Behold This Compost brings together work by St. John's College students and staff in an exhibition exploring cycles of transformation in the natural world and the self. Inspired by Walt Whitman's 1856 poem This Compost, the exhibition considers growth and decay not as opposing forces, but as interconnected processes that shape identity, memory, and renewal.

Across painting, photography, sculpture, and installation, participating artists engage with themes of regeneration, environmental change, evolving identities, and the porous boundaries between humanity and nature. The exhibition reflects on the continual processes through which places, bodies, and communities are remade, inviting viewers to consider transformation as an essential condition of life.

Bringing together a wide range of artistic practices, Behold This Compost celebrates the creative vitality of the St. John's community while fostering dialogue between personal experience, ecological systems, and the rhythms of the natural world.