Join us for an opening reception celebrating Homecoming, a solo exhibition by Laura Petrovich-Cheney ’11, presented alongside the 2026 Juried Alumni Biennial, featuring work by 35 alumni artists. Celebrate with us on Friday, June 12, from 5 – 7 p.m.
Homecoming presents a body of wall-based sculptures by Laura Petrovich-Cheney ‘11, on view in the Alumni Gallery May 16 – July 18, 2026. Working with salvaged architectural wood—siding, cabinet doors and floorboards—Petrovich-Cheney cuts and reassembles these materials into compositions that draw from the logic of quilt-making, translating pattern, repetition and structure through woodworking. The work is materially driven: warped, split and weathered fragments retain their original surfaces, with chipped paint, nail holes and signs of prior use left visible. Rather than imposing control, she works in response to the inherent instability of salvaged wood, allowing resistance, weight and variation to shape each piece.
The 2026 Juried Alumni Biennial Exhibition is part of Craft in America’s Handwork: Celebrating American Craft 2026, a nationwide Semiquincentennial initiative honoring the enduring importance of the handmade. From traditional techniques passed down through generations to contemporary interpretations that explore the handmade in new ways, the works in this exhibition reflect the creativity, skill and care that define craft today.
Image: Laura Petrovich-Cheney '11, Devotion, 2024, 42 x 42 in. Courtesy of the artist.
