Read + Reflect
a group of people standing among artwork viewing images on a monitor

At the 2019 opening for “Baggage Claims.” Photograph by Jayme Halbritter.

Featured Essays

Close shot of a field of sweetgrass, slightly brown with autumn
These Sweetgrass Prayers
a plastic tub is filled with various belongings - shoes, drawings, books, tools, art supplies, etc - to indicate the amount of personal belongings an incarcerated person is allowed to keep with them
What's In Your Bin?
Book jackets of titles from the recommended readings list for SEEN
Read and Reflect: SEEN
A WAM visitor leans in to look closely at an artwork on the wall
Drawing on the Unexpected
Book jacket images
Read and Reflect: A Moment of Pause
James Baldwin on a light blue background
More Various, More Beautiful, & More Terrible: Thinking with Baldwin
Painting of people wearing animal skins
Why We Look at Animals
paper cat heads
How Becoming a Doctor Meant Unbecoming Myself
Red spraypaint on a cinderblock wall reading "Refugees welcome"
Other Wars—Afghans, Violent Care, and Deprived Solidarity by Mariam Banahi
A trainyard under a darkly cloudy sky.
After Progress by Miranda Trimmier
A poster design featuring a human profile in silhouette staring down, with a spotlit beam coming out of the eye. The eye gazes on a small fetus, within the belly of a pregnant woman, also in silhouette. Text reads: If you see something ... say something. Report all pregnancies to the proper authorities.
Artists Respond to Texas Senate Bill 8: An Introduction to the Series by Boris Oicherman
Felt Here materials and print square
Artists Respond to Texas Senate Bill 8: Shanai Matteson
A naked, female-presenting torso faces the camera in the foreground, in front of a window; her arms partially cover her breasts; her fists are clenched and poised up, as if ready to punch. On her belly is a message written in thick, black, all-caps: YOU ARE COLONIZING MY BODY AS YOU DID MY HOMELAND
Artists Respond to Texas Senate Bill 8: Nooshin Hakim Javadi
A poster design featuring a human profile in silhouette staring down, with a spotlit beam coming out of the eye. The eye gazes on a small fetus, within the belly of a pregnant woman, also in silhouette. Text reads: If you see something ... say something. Report all pregnancies to the proper authorities.
Artists Respond to Texas Senate Bill 8: Monica Sheets
A piece of paper, folded vertically accordian-style, bears a handwritten note that reads: And we will be scavengers of a future past"
Artists Respond to Texas Senate Bill 8: Rachel Jendrzejewski