In the west, we follow the four-seasons model, but the idea of a season can hold different meaning across cultures. In science, as well as in some indigenous cultures, seasons describe changing weather patterns and behavioral shifts in flora and fauna, so the six-season calendar model is more common. It is within mainstream, western culture that the idea of a fifth season is unusual. For our purposes, The Fifth Season describes rapidly changing states, and its impact on the human psyche; it attempts to name this liminal period between a present form and an uncertain future. The Fifth Season presents a crossroad: adapt or die. Brittany Fukushima and Alyssa Day explore this conflict through paintings and drawings. We attempt to capture the self in flux—a state of concurrent growth and decay.

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