WCU Fine Art Museum Excellence in Exhibitions Award

 John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center      November 9, 2020

The Museum's exhibition, Resounding Change: Sonic Art and the Environment, received the Gold Award from the Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) "Excellence in Exhibitions" competition in the under $25,000 budget category! The Gold award is the highest honor an exhibition can receive in each category. 

"Outstanding - a truly exceptional and thoughtful interdisciplinary project about one of the most pressing issues of our time with the key inclusion of BIPOC voices!"

- SEMC Excellence in Exhibitions Competition Judge

Inspired by WCU’s 2019-2020 Campus Theme “Sustainability and the Environment”, Resounding Change featured sound-based artwork that encourages visitors to listen more closely to the natural world and to think about how sound is being used in a time of environmental crisis. WCU Fine Art Museum Curator of Collections and Exhibitions, Carolyn Grosch, along with Tyler Kinnear, Musicologist and Arts Instructor in the WCU Belcher College, co-curated this exhibition, which was on display throughout Fall 2019. LEARN MORE

The Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC), nonprofit membership organization, is an association of museums, museum staff, independent professionals and corporate partners.

Read the full announcement from SEMC regarding the Excellence in Exhibitions competition.