We Are What explores our complex relationship to food from a number of perspectives. The artists in this show share winsome portraits of American farmers, contemplate the weight of domestic food culture and legacy, comment on consumption and preservation in our ecology, and ponder how food is infused into the heart of our stories both secular and sacred.  

Food is fuel. 

Food is joy.

Food is a struggle.

Food is life.

Food has tremendous power to unify, and tremendous power to divide. 

In a globalized world, as much as we would like to believe our food preferences only affect our own personal taste buds, the artists in this exhibition help us unpack our relationship to the rippling effects of food through a deeply interwoven world.  We are of course not only what we eat, but the intricate and massive surrounding systems, people, places, beliefs, and behaviors that are part of the fundamental sustenance that sustains us all is in fact what we are.

Curated by Sarah Bernhardt, We Are What features work by: Wanye Adams, Caitlin Allen, Santina Amato, Lindsay Beal, Michael Buesking, Jane Waggoner Deschner, Fr John B. Giuliani, Lindsay Lochman and Barbara Ciurej, Kate Medley, Paul Mobley, Ruth Singer, Sam Sloan, Taylor Yocom Plus historic and contemporary art selection from the Sandra Bowden Collection, Come! The Table is Ready