Curation and Exhibition Design
I’ve curated and juried exhibitions at Millersville University, Mercer County Community College, Gross McCleaf Gallery, AUTOMAT Gallery, Moore College of Art & Design, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and more.
I support S+F clients’ exhibitions from inception to exhibition, or a mismatch of support roles along the way. The following is a sampling of exhibitions I curated or juried. I organized most of them from soup to nuts - selected the works, organized the show, wrote the exhibition statements, designed the promotions, gave gallery talks and coordinated logistics. Sometimes I install the works myself or coordinate others to support installation.
September 4 - November 14, 2025
The autumn equinox is a moment of balance between light and darkness – day and night – before a descent into longer darkness as light fades for the winter. The changing season highlights movement of bodies –both earthly and celestial– in relationship to one another. Featuring moments of symmetry, communal rituals, aetiological myths and chronicles of time and location, Equinox with Bambi Alder, Natessa Amin, Elizabeth Johnson, Melanie Johnson, Monique Muse, Addison Namnoum, Sarah Peoples, Michele Pierson and SK Reed observes nature’s cycles and weaves connective threads between all things.
Curated by Morgan Hobbs
Eckert Art Gallery
Winter Visual & Performing Arts Center
Millersville University
60 West Cottage Avenue
Millersville, PA 17551
Equinox: At the End and in the Middle
January 17 - March 9, 2024
Women have been the cornerstone of operations and exhibitions at Gross McCleaf since Estelle Shane Gross opened her gallery in 1970 on the second floor of 1713 Walnut Street. Over 50 years later, Gross McCleaf is commemorating its rich history during (re)Focus 2024, a citywide festival celebrating women-identified and BIPOC artists.
Fortitude at 50: A Resilient Five Decades at Gross McCleaf Gallery features Martha Armstrong, Jan Baltzell, Joan Becker, Elizabeth Geiger, Eileen Goodman, Penelope Harris, Heidi Leitzke, Bertha Leonard, Ying Li, Ann Lofquist, Chelsey Luster, Bethann Parker, Nicole Parker, Jane Piper, Kimi Pryor, Mary Putman, Celia Reisman, Val Rossman, Mickayel Thurin, Leigh Werrell, and Lauren Whearty with self-portraits, dreamy narratives and formally complex still-life and landscape paintings. The works suggest a deep reflection of the self and a strong point of view conveyed through their distinct subjects and styles. The exhibition represents women artists in all stages of their careers who have helped shape the Gross McCleaf legacy and brand focus toward what Sharon Ewing, former owner and director, refers to as “painterly realism” – representation in painted form.
In this context, the word “representation” can mean at least three things - the depiction of the physical world in art, the gallery-artist relationship, and the existence of a demographic group within the field. In this show, women artists represent in all meanings of the term. They are both seeing and being seen. Fortitude at 50: A Resilient Five Decades at Gross McCleaf Gallery poses (at least) two essential questions: After 50 years, do audiences still need to be led to see women artists? What does “representation” in the arts mean in 2024? Fortitude at 50 invites you to engage the legacy of women being represented at Gross McCleaf Gallery as you ponder what remains unresolved regarding feminism in the visual arts and beyond.
Curated by Morgan Hobbs & Elizabeth Johnson
Gross McCleaf Gallery
127 South 16th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Fortitude at 50: A Resilient Five Decades at Gross McCleaf Gallery
June 4 - September 2, 2022
The works selected for this exhibition construct two adjacent realms of creative exploration. One set is deeply felt, emotional, corporeal, and physical. The other escapes into a disembodied land of idealism and fantasy. While these thematic distinctions are not always mutually exclusive, the works are loosely grouped and separated by the conjoined gallery spaces at Moore College of Art & Design. This exhibition presents paintings, sculptures, drawings, collages, videos, wearable artworks, and functional designs from over 50 Moore alumni.
The title of the exhibition is taken from a Kansas City Public Television (KCPT) show titled, Rare Visions & Roadside Revelations. Each episode is a short road trip across a part of the United States. The hosts stop at outsider art displays, roadside attractions, and small, hyper-specific museums. Light-hearted and humorous, the series evolves to tell a story about the people and culture of the area, what they care about, and what’s worth creating and maintaining in their environment. Likewise, the works in this exhibition forge pathways leading to deeper understandings of shared humanity, and gesture toward possibilities that are at times joyful, serene, and idyllic.
Juried by Morgan Hobbs
The Galleries
Moore College of Art & Design
1916 Race Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Rare Visions & Restless Revelations
February 23 - April 1, 2018
Material World is an exhibition of mixed media works by PAFA's current graduate and undergraduate students who were given the prompt to submit mixed media works on paper. Many of the works remain on paper in their final form; however, some of the pieces developed beyond the use of two-dimensional paper into sculptural forms and works on panel, fabric and found objects.
Participating artists and current PAFA students in Material World:
Jessica Elena Aquino [MFA], Rachel Briggs [MFA], Ellana Cohen [BFA & Certificate], Bernadette Colburn [Post-Bacc], Melanie Delach [MFA], Benjamin Grzenia [MFA], Wenbo Gu [MFA], Emily Jensen [MFA], rod jones ii [MFA], Melissa Joseph [MFA], Adriana Lobel [BFA], Julia Darcy Magidson [BFA], Charles Mason III [MFA], Julia McGehean [BFA], Chelsea Nader [MFA], Addison Namnoum [MFA], Caitlin O'dea Ott [Certificate & Penn-BFA], M.Adil Ozturk [MFA], Jung Yoon Park [MFA], Bethann Parker [BFA], Ha Ninh Pham [MFA], Jasmine Samson [BFA], Maggie Schermerhorn [MFA], Isabelle Schipper [MFA], Freeman Schlesinger [Certificate], Mike Schley [MFA] and Rebecca Segall [Certificate]
Juried by Morgan Hobbs & Didier William
Richard C. von Hess Works on Paper Gallery
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Material World
