

Donne Hutcheson. Road Trip, 2026. Colored pencil, 9 x 12 in..
Road Trip: It’s the Journal, Not the Destination
A duet by Donne Hutcheson and Monica Sloan
Location: Gallery 101
Dates: October 9–October 30, 2026
Opening Reception and Artist Talk (in conjunction with Reflections in Clay): Thursday, October 8, 2026, 5–7pm
Road Trip: It’s the Journal, Not the Destination is a collaborative exhibition by Ä¢¹½TV alumna Donne Hutcheson (‘18, Art) and writer Monica Sloan. A picture may be worth a thousand words, but words and images together create a more colorful, intellectual, and emotional experience than either alone.
In this exhibition, Hutcheson and Sloan present their shared reflections on a journey from Florida to North Carolina and back again. What might have been the vacation slideshow no one wants to see is reimagined through colored pencil and poetry as a dynamic duet.
Inspired in part by Ghost Horizons, a collaboration between poet Chanda Jamieson and Ä¢¹½TV professor Andy Owen, the artists merge their individual perspectives into a single creative exchange. Hutcheson’s images shaped Sloan’s poetry, and Sloan’s words shaped Hutcheson’s images. Though they traveled individually, their ideas converged to create Road Trip.
Sponsored by the Ä¢¹½TV Alumni Association, Gene and Lee Seidler, the Wasmer Endowment, and WGCU Public Media.