Feast is the twelfth iteration of the annual Call and Response exhibition, a collaboration between ArtsWorcester and the Fitchburg Art Museum. The exhibition features ten works by ArtsWorcester artists, created in response to pieces from FAM’s permanent collection. This year’s theme explores our complex and varied relationships with food.

For many, food is a source of joy, community, and celebration. Recipes and culinary traditions are passed down through generations, cultures, and religions. Food has long been depicted by visual artists, and cooking is an art in itself. At the same time, not all have access to fresh, healthy food. Our food production industry is environmentally unsound and jeopardizes the livelihoods of small farmers. Diet culture and unattainable body standards complicate relationships with eating. All this is on our plates, too.

Featured artists from ArtsWorcester include: Doug Ashby, Ricardo Barros, Heather Barros, Ray Bernoff, Aaron Brodeur, Maria Cazzato, Alice Dillon, Henry Glennon, Kat O’Connor, and Cate Smith.