Emerging Voices

Current Exhibition

The Copley Society of Art (Co|So) invited its Emerging Artist Members and Guest Artists to submit work for a curated exhibition celebrating the next developing careers of emerging visual artists in collaboration with the Harvard Club of Boston. Scheduled for June through October 2026 on the third floor at the Harvard Club of Boston, this exhibition highlights the innovative and diverse practices of emerging artistic voices.

This collaboration brought together two longstanding Boston institutions. Co|So, founded in 1879, continues to support working artists and their evolving practices, while the Harvard Club, founded in 1908, has remained a place for conversation, ideas, and cultural exchange. This collaboration is a chance to build a more direct relationship between these communities through art.

While this exhibition is only accessible to members of the Harvard Club and their guests, we invite you to view the works here online!

Juried by Lauren O’Neal

Lauren O’Neal is a curator, interdisciplinary artist, and educator. She has exhibited, performed, and curated at venues including the Theater Academy Helsinki, the Portland Art Museum, and the Sarah Doyle Center for Women and Gender at Brown University. She has been a recipient of residencies and grants from the Vermont Studio Center, the Somerville Arts Council, and Frame Contemporary Art Finland. O’Neal is currently Associate Professor of the Practice at Boston University and previously served as director and curator of the Lamont Gallery at Phillips Exeter Academy. Currently, she is a research affiliate at the Uniarts (Finland) Research Institute, and a board member of the Journal for Artistic Research and the Brickbottom Artists Association. O’Neal presents her research at the College Art Association Conference, the Nordic Forum for Dance Research, and the European Artistic Network Conference. She holds a doctorate from the University of the Arts Helsinki, an MFA from Maine College of Art and Design, and EdM from Harvard University, where she returned to pursue a visiting fellowship at the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

Featured Artwork: Missing by Lucy Yan