Organized by the OCADU International Student Support Office (ISSO) in Summer 2024.
Art Director and Lead Curator: Nader Soliman
Assistant Curators: Minjeong Ju
Aspen Dao, Atharva Jadhav
As international students we leave irreplaceable connections and relationships behind us in pursuit of chasing our dreams/in pursuit of a better future. We leave our families and friends behind us and move thousands of miles across the world to a new place alone. It is not easy for us to acclimate to this new society and culture, and we go through a lot of turbulent times to figure ourselves out in this new space. Through these times of adversity, we sometimes go through feelings of sadness, home sickness, loneliness, feeling out of place, and longing to be back home again around our families and friends. However, with some time in this new space we create new meaningful connections, friendships and relationships that help make our experience in this new world hopeful, fun, and memorable. These new connections cannot replace the ones back home; however, they make us feel at home in a new home.