See the Two Newest Exhibitions at the Weisman Museum of Art

On Saturday, January 13, 2024, two new exhibitions—Makoto Fujimura: Water Flames and Jeni Spota C: Encore!—opened the spring season at the Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, the first time more than one exhibition has been presented in a single season at the museum in 21 years. With their singular styles of painting and approaches to religious imagery and content, the works of these artists sit in fascinating juxtaposition. 

The two exhibitions will run until Sunday, March 31, 2024. A keynote lecture by Fujimura followed by a short film and presentation by his wife, lawyer and CEO of Embers International Haejin Shim Fujimura, will be offered at Stauffer Chapel at 5:30 PM on Thursday, January 18, 2024. After a Q-and-A session, guests will be invited to join a public reception.

An opening reception for the exhibitions will be held on Saturday, January 20, 2024, from 2 to 5 PM at the Weisman Museum. Refreshments will be served and art activities for children will be provided in the courtyard. At 4 PM, Jeni Spota C. will be in conversation with museum director Andrea Gyorody. Seating for the conversation will be first come, first served. Registration for the reception is recommended but not required.

Spota C. will also present an artist talk on Wednesday, February 7, 2024, at noon in the Weisman Museum, focusing on the trajectory of her work from graduate school to the present. Registration is not required.