Opening Reception: Saturday, January, 20 3-5 pm, Nichols Gallery

MANIFESTO: A Modest Proposal is in opposition to grand, utopian declarations that amount to little more than holiday wishful thinking. MANIFESTO: A Modest Proposal demands the concrete and achievable instead of the pious platitude. We are taking the word at its word; we have ambitions and we plan to make these manifest. The words, images, and sounds that we make will become the foundation, pillars, and pediment of our future. Yet MANIFESTO: A Modest Proposal is focused on the here and now, on effective and attainable solutions to the profusion of sociopolitical, cultural, economic, and environmental issues that plague our lives and about which we can no longer remain silent...