Designing the History of Art Students' Association's Annual 2020-2021 Undergraduate Research Journal and Symposium. 

As the returning 2020-2021 Creative Director for the History of Art Students' Association, it is my great pleasure to visualize the artistic image of this year's symposium and journal. Our theme - (Re)Connecting - seeks to reconcile the shifting realities that we currently live in. Many of us probably feel now, more than ever, the need for connection. A need to witness, feel, and understand the spaces within and between ourselves, others, and the world around us. Art is unique in its ability to foster and propagate connection despite limitations of space or time. Artists, artworks, material culture and museum/gallery spaces exist as spaces of connection, be it through individuals or collectives. This year’s theme invites exploration into the ways that art does not exist inside a vacuum. How do connections exist in the matrix of art, and how does art (re)connect us in the absence of connection?