Photograph by AAH Graduate Students in Raid the Archive, The University Archives, Archives & Special Collections, UConn Library. Used with permission.

January 20 – August 2, 2026

Time, nature’s ultimate medium, sculpted the form we now call Horsebarn Hill. Within its accumulated geological contours are recorded and forgotten stories and histories. This landscape is not merely a local landmark, but a living archive imprinted with legacies past, present, and future.

Engaging with the University Archives, this exhibition draws connections between the history and landscape of the University of Connecticut. During the fall of 2025, MFA graduate students, guided by Professor of Art Janet L. Pritchard, undertook a semester-long project to explore Horsebarn Hill through artifacts from UConn Archives and Special Collections. In addition to showcasing these materials, the exhibition features work created by each artist in response to their research. The show considers how landscapes and historical materials can be reinterpreted, reframed, and brought into dialogue with contemporary art practices, capturing Horsebarn Hill’s unique spirit of place—what the ancients called the genius loci—folded within the creases of time.

MFA Artists/curators include Rosely Htoo ’27, Shuning Wang ’27, McKayla Bensheimer ’28, Bahar Ejtemaei ’28, Kate Greenwell ’28, Alex Heard ’28, and Avery Neilsen-Webb ’28.