Annual Student Exhibitions

Each Spring, students in the Curating Oral Histories course spend the semester developing individual projects that come together to create an interactive oral history exhibit. These student exhibitions invite visitors to immerse themselves in the stories of others through a wide array of creative media and encounters.

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OHMA Presents: Presence (2026)

In a moment that feels chaotic, disconnected, and increasingly digital, it is notable that OHMA students in our Curating Oral Histories class this year all decided to create experiences that happen in person and invite embodied connection and slow reflection. Presence.

Part of the ethical practice of oral history is reciprocity, and we are also thinking of presents in the sense of gifts. Each student project is carefully designed to offer something - from literal gift bags to free theater to more ephemeral insights - to those who attend and share their presence with us.

From a pairing of oral histories of embodied healing with a somatic stretching workshop to an experiment to compare conversations over crafts with conversations over food, from a late-night deli-speakeasy showcase of the night jobs of artists with day jobs to a visual arts exhibit about the impact of embodied trauma therapies,
from an exploration of the inside of International House
to a lyrical film about coming of age in the young nation of Nigeria,