Public exhibition highlights images of Ohio’s meals system (Apr. 27, 2026)

An intimate view of the Ohio meals system is the topic of a Denison scholar images exhibition “2026 Farmscape,” which examines native websites, juried by Nannette Maciejunes, a member of the Denison class of 1975 and the emeritus govt director of the Columbus Museum of Art. The exhibition opening, which is able to characteristic artists’ talks by 13 scholar photographers and feedback by the juror.

The exhibition may even characteristic open hours on Saturday, May 2 and Sunday, May 3, and is free and open to the general public. For extra info on Farmscape, contact Abram Kaplan at 740-398-7892 or Kaplan@denison.edu. 

The 2026 Farmscape Juried Exhibition celebrates the work of 13 Denison University college students who’ve spent a semester studying concerning the American meals system by the lens of a digicam. After visits to eight completely different websites, together with two dairy farms, an Amish mill, greenhouse operation, produce distribution middle, meat processing facility, espresso roastery, and our personal Huffman Dining Hall, every scholar submitted his or her personal greatest work. Out of 130 pictures, Maciejunes chosen 40 to be included within the exhibition, maximizing picture high quality, course thematic components, and scholar illustration within the present. 

“Photography is the ubiquitous medium of the contemporary world,” mentioned Maciejunes. “It has always been tempting to think of photography as an objective medium — that the photograph simply records what the camera sees, that human agency is minimized. A project and exhibition such as this reminds us that nothing could be further from the truth.” 

More about Farmscape: 

The American meals system affords many mysteries – questions we’d like to reply, curiosities we want we may perceive higher. Those points are generally explored by the paradigms of social and pure sciences. Farmscape as an alternative makes use of arts-based analysis, an experiential strategy, and “a process that uses the expressive qualities of form to convey meaning.” Through aesthetic exploration, the scholars questioned many solutions concerning the manufacturing of meals, and assemble narrative strains of inquiry within the type of visible imagery. 

Farmscape college students embody Kian Deutschman, Bingwen Ding, Vanessa Gerakines, Ana Gerhardt, Christine Keough, Jonas Kling, Chinenye Obiechina, Clarissa Paiz Garcia, Sydney Schlatter, Alice Vella, Sophia Weber, John Whiting, and A.J. York. Teaching assistant: Mya Cusson.