Show Me Why You Love Home Exhibition Launch, Rhodes House

You are warmly invited to join us in the S. Ann Colbourne gallery in Rhodes House for the opening of our latest exhibition, Show Me Why You Love Home, featuring artworks by Rhodes Scholars, Atlantic Fellows and Schmidt Science Fellows.

Contributors to the Show Me Why You Love Home exhibition are working with a wide range of media and representing many different interpretations of what 'home' is, how it can be found, and the ways to celebrate it. In the West Lightwell we will also be showcasing a collaboration with the XR Lab, part of the Atlantic Institute, based here at Rhodes House.

The provisional list of artists includes:

Lana Alabbasi, Rhodes Scholar in Residence

Carrying a Starry Home, a mixed-media piece reimagining Van Gogh's The Starry Night through Saudi heritage and memory

Laura Maria Calderon, Atlantic Fellow

Ethiopian face painting, photography

Talei Caucau, Atlantic Fellow

Traditional woven mat from Batiki, called vakadivilivili

Madeline Dierauf, Rhodes Scholar in Residence

Audio recordings and photography of folk music from Southern Appalachia, USA

John Edwards, Rhodes Scholar Alum

Botanical illustrations and poetry

Humairaa Moosa, Rhodes Scholar in Residence

Photography and poetry

Azania Patel, Rhodes Scholar Alum

Indian craft traditions

Nadine Pinede, Rhodes Scholar Alum

NOU LA: A Knot in Time - poetic archive and artist's book installation exploring Ayiti through memory, diaspora, and home

Mansi Sood, Schmidt Science Fellow

Watercolour quilt collage on cotton paper

Chloe Walker, Rhodes Scholar Alum & Rhodes Trust Staff

Barbadian chattel house, photo/wooden

Laura Wegner, Rhodes Scholar in Residence

Home as people, backlit photography

Anonymous, Rhodes Scholar in Residence

Tatreez, a traditional form of Palestinian embroidery

Doors open at 18:00, with introductory remarks from the Rhodes Trust team at 18:30. Drinks and canapés will be served.

Please be aware that photography will be taking place throughout the event for promotional and archival purposes. Please speak to the photographer on the day if you do not wish to be photographed.