About the Exhibition

Conversation Pieces highlights the role of art in sparking dialogue. By opening up our senses, conversation extends beyond spoken words to include looking, questioning, and listening. Drawn primarily from the permanent collection and shaped with faculty input, the exhibition features work by Ramiro Chaves, William Congdon, Robert Craner, Grace Hartigan, Hillerbrand+Magsamen, Thomas M. McGlynn, O.P., Nadia Haji Omar, Phyllis Sloane, Sheida Solemani, and Eric Sung.

This exhibition opens multiple paths of inquiry. Now, artworks are activated as touchstones to bridge disciplines. Each piece becomes an opportunity to discover how sustained attention can turn small details into surprising insights. Seen together, these works raise questions that move between the intimate and the expansive: the fragility of the body, the rhythms of daily life, and the traces left by language and history. Conversation Pieces celebrates the gallery as a shared space of exchange, where reflection and research can unfold.

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Conversation Pieces is organized by Carol Stakenas, PCG Director & Chief Curator with PCG faculty advisors, Dr. Ellen Feiss, Department of Art & Art History and Fr. Gabriel Joseph Torretta, O.P., Department of Theology, as well as Professor Eric Sung, Department of Art & Art History. Organizational assistance is provided by Nichole Speciale, Exhibitions & Collections Manager; Tori Augusta, Communications & Design Associate; and Claire Cordonnier and Hayley Londergan, PCG Summer Fellows. Additional production expertise is provided by Scott Alario and Ben Kaplan. Funding for the exhibition is provided by Providence College’s Division of Academic Affairs, with additional support provided by the Department of Art & Art History.