Yvette Molina: A Promise to the Leaves

Mona Cliff (art on view July 20–December 8, 2024) is a multidisciplinary visual artist whose work explores contemporary Indigenous identity and culture through traditional Indigenous crafting methods, including seed bead embroidery and fabric appliqué. An enrolled member of the Gros Ventre tribe (A’aniiih/Nakota Nations) of Fort Belknap, Montana, Cliff has exhibited at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC; the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Arts, Kansas City, Missouri; the Kansas City International Airport; and many others. She earned a BFA in printmaking from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, Washington, and is currently based in Lawrence, Kansas.

Nancy Cohen (art on view December 14, 2024–March 30, 2025) experiments with paper pulp, pigments, and transformed found glass to create unique sculptures and large-scale drawings. Her work explores the fragility and resilience of waterways and other natural environments, focusing on how these ecosystems and the human experience respond to organic changes over time. Cohen’s work is held in the permanent collections of the Art Museum of the University of Memphis; Montclair Art Museum; New Jersey State Museum; Yale University Art Gallery; and Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University. She has been the recipient of the NYFA Murray Reich Distinguished Artist Award, multiple fellowships from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, the Denbo Fellowship at Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center, and the Pollock-Krasner Grant. Now based in Jersey City, New Jersey, Cohen received her BFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology, her MFA from Columbia University, as well as studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.

Bel Falleiros (art on view October 21, 2023–March 21, 2024) is a Brazilian artist who lives and works in New York and whose practice focuses on place and belonging. She has worked to create spaces for grounding and connecting people, stories, nature and place, at Pecos National Park, New Mexico (2016); Burnside Farm, Detroit (2017); Santa Fe Art Institute’s Equal Justice Residency, in collaboration with Tewa Women United, New Mexico (2018); Socrates Sculpture Park, New York (2020); The Border Project, New York (2021); and Panorama da Arte Brasileira, São Paulo (2022–23). She was a More Art Engaging Artist Fellow (2021) and an artist-in-residence for the Dia: Teens Program (2021–22) and is a Wave Hill Sunroom Project fellow, presenting a solo exhibition there in fall 2023. She is the founder of the group Manxs Americanxs (2018–current), a gathering group that connects women and non-binary people from Latin America living in New York and working with issues of culture, immigration, and identity. Beyond her studio practice, she participates in collaborative projects across the Americas connecting art, education, and autonomous thinking.

Corita Kent, also known as Sister Mary Corita, (art on view July 19–September 14, 2025) was an artist and teacher at Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles. A member of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary from 1936 until she left the order in 1968, Kent (1918–1986) was a civil rights, feminist, and antiwar activist. She incorporated literature quotations, biblical verses, song lyrics, and advertisement slogans into her vibrantly colored designs to call attention to racism, poverty, and social injustice worldwide, to promote peace, and to pose questions about conflicts between conservative and radical positions within the Catholic church. Her posters, murals, and screenprints shared messages of acceptance and hope while addressing the turbulent realities of the world. Kent’s work has been exhibited widely and appears in the permanent collections of more than 40 major museums including the National Gallery in Washington, DC; the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The Tang Museum’s collection includes more than 450 screenprints, uncut sheets, trial proofs, and other working material by Kent. She received her BA from Immaculate Heart College and her MA from University of Southern California.

Ann Lewis (art on view March 22–July 14, 2024), based in Providence, Rhode Island, is a multidisciplinary activist artist who uses public space and participatory performances to respond to current social and political issues. She incorporates painting, installation, and sculpture to explore themes related to American identity, power structures, and justice, such as gentrification, women’s rights, and police brutality. Her work is informed by engaging affected communities and reflects relevant scientific data through the intuitive use of concept-specific materials. Her work has been acquired by the New-York Historical Society and the US Library of Congress, and she has received several large-scale public art commissions including at the Pittsburgh International Airport and at the Duolingo headquarters in Pittsburgh. She has exhibited in numerous solo and group shows throughout the United States and abroad, including at the Petzel Gallery, New York; the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit; and the Seyhoun Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Lewis earned her MFA in digital media from the Rhode Island School of Design and her BFA in graphic arts and furniture making from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.