Artist Reception | Cassidy Thurber

@ The Griffin Museum is pleased to host an artist reception for Cassidy Thurber’s exhibition I Want the Sun to Shine Down on You, recipient of the Carolyn Grande Harder Scholarship. Join us in person to celebrate the the exhibition, on view May 29 – July 26, 2026. © Cassidy Thurber © Cassidy Thurber © Cassidy Thurber Project statement: “Growing up, I was a kid who feared the weekends, Christmas and school vacations. Always being picked on for living in a trailer and wearing Walmart shoes. Being the oldest of five (scattered across three homes) also meant that I was the one to hold my siblings’ hands while growing from a ground planted with dysfunctional seeds. In my adulthood, I find myself still a sister, beginning to understand how different my experience of family and home was from most others’. Making photographs of my loved ones has become the way I tend to the garden that we’ve grown. It is in this way that I can process and digest these experiences; A way to insert myself; to seek understanding. I am inspired by the little things that help shape us from children to adults. My photographs are not only personal; instead, an invitation for others to reflect on their own experience. I hope you can remember these moments—both painful and beautiful—and feel those memories alongside me.” – Cassidy Thurber For more information, please visit the exhibition page. Add to calendar Google Calendar iCalendar Outlook 365 Outlook Live