Community

Well-being as shown in these artists’ imagined communities encompasses interactions between strangers and friends alike. The interconnectedness of a community, whether a neighborhood, small town, or big city, requires that people share a sense of well-being. The artwork in this section explores and expands what community means. We invite you to consider the ways that the construction of community in pictures might impact the well-being of its members, and how the members’ own well-being is reflected in that shared image. A community’s welfare is related to individual and familial well-being, as those two components constitute the fabric of a community. But a community’s well-being as seen in these works also includes political and economic elements; understanding of well-being is tied to its sense of equality. The social and economic inequalities touched on in this section threaten a community’s well-being. Finally, too, community and environment go hand-in-hand since a community can only exist within a built or natural environment. This section on community shows how the themes that run throughout this exhibition on art and well-being are interwoven; community properly understood embraces them all.

Isabella Chalfant '22

June Hodge '21

Kristen Lauritzen '21

Savannah Singleton '21