Reception to Welcome Director Nici Cumpston & Celebrate the Exhibition “Tjukurpa | Handle It: Robert Fielding”

Join us Thursday, June 26 from 5-7pm for light refreshments to celebrate the opening of the exhibition Tjukurpa | Handle It: Robert Fielding (June 26 – Jan 11, 2026) and welcome our new director, Nici Cumpston, who has just arrived in Charlottesville.

Artist Robert Fielding will join us in September 2025 for an artist residency. Stay tuned for ways to engage with him then, and in the meantime, join us to celebrate the opening of his solo exhibition in Kluge-Ruhe’s Focus Gallery.

Images:

1. ROBERT FIELDING, AIM, 2023-24, acrylic and aerosol paint on found paper, di-bond and packing tape, 33 x 23.5 in. Courtesy of the artist and Mimili Maku Arts.

2. Nici Cumpston OAM. Photograph by Josh Vanner