: Testimonies by Chris Aluka Berry documents Black communities across rural Appalachia to expand broader cultural discourse around the region and the American South. Supported by Africana Studies, the Department of English, the Creative Writing Program, and the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

Juried Student Show
December 11, 2026 – January 22, 2027
Opening Reception: Friday, December 11, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Closing & Awards Reception: Tuesday, January 22, 2027, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM

Vadis Turner: Wayward Grids
February 2 – March 19, 2027
Opening Reception: Tuesday, February 2
Panel Discussion featuring Ansel Elkins and Vadis Turner: Thursday, March 11, 2027, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM 

Nashville-based artist Vadis Turner transforms domestic materials and handcraft traditions into dimensional, "hysterical" grid sculptures that explore gender and agency. The panel discussion is supported by Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, the Meacham Writers' Workshop, and the ICA.

BFA Thesis Show 1

March 31 – April 6, 2027
Reception & Artist Talks: Thursday, April 1, 2027, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM (Artist Talks start at 5:00 PM)

Capstone exhibition featuring thesis bodies of work produced by graduating UTC Bachelor of Fine Arts candidates.

BFA Thesis Show 2

April 14 – April 20, 2027
Reception & Artist Talks: Thursday, April 15, 2027, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM (Artist Talks start at 5:00 PM)

The second installment of the capstone exhibition series presenting thesis work by graduating UTC Bachelor of Fine Arts candidates.

Feinstein Scholarship Exhibition
May 7 – May 21, 2027
Reception: Saturday, May 8, 2027, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM (post-Commencement)

This exhibition showcases this years' recipients of the Feinstein Art Scholarship: Caleb Connery, Crowley Haworth, and Isabella Hutchinson.