Gallery

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The DFI Gallery was established in June of 2022 with the mission of promoting public scholarship by blending research, media, and art. We invite visitors to explore new ways to connect, imagine, and engage in the immersive experiences designed in this space. 

MODES V2

April-June 2025

MODES V2 poster DFI Gallery Russell Hall 5th

A Multimodal Dissertations Exhibition (Volume 2) 

What can multimodal research look like and how might that shape the forms a dissertation takes? As part of an ongoing effort to archive, showcase, and discuss multimodal dissertations, this exhibition highlights five dissertations from scholars associated with Teachers College.  From album, to dance, to archive, to note-taking, to exhibit, each of these examples finds a way to build off the written page. 

This exhibit explores how scholars are bridging the gap between research, practice, and audience with their creative dissertations. These alternative modes of scholarly expression provide insight into different ways data can be collected and responded to in a mediated, digital, multimodal world. 

 

Past Exhibits

Pricks and Pills

February 2025

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pricks and pills logo with headphones projected

Puppets in Education

October-January 2025

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large head of white bearded puppet looking at puppet exhibit

Sandbox

June-September 2024

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light table covered in black sand with drawings and a pair of children's shoes on it

Boundaries of Adventure Playgrounds

March-May 2024

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Photograph of an exhibit showing a three paper dissertation about adventure playgrounds. there are circle tables with researcher drawings, film, books, and projected images of the playgrounds on the white fabric walls.

Playing With Form

November - February 2024

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drone image of a gallery with wooden table grass and wooden frames

MODES

June-October 2023

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double exposed photo of two the back of two people sitting on a hill in the fog

Undfolding

May 2023

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hands unfolding an artbook that is very blurred in the picture

Gestures

January - February 2023

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white silhouettes of two groups of people superimposed like shadows on a wall

Freedom Dreaming for Educational Justice

October - November 2022

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sculpture of three hands different shades, holding a globe, in a fist, and holding a dove with other blurred art dangling in the background

Crossings

June - September 2022

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sculptures grown from mushrooms and mycelium in front of circular projected video of hands

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