AI: Artistic Interpretations, Studio Art Quilt Associates
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Featuring 35 artists, AI: Artistic Interpretations examines the rapidly evolving relationship between human creativity and artificial intelligence. The exhibition opens with a provocation from ChatGPT itself: “I can produce artworks quickly… but humans bring intention, emotion, and lived experience. I excel at tools and variation; humans excel at meaning. The best art often comes from human–AI collaboration.”
The artists in this exhibition embrace, question, resist, or reinterpret AI’s role in artistic practice:
Susan Polansky exuberantly welcomes the technology as a partner in generating new ideas, noting, “I am excited to engage with artificial intelligence… I get to be in the first wave of everyday users.”
Marisa Marquez views AI as an evolution of existing creative tools, stating, “Just as sewing machines and digital embroidery expanded our artistic possibilities, AI now emerges as another powerful, yet human-guided tool… not to replace the maker’s hand, but to amplify it.”
Kathy Nida, in her work AI is Not My Friend, expresses caution: “I don’t want AI to take the place of my creativity… that’s my joy. That’s what makes life amazing.”
Ultimately, the question isn’t whether AI can make art better than a human—it’s what we want art to be. This exhibition doesn’t offer a definitive answer; instead, it invites viewers to reflect on the evolving relationship between creativity and technology.
Organized by Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA), the exhibition was juried by LSU professors Golden Richard III, Ph.D., Brendan Harmon, Ph.D., and LSUMOA Chief Curator Michelle Schulte. AI: Artistic Interpretations will travel nationally following its debut in Baton Rouge.
on view February 5–May 10, 2026
