For Freedoms Ends Corcoran Residency With Shows by Eric Gottesman and Cannupa Hanska Luger
The For Freedoms organization concludes its three-year artist residency at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at George Washington University with two exhibitions. Opening on October 28, 2026, and running until February 19, 2027, Eric Gottesman's Night and Day and Cannupa Hanska Luger's Reflect mark the final year of the residency. For Freedoms, which emphasizes civic engagement and the role of artists in a diverse society, highlights cultural memory through Night and Day, which focuses on Oromay, a 1983 novel by Ethiopian journalist Baalu Girma. Written during Ethiopia's Derg regime, the book was banned shortly after its release. Details about Reflect were not provided in the announcement.
Key facts
- For Freedoms completes the third and final year of its artist residency at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, George Washington University
- Two exhibitions mark the residency's close: Night and Day by Eric Gottesman and Reflect by Cannupa Hanska Luger
- Both shows run October 28, 2026 – February 19, 2027 at the Corcoran
- Night and Day centers on Baalu Girma's 1983 Amharic novel Oromay
- Oromay was written under Ethiopia's Derg regime and banned shortly after publication
- The exhibition builds on Gottesman's longstanding engagement with the novel
- It considers how artists create, communicate and sustain cultural memory within and against repressive conditions
- For Freedoms is an artist-led organization focused on civic engagement and artists' role in a free, pluralist society
Entities
Artists
- Eric Gottesman
- Cannupa Hanska Luger
- Baalu Girma
Institutions
- For Freedoms
- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design
- George Washington University
Locations
- Ethiopia
- Washington, D.C.
- United States