WOR[L]DS
November 5, 2025–
February 7, 2026
WOR[L]DS Exhibition in Reilly Gallery.
WOR[L]DS
November 5, 2025–
February 7, 2026
Reilly Gallery, Smith Center for the Arts
Exhibition Opening Details
Gallery Tour & Public Reception
November 12, 2025 5:00pm – 7:00pm
About the Exhibition
Organized by guest curators María Fernanda Mancera and Gabriel Sosa, this group exhibition considers the possibilities and limits of language by exploring its capacity for worldbuilding. Wor[l]ds considers ways words take on haptic, material, and sonic forms to go beyond being a tool for communication to become spaces of encounter. The show includes works by New England-based artists Tatiana Gómez & José R. Menéndez (buena gráfica social studio™), Anna McNeary, Meg Rotzel, Diana Sánchez, and Gabriel Sosa. Their work reveals poignant scenarios where language alludes to lineages, denotes both exclusion and resistance, and fosters closeness and connection, ultimately offering a complex and nuanced understanding of translation and solidarity.
Supporters
Funding for this exhibition is generously provided by Providence College’s Division of Academic Affairs. In-kind support provided by Providence College’s Department of Art & Art History.
Installation Images
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Tatiana Gómez & José R. Menéndez, buena gráfica studio™, 2020-2025. Risograph and offset prints -
Gabriel Sosa, Practically Inevitable, 2017. Single-channel video, 2:54” -
Tatiana Gómez, Hurac Text, 2018. Software, digital prints, 24” x 36” each -
Installation view of WOR[L]DS, 2025. Photo by Scott Alario. -
Installation view of WOR[L]DS, 2025. Photo by Scott Alario. -
Meg Rotzel, The Word (Nai & Grace), 2025. Single-fired ceramic and slip, ink, paper, graphite, 2024 sketchbook, framed gift of calligraphy, postcard, table -
Diana Sánchez, Machine Kinship: The Impossible Duet, 2022. Sound, machine learning, silicone, electronics, glass, water, proteins, air, steel base, 4’ x 4’ -
Meg Rotzel, QFH Grid Drawings, an excerpt of a set: dark grid, yellow wandering grid, color interlock grid, color wandering/line form, color bleed-through interlock, 2025. Ink, lake water, Spencer’s paper, Nelia’s paper, Nico, and Meg -
Installation view of WOR[L]DS, 2025. Photo by Scott Alario. -
Anna McNeary, Timeline 2, 2023. Screenprint on dyed canvas, 70" x 45" -
Anna McNeary, In Exchange, 2018. Wallpaper, screenprinted and burnout velvet garments
