(re)present | Women's Center

View the (re)present Exhibits Now!

View the (re)present jury selections and other submissions in our virtual gallery or the exhbit in-person in Clemons Library

Awards

Jury Selections

Paintings, drawings, photos, collage, printmaking, mural proposals, or other 2D art
Brandon Eley, 1st place
Bailey Mohri, 2nd place
Lexi Magenheim, 3rd place
Lily Roberts, Honorable Mention
Ryan Doerr, Honorable Mention

Sculpture, models, installations, or other 3D art
Isabella Whitfield, 1st place
Kaitlyn Hyun, 2nd place
Selina Cheng, 3rd place
Lydia Hendrickson, Honorable Mention

Film, animation, or other non-traditional digital art
Kim Salac, 1st place
Phineas Alexander, 2nd place
Nathan Maizels, 3rd place

Poetry, essay, fiction, non-fiction, or other written literature
Emma Karnes, 1st place
Sadie Randall, 2nd place
Mary Katherine West, 3rd place
Savvy Holmes, Honorable Mention
Chloe Lyda, Honorable Mention
Charlotte Matthews, Honorable Mention

Students' Choice Award

We are also inviting current UVA students to select (re)present submissions that best capture the spirit of their UVA experience. View the jury selections online or in our window display, and send us your input by May 13 using this form (current computing ID required).

Acknowledgements

We are most grateful to the alumni, students, and faculty who shared their insights and expertise by serving on the juries for each (re)present category:

Paintings, drawings, photos, collage, printmaking, mural proposals, or other 2D art:

Andrea Douglas (Grad 1996, 2001) Executive Director of the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center
Natalia Heguaburo (Col 2019), current UVA Law School student, former Cavalier Daily photographer, and leader of the online archive latinxhistoryatuva.org
Caroline Massey, current 4th year student, photographer, and member of the Student Ambassador Team at the Women's Center
Benita Mayo, photographer, Equity Center Fellow, and Contemplative Sciences Center instructor
Shamim Sisson, former senior associate dean of students and director of the Office of Student Life
Gretchen Tibbits (Col 1989), UVA Arts Council Chair, and Managing Director at Progress Partners

Sculpture, models, installations, or other 3D art:

Bill Bennett, sculptor and Associate Professor of Studio Art
Mona El Khafif, Associate Professor, Architecture and Urban + Environmental Planning
Katie Forward, current 4th year Studio Art and Media Studies major and member of the Student Ambassador Team at the Women's Center
Seshi Konu, (Arch 2020) former Women's Center Engaged Scholarship intern

Film, animation, or other non-traditional digital art:

Elizabeth Bangura, (Col 2020), former intern with Iris and Speaking in Hues at the Women's Center and Brand Ambassador at MTV Promotions
Sylvia Chong, Associate Professor of English, Associate Director of American Studies, and Director, Minor in Asian Pacific American Studies
Chris Farina (Col 1982), filmmaker at Rosalia Films
April Woodard (Col 1991), Coast Live Co-host, and Assistant Professor at the Scripps Howard School of Journalism at Hampton University

Poetry, essay, fiction, non-fiction, or other written literature:

Jieru Shi, (Col 2020), former intern and Student Ambassador team leader at the Women's Center
Marwah Shuaib, (Col 2020), former intern with Iris and Speaking in Hues at the Women's Center
Matt Weber, author, lecturer, and Senior Assistant to the President at UVA
Amy Woolard (Col 1994, Law 2008), poet and Director of Policy at Legal Aid Justice Center

Special thanks also go to Emma Terry of UVA Arts, our Alumni Association colleagues, and all of the faculty, staff, students and alumni who shared this opportunity throughout the UVA community.

Our call to (re)present the UVA student

While it was plausible to represent THE student with a single image for much of the history of UVA, giving voice to myriad student experiences has always been at the heart of what the Women’s Center does. Through this arts and writing competition, the center called on the UVA community to (re)present – and celebrate – who we are and how we work and play at UVA today.

Students, in particular, lived up to what UVA has long expected of them and seized this opportunity, like so many others, with gusto. This exhibit brings work that originated in lecture halls, studios, and archives together with personal mementos and musings, enriching our sense of what means to live and learn in an historic place at a time of reckoning. Works exhibited here shed light into quiet corners of our community where small joys, subtle vulnerabilities, and hard truths tend to hide, allowing the resilience and creativity of the University community, especially the student body, to shine through.