CWAC Exhibitions (CWAC Exh) presents student- and course-curated exhibitions in the Cochrane-Woods Art Center. This opportunity provides a supported environment for emerging curators, artists, and museum workers to hone their skills while activating CWAC spaces with artwork and installations.
Propose an Exhibition
The CWAC Exh Call for Proposals for AY2026-27 is now closed. We are grateful to our jury for helping select this year's exhibition program, including VRC staff and:
- Jan Brugger, Exhibitions Manager, Logan Center Exhibitions
- Jenny Harris, curator and doctoral student in Art History
- Christine Mehring, Mary L. Block Professor of Art History and the College
- Stephanie Strother, curator and doctoral student in Art History
Applications for the AY2027-28 cycle will open in Spring 2027. Please reach out to cwac-exh-team@uchicago.edu with any questions.
CWAC Exhibitions Curatorial Toolkit
To help empower curators in developing a curatorial proposal, the CWAC Exhibitions Curatorial Toolkit offers more information about our evaluation criteria & installation spaces and practical advice about responsibilities and deliverables throughout the entire exhibition making process.
Support
CWAC Exhibitions is organized by the Department of Art History’s Visual Resources Center. We are grateful for many campus colleagues and collaborators, including the Center for the Art of East Asia, the Department of Visual Arts, and the Smart Museum of Art. CWAC Exhibitions’s inaugural year (2023–2024) was supported by a generous gift from Brenda Shapiro with additional support from the College Curricular Innovation Fund.