Art exhibitions are curated to connect the artwork to the gallery space. The connection is designed to pull an experience from the viewer. I’m sure most have experienced a specific feeling from an exhibit, but have you ever thought what elements, other than the artwork, made you feel that way?

Peace, love and freedom. That is how I identify the 1960s and 1970s. As a daughter of two baby boomers, I have heard plenty of stories of life lived in a generation full of social movements, bright colors, substances, and bell bottoms. It was a counterculture that gave birth to hippies.

This year at WAM, mindfulness is an overarching theme present in exhibitions and programs. Part of mindfulness is self reflection - understanding identity. Of course, this got me thinking. What is identity? The definition may seem fairly obvious, but this word has certain nuances because identity is constructed in a different way for everyone.

Without hesitation, I say October is the most beautiful month of the year. I also say without hesitation that it ends too quickly. It rests on a temporary cusp of time between the Indian Summer days of September and the dry-cold days of November. The climate is temperate. The autumnal sun gives the shorter days a certain glow. The most brilliant part about October, however, is the change of colors.  

Interview by Luna Allen-Bakerian, Transcription by Hannah Germaine