Medina Triennial

The Medina Triennial is a site-responsive contemporary art exhibition that activates the landscapes and histories of Medina and Western New York. Every three years, it brings together artists from around the globe to create new work that fosters critical dialogue and public engagement.

The inaugural 2026 edition, titled All That Sustains Us, features more than 100 artworks across 10 sites and is curated by Kari Conte and Karin Laansoo. The curatorial framework of the Triennial sits at the intersection of art, ecology, architecture, and rural contexts and considers maintenance not only as a physical act of upkeep, but also as a social, political, and environmental process shaped by fragility and resilience. The Triennial brings together artistic practices that examine how civic and ecological systems are structured by labor, regulation, extraction, and repair. At its core, the Triennial asks: What essential efforts and commitments are required to sustain life in our fractured world?