Performances and Exhibits
Performances
Hotchkiss Dramatic Association
- Fall production: Chicago
Nov. 8-10, 2024 - Winter production: True Love Never Hides
Feb. 21-23, 2025- The Hotchkiss Dramatic Association’s winter production featured a variety of plays directed by Serena Salfiti ’25, Danielle Attoh ’25, and Lucy Hall ’25. It examined romantic, platonic, and maternal love in commemoration of 50 years of coeducation at Hotchkiss.
- Hotchkiss Record article
- Photo Album
- Spring production: R.I.P. Lunch (the last male white rhino at the zoo)
May 9-11, 2025- The Hotchkiss Dramatic Association’s spring performance is an original play written by Mallory Weiss ’11 and directed by Steph Hahn and Darcy Boynton ’08 as part of the commemoration of 50 years of coeducation at Hotchkiss. It is about the inextricable nature of endings and beginning and how we hold loss and love simultaneously.
- Hotchkiss Record article
- Photo Album
Chapel Talks
Below are four talks delivered by two senior girls and two faculty alumnae, each sharing their experiences at Hotchkiss and reflecting on the 50th anniversary of coeducation. These talks were presented to the community during chapel in September.
Exhibits
During the 2024-25 school year there will be various exhibitions throughout the Main Building telling the story of coeducation and celebrating the women of Hotchkiss.
Tremaine Art Gallery
Threaded Together: Alumnae Artists Share a Moment
Sept. 4 to Oct. 27, 2024
The Circe Effect: Women's Creative Power Reclaims the Narrative
Nov. 14, 2024 to Jan. 25, 2025
The Art of Joy Brown
Feb. 15 to April 6, 2025
Perspective Narrative
May 2 to June 7, 2025
main building
The Rotunda and Main Hallway will feature seasonal displays curated by archives, special collections, and students participating in various co-curriculars offered throughout the 2024-25 school year.
Fall 2024
Ode to Fall 1974: The Road to Coeducation
Winter 2024-25
I SAY: Women Artists and the Words They Use
Spring 2025
Women and Girls in the Arts at Hotchkiss
Female Firsts
Daughters of Hotchkiss
Hotchkiss Love Connections
Spring 2025
Senior Art Show
Student Exhibits
**Dux Femina Facti
Curated by Marisin McLain '25
“Made by layering signatures from the matriculation books of years past, the work represents our different identities coming together to create a cohesive image. One Hotchkiss. A person’s signature expresses so much individuality, the same individuality each student brings to our school. It is together, however, that we build our thriving institution, just as this mural is only possible with the interlocking of the written names. Hung off of the wall on a transparent base, the image gains a second dimension, casting a shadow on the wall behind. This shadow blurs the definition of every signature, creating a simplified shape of the School’s facade. Up close, the viewer can see the unique individual and the unified whole in tandem, appreciating the harmony among them.”
Shared Spaces: Gender and Coeducation at Hotchkiss
Curated by: Marisin McLain ’25 and Aaliyah Wang ’25
Fall/winter 2024-25
Shared Spaces: Gender and Coeducation at Hotchkiss, a student-curated art and literary exhibition, celebrates and explores the development of co-education and its role in our current community. Through displaying the various experiences and identities represented by the students, faculty, and staff, the exhibition aims to present the development of co-education in our current community today. Displayed in tandem with the alumni exhibit in Tremaine Gallery, viewers can toggle between generations of artistic voices, building a web between past, present, and future. The adults who paved the way give a platform to contemporary young artists to move forward, highlighting not just this anniversary, but the continued vitality of co-education.
This is a show of shared experience. Every person is impacted and enhanced by co-education because, while it began as a way to integrate girls, it represents all our various backgrounds converging into one singular community. As our school continues to diversify and develop, it remains important to address the variety of experiences and identities represented by each member. Hence our show aimed to incorporate as many different mediums and artists as possible.
Sea, Breath, Songs: Story of the Haenyeo
Curated by Remy Lee ’26
Fall/winter 2024-25
Remy Lee ‘26 will curate an exhibit based on his work photographing the Haenyo female freedivers of Jeju, South Korea. These women have a tradition of freediving in the ocean to harvest seafood to feed their families. In writing about his exhibit, which will open October 24 and run through December 16,2024, Lee said, “The rich Haenyo culture, which has blossomed out of the fearless and onerous lives the female freedivers lead, carries profound significance as an emblem of human resilience and perseverance as well as feminine strength. As such, it was recognized as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO as well as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System by the FAO of UNESCO.”
In his exhibit proposal, Lee linked his subject matter to this year’s theme of the anniversary of coeducation and women. “These lessons the Haenyo culture carry will serve as great inspiration for the Hotchkiss community as we navigate what it means to live as a community and strive for our personal pursuits amid challenges all the while exploring and celebrating the historical and present contribution of women in our community with the all-school year theme.” The exhibit will be located on the west-facing wall outside the art studio wing.