Alum Lava Thomas’ work featured at the new Obama Presidential Center

August 10, 2026

Lava Thomas presents Resistance Reverb: Movements 1 at the new Obama Presidential Center.

Circle glass hanging in shades of red and brown.

Lava Thomas, Resistance Reverb: Movements 1.

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Hyperallergic takes a look at the art inside Chicago’s new Obama Presidential Center, including CCA alum and 2025 honorary doctorate recipient Lava Thomas’s Resistance Reverb: Movement 1, an immersive installation of suspended pink tambourines that explores protest, solidarity, and collective action.

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