Solo Exhibition Opens Oct. 27
Washington and Lee University’s Staniar Gallery is showcasing “Fragile Intangibilities,” a solo exhibition by New York-based artist Daphne Arthur. The exhibit will be on view from Oct. 27 through Dec. 12. Arthur will also give an artist’s talk on Nov. 11 at 5:30 p.m. in Wilson Concert Hall in the Lenfest Center for the Arts, followed by a reception.
The exhibition and reception events are free and open to the public.
“Fragile Intangibilities” features hand-sewn silk organza camping tents, each bearing ink drawings inspired by interviews Arthur conducted with fellow firstgeneration immigrants and migrants in New York City and Connecticut.
A Venezuelan-born immigrant herself, Arthur draws on these conversations to create floating, translucent mobile homes that visualize unique, personal narratives as kaleidoscopic spectrums of blended memory. The tents depict personal mythologies passed down through families and reaffirm diaspora as a living condition – one shaped by resilience, family reunification and the sacrifices made in pursuit of viable futures.
Arthur received her bachelor of fine arts in painting and drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2007 and her master of fine arts from the Yale School of Art in 2009. She is currently based in New York City, where she also teaches at Columbia University.
For more information about the 2025-26 exhibition and programming schedule, visit Staniar Gallery’s website: https://www.wlu.edu/ staniar-gallery.
