Fordham University Visual Arts is pleased to present the exhibition, Ground Meets Water: Photographs by Michael Chovan-Dalton
The gallery is open everyday from 9–9, except during University holidays. The Fordham University entrance is located at 113 West 60th Street and Columbus Avenue, one block west from the 59th Street Columbus Circle Subway Station (A, C, 1, B, D).
The Ildiko Butler Gallery is located just inside the main university entrance on the left.
The show runs from June 16 to September 12, 2025
In 1993 I moved to Hoboken, New Jersey and began to explore what this latest version of home was going to mean to me. After travelling along different NJ Transit rail lines, and wandering around different train stations, I found myself being drawn to ponds, reservoirs, and rivers that had become fishing holes for families. The spiritual and adventurous interactions between parents and children, along with the feeling that a tradition or an important skill was being passed along, was fascinating and beautiful to me.
I call this work Ground Meets Water because I always felt that there was a coming together at these fishing holes, a kind of “levelling of the playing field” with me and with others. People were generous with their time, their food, and their conversation and I am grateful for that.