Four exhibitions: Matthew Kolodziej, Donald Black Jr, Piotr Szyhalski, Emerging Artist Group

Matthew Kolodziej’s paintings explore themes of time, dislocation and forming perceptions using references to architecture and archaeology. Donald Black Jr centers the Black child in this photographic series of ordinary days that are filled with childhood play, imagination, quiet, creative expression, and innocence critical because of their premature loss of adolescence. Piotr Szyhalski created his first COVID-19: Labor Camp Report on March 24, 2020, in direct response to the global coronavirus pandemic. What started as a single drawing slowly morphed into a daily practice. And a collaborative exhibition between five woman-identifying artists that make up Carnegie Mellon’s MFA class 2023.