Exhibition Tour: Holly Bass, We Hold These Truths
Join award-winning artist Holly Bass for a tour of We Hold These Truths…, her largest exhibition to date. We Hold These Truths… marks the return of visitors to UMMA’s iconic Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Apse following a nearly year-long restoration of its signature marble floor, transforming the storied space into a sequence of encounters with rooms, replicas, and acts of writing that move through the nation’s past and present.
Holly Bass is the Penny Stamps School of Art and Design 2025-2026 Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence whose work will be featured in an upcoming exhibition at the University of Michigan Museum of Art. Known for her genre-defying practice that spans dance, theater, visual art, and writing, Bass is an award-winning artist and cultural worker based in Washington, DC. Her work — held in the collections of the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery — frequently engages communities through workshops, devised theater, and participatory installations.
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Holly Bass
Holly Bass is the 2026 Roman J. Witt Artist In Residence. Known for her genre-defying practice that spans dance, theater, visual art, and writing, Bass is an award-winning artist and cultural worker based in Washington, DC. Her work—held in the collections of the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery—frequently engages communities through workshops, devised theater, and participatory installations.
SUPPORT
Holly Bass: We Hold These Truths is presented in partnership with the Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence Program of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, with lead support provided by the Benedek Endowment Fund for the Humanities, the Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment, the Greg Hodes and Heidi Hertel Hodes Partners in the Arts Endowment Fund, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment Fund, U-M College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, and U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Additional generous support is provided by U-M Marsal Family School of Education and U-M Center for World Performance Studies.
