The Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech’s spring exhibitions feature solo shows by two artists shaped by Haitian heritage and diasporic experience.
Abigail Lucien transforms organic matter into enduring forms that reflect on hybridity, permanence, and place, while Didier William presents richly layered works that combine painting and carving and address questions of memory, movement, and belonging. Together, their exhibitions create a dialogue across forms, suspended states, and the histories carried by migration.
Abigail Lucien: “Molt” and “Living in Brilliant Suspension": Didier William open with a reception on Thursday, Jan. 29, from 4-6 p.m. in the Grand Lobby. Ahead of the reception, Lucien and William — joined by “Living in Brilliant Suspension” curator Jerry Philogene — will participate in an artist panel discussion with Brian Holcombe, the center’s director of visual arts, from 3–4 p.m. in the Anne and Ellen Fife Theatre.
The galleries and all related events are free and open to the public.
