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A Seat at the Table

March 7 – May 3, 2026

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  • A photograph of a museum gallery with paintings hung on light blue walls.

    A Seat at the Table installed in the Hood Museum's Gutman gallery. Photo by Rob Strong.

  • A photograph of a museum gallery with paintings hung on light blue walls.

    A Seat at the Table installed in the Hood Museum's Gutman gallery.

Series

A Space for Dialogue 129

About

A Seat at the Table explores the significance of the table through a selection of 20th-century artworks from the Hood Museum's extensive collection. It invites viewers to think about the ritual of sharing a meal and the ways in which gathering allows humans to connect and create meaning in their lives.

A Space for Dialogue is a student-curated exhibition program that began in 2001. Hood Museum of Art interns create an installation drawn from the museum's permanent collection by engaging with every aspect of curation, from doing research and selecting objects, to choosing frames and a wall color, to planning a layout and writing labels and a brochure, to giving a public talk. There have been over 100 A Space for Dialogue exhibitions on a wide variety of themes.  

A Space for Dialogue: Fresh Perspectives on the Permanent Collection from Dartmouth Students, founded with support from the Class of 1948, is made possible with generous endowments from the Class of 1967, Bonnie and Richard Reiss Jr. '66, and Pamela J. Joyner '79.

Exhibition Curator

Emeline Moss '26

Exhibition subject: A Space for Dialogue