Wassaic Project’s summer exhibition now open

"So It Goes,” the 2025 summer exhibition at the Wassaic Project opened on May 17 and runs through Sept. 13.

The show features work from 43 artists responding to cycles of horror and desensitization.

The title “So it goes” is a nod to Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five.In the book, the phrase appears every time death or tragedy is mentioned, acting as a resigned, almost numb acknowledgment of suffering. In this context, the show uses the phrase to highlight how people become emotionally desensitized to violence, crisis, and trauma. Through humor, ritual, protest, and reflection, the works challenge us to feel what we’ve learned to overlook.

Wassaic Project is at 37 Furnace Bank Road in Wassaic and is open Thursdays through Sundays all summer.