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Join artists Davina Semo and Summer Wheat for two in-depth conversations exploring their new exhibitions, presented as part of the SCAD Museum of Art’s fall season. Prologuing the first solo museum showcase of her sculptural bronze bells, Semo casts her distinctive perspective on the undertones and artistic potential of the resonant form. Alum Summer Wheat (M.F.A., painting, 2005) will reflect on the ideas she developed at SCAD and how they continue to influence her current practice, defined by the interplay of mediums to create dynamic visual tension between abstraction, figuration, flatness, and depth.This event is free and open to the public.
About the artists
Davina Semo (b. 1981, Washington D.C.; lives and works in San Francisco) earned a B.A. in visual arts and creative writing from Brown University and an M.F.A. from University of California, San Diego. Semo has been awarded various public commissions, including Reverberation at Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1, New York, organized by Public Art Fund (2021), and an installation of three large bells at Powder Mountain, the outdoor art park originated by Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings in Eden, Utah (2025). Semo has previously shown work in solo exhibitions at the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa, Calif., and numerous group exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver; Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Calif.; CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco; the Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco; SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco; White Columns, New York; and the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C. Her work is held in collections at the Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Mass.; the National Museum of Women in the Arts; and the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College, Claremont, Calif.
Summer Wheat (b. 1977, Oklahoma City, Okla.) earned a B.A. from the University of Central Oklahoma in 2000 and an M.F.A. from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2005. Solo exhibitions of her work have been organized at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Mo.; KMAC Contemporary Art Museum, Louisville, Ky.; Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles; Smack Mellon, New York; and Oklahoma Contemporary, Oklahoma City, among others. Her work has also been featured in group exhibitions at Harper’s Gallery, New York; Wasserman Projects, Detroit; Gió Marconi, Milan; Kasmin Gallery, New York; Salon 94, New York; the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, Mass.; and Torrance Art Museum, Calif. Wheat’s work is held in numerous public and private collections at institutions including the Dallas Museum of Art; de Young Museum, San Francisco; Peréz Art Museum Miami; the Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington, Seattle; the Mint Museum, Charlotte, N.C.; and the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Ky. She has been honored with the Northern Trust Purchase Prize at EXPO CHICAGO and the New York NADA Artadia Award. Her collaboration with International Architects Atelier, JewelHouse, at the Kansas City Museum is forthcoming in 2027.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
601 Turner Blvd, Savannah, GA, United States, Georgia 31401
