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Compassion in Action Exhibition and Performance at the Sceneography Gallery

"Compassion in Action", an exhibit and performance of work by Sharon Kagan will be on view in the Sceneography Gallery, Miller Performing Arts Center fro October 10 through December 9, 2022. The performance "Release Me" will take place October 10 - 14 from 10 am-3 pm.


"Compassion in Action", an exhibit and performance of work by Sharon Kagan will be on view in the Sceneography Gallery, Miller Performing Arts Center fro October 10 through December 9, 2022. The performance "Release Me" will take place October 10 - 14 from 10 am-3 pm.

The exhibition will be comprised of three interlocking components; "The Undoing: Forgiveness" a video/performance, "Release Me" a durational performance, and "The Red Lotus—To Witness, To Release" a participatory installation. Visit the artist's website for information about the work and to screen "The Undoing: Forgiveness".  

Kagan will give a talk for the Weekly Wednesday Artist Speaker Series on Wednesday, October 12 at 7pm.

Sharon Kagan’s mother was responsible for saving the lives of hundreds of Jews as a partisan fighting the Nazis. Social justice and “man’s inhumanity to man” were central themes in her childhood home. Her multimedia work focuses on socio-political issues providing multiple entry points for the viewer to imagine a more just, diverse, and inclusive world.

Kagan’s work is meant to expand the feminist tenant surrounding liberation and environmentalism into an intersectional, multidimensional conversation about diversity and justice. She states, “When there is ambiguity, there is the possibility for multiple interpretations inviting meaningful dialogue, exchange, and change.”

Kagan received the WORD Artist Grant: The Bruce Geller Memorial Prize from the American Jewish University in 2021. Recent solo exhibitions include The Politics of Color, Show Gallery, Hollywood, CA and String Theory, Herrett Center for Arts and Science, Jean B. King Gallery, College of Southern Idaho, Twin Falls, ID (2020-2021); Sharon Kagan, Hardin Center for Cultural Arts, Gadsden, AL and String Theory, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT (2019); and Sharon Kagan, Charles MacNider Art Museum, Mason City, IA and Sharon Kagan, Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD (2018).