Opening Reception: Enough Already

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Enough Already (formerly titled Riveting) was organized by the Dayton Art Institute and curated by Jerry Smith + Mariah Postlewait.

The MoCA\CT presentation is organized by the museum’s Arts Advisory Committee.

Enough Already presents extraordinary art by contemporary women artists drawn from the significant private collection of Sara M. and Michelle Vance Waddell. This bold exhibition expresses the collectors’ personal interest in finding emergent artistic voices and powerful artistic statements that speak to prominent social issues of the day, including those relating to LGBTQ+ communities and reproductive rights. All major mediums are included: paintings, sculptures, works on paper, photographs and textiles. Themes range from humorous and irreverent to thought-provoking.

The show will feature internationally recognized artists including Louise Bourgeois, Deborah Butterfield, Barbara Kruger, Ana Mendieta, Catherine Opie, Cindy Sherman, Lorna Simpson, Kiki Smith, Mickalene Thomas, and Carrie Mae Weems, featured alongside under-recognized artists. One of the highlights will be Carolee Schneemann’s Interior Scroll (1974/75), a groundbreaking achievement of feminist art that remains relevant and controversial to this day.

Sara Vance Waddell is a Cincinnati-based arts philanthropist and advertising media executive who has been consciously collecting feminist-leaning art over much of the past decade.

Programming Overview

To accompany the exhibition, MoCA\CT will host a series of special programs, including conversations, performances, and film screenings:

• On the Art of Collecting with Sara Vance Waddell | Thursday, November 13, 4:30pm
• Opening Reception | Thursday, November 13, 6–8pm
• Storyfest: Short films + spoken word performances curated by Dusty McCullough | Saturday, November 22, 6pm
• Film Screening: Bloodroot followed by Q+A with Anne Laurie Medonis and book signing with Emily Larned | Tuesday, December 2, 6pm
• Adult art workshop: Encaustic collage with Leslie Giuliani – December 4, 12pm
• Community Conversation: Gallery talk with Luciana McClure Lewis – January 8, 6pm
• Teen art workshop: Mixed media with Peri Pfenninger – January 17,  1–4pm
• Community Conversation: Gallery talk with Kathryn Turley-Sonne – January 29, 6pm
• Film screening: Eva Hesse followed by a Q+A with Marcie Begleiter – February 6, 6pm

Note: This exhibition contains nude images and addresses sexual relations, reproductive rights and violence.