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Conductions: Black Imaginings II <\/a><\/em>opens 2026 with a performance by exhibiting artist Noah Beckham titled Ode to Dimorph<\/em>. In this piece, Beckham works with sound, symbols and objects in a reflection on the space between the immaterial and the material. Join the artist for a one hour performance where they activate objects and play the piano in their installation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artist Bio<\/strong>
Trekked from the Great Miami to the Willamette River, Noah collected an MFA from Willamette University in 2023. Since\u00a0then,\u00a0they have been making Art for life’s sake, pondering the next river to rest at. Dimorph is Noah’s visual motif, an obsession that is slowly infecting everything they own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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