JAN 22–FEB 23, 2020
STATE OF CONVERGENCE
State of Convergence foregrounds the work of historically underrepresented artists to explore the cultural diversity of our region. The exhibition features both contemporary and historical works by Bay Area artists from Mills College Art Museum’s permanent collection and highlights the Northern California landscape as a site of resistance, abundance, and celebration.
![Mildred Howard, Thirty-Eight Double Dee from portfolio 10 x 10: Ten Women/Ten Prints, 1995, Silkscreen on paper, Collection Mills College Art Museum, Museum Purchase, Mrs. John C. Sigourney [Mary Singleton], B.A. 1949, Fund.](/images/exhibitions/Current_Inset_SOC_box.jpg "Mildred Howard, Thirty-Eight Double Dee from portfolio 10 x 10: Ten Women/Ten Prints, 1995, Silkscreen on paper, Collection Mills College Art Museum, Museum Purchase, Mrs. John C. Sigourney [Mary Singleton], B.A. 1949, Fund.")
![Mildred Howard, Thirty-Eight Double Dee from portfolio 10 x 10: Ten Women/Ten Prints, 1995, Silkscreen on paper, Collection Mills College Art Museum, Museum Purchase, Mrs. John C. Sigourney [Mary Singleton], B.A. 1949, Fund.](/images/exhibitions/Current_Large_SOC_box.jpg "Mildred Howard, Thirty-Eight Double Dee from portfolio 10 x 10: Ten Women/Ten Prints, 1995, Silkscreen on paper, Collection Mills College Art Museum, Museum Purchase, Mrs. John C. Sigourney [Mary Singleton], B.A. 1949, Fund.")
Mildred Howard
Thirty-Eight Double Dee from portfolio 10 x 10: Ten Women/Ten Prints
1995
Silkscreen on paper
Collection Mills College Art Museum, Museum Purchase, Mrs. John C. Sigourney [Mary Singleton], B.A. 1949, Fund.
Featured artists, such as Rupert Garcia, Bessma Khalaf and Hung Liu, make politically charged works that directly critique the impact of colonialism in California, while acknowledging the foundational role of immigration to the State’s civic fabric. Works by Traci Bartlow, Keba Armand Konte, and Carmen Lomas Garza, celebrate family, friendship, and cultural identity. Whether narrative or verging on abstract, the artworks in State of Convergence survey the different ways artists represent their local communities, reflecting on subjects such as indigenous ceremony, immigration, gender, urban community, activism, and white gentrification.
The exhibition showcases additional pieces from MCAM’s unique holdings with works by Kim Anno, Mildred Howard, Mary Lovelace O’Neal, Bill Owens, Raymond Saunders and selections from the museum’s collection of Native American baskets.
Traci Bartlow
Detail of Intimate Cut
2000
C-print, Collection Mills College Art Museum, Museum Purchase, Susan L. Mills Fund.
State of Convergence is curated by students in the Fall 2019 Museum Studies Workshop: Janin Escobedo-Garcia, Ely Gann, Fiona Ordway Mosser, Grace Patterson, Isabella Perry, and Emma Sugarbaker. The exhibition is accompanied by a digital catalogue featuring original scholarship by the students.
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Founded in 1925, The Mills College Art Museum is a forum for exploring art and ideas and a laboratory for contemporary art practices. Through innovative exhibitions, programs, and collections, the museum engages and inspires the intellectual and creative life of the Mills community as well as the diverse audiences of the Bay Area and beyond.
