The Benton Art Museum at Pomona College serves as museum and gallery, overseeing the college’s permanent art collections and mounting a variety of contemporary exhibitions during the academic year. The museum originates innovative art experiences that foster creative and critical thinking.

This grant will help fund Roy Thurston, Recent Work, which will be a feature installation of the contemporary, LA-based artist Roy Thurston. Thurston graduated from Claremont Graduate School, so it is natural that his work finds commonalities in the earlier work of Pomona College alumni, such as James Turrell, Helen Pashgian, and Chris Burden, all of whom created variations on field and color that emphasize experience over image. Roy Thurston, Recent Work, aims to expand the narrative of the Light and Space movement and will run August 17-January 5, 2025.