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The Juried Undergraduate Exhibition is on view from October 2 through October 30.
Please join us for the juror’s talk, awards announcement, and reception on Wednesday October 21, from 5 to 8 pm in 1220 Jenkins and the Gray Gallery. Free and open to the public.
Juror: Lamar Whidbee
Born and raised in Hertford, North Carolina, Lamar Whidbee is an interdisciplinary artist and Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Associate whose practice merges visual art with therapeutic inquiry. Through painting and mixed media, he explores memory, fatherhood, Black identity, and mental health—creating work that invites reflection, emotional processing, and dialogue. Exhibitions such as Amygdala, Daddy’s Home, and Monday, along with public works like Get Well Soon at Dorothea Dix Park, extend this exploration into shared civic space.
Alongside his studio practice, Lamar provides clinical services and facilitates therapeutic art workshops in schools, museums, and community settings. His early work with Hidden Voices—teaching art alongside prison psychologists on death row and using practices such as life mapping to help individuals visually reconstruct their personal narratives—deepened his understanding of art as a tool for accountability, reflection, and healing.He has taught as an adjunct at Duke University, UNC–Chapel Hill, and Forsyth Tech, experiences that strengthened his commitment to public pedagogy and accessible mental-health engagement.
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