We, the faculty, stand with our community of students,
faculty, staff, researchers and colleagues to uphold our
commitment to listen, learn and to take action against social
injustice. We pledge to act in solidarity with those
who seek to end racism and achieve equity and justice for
all.
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Alum Manuel Fernando Rios’ (MFA, ‘11) new solo show at the
Pence Gallery is a reflection on the complex nature of memory,
how certain moments can hold both joy and pain, comfort and
conflict.
Work by alum Noah Green (M.F.A. ‘18) is featured in a group
show at Portland’s Bardo Tea.
The installation titled “Rest Haven” is presented in
collaboration with Helen’s Costume Fine Art and brings together
painting, drawing, collage, object-based work and sound that
operate through ambiguity, staging and spatial relation. The
exhibition opens Jan. 25 at 6 p.m.
Seongmin Yoo’s (M.F.A. ‘24) latest exhibition at the Dougherty
Station Community Arts Center Gallery brings together new
sculpture, paintings, and a performance that reflect her
continued exploration of movement, transformation, and the
relationship between place and identity.
The winter quarter Open Studios is coming! On Thursday, Feb. 19,
from 4:30-6:30 p.m., our graduate students will open their
studios to the public. Come and see new work and meet the local
art community!
Featured students include first-year MFA students Nick Block,
Tara Daly, Levi Keatts, Davion Macks, Sean
Olmstead, Marjorie Williams, Sierra Faust, Gemma Pasilla,
Erica Rawson, Julio Rodriguez and Lulu Smith.
Stephanie Syjuco works in photography,
sculpture, and installation, moving from handmade and
craft-inspired mediums to digital editing and archive
excavations. Recently, she has focused on how photography and
image-based processes are implicated in the construction of
exclusionary narratives of history and citizenship.
The intersection between climate change and art history opens new
pathways for understanding how visual and material culture
mediates human relationships to the natural
world. Historical and contemporary depictions of nature
illuminate how aesthetic practices register environmental
knowledge and respond to ecological stress. Far from being a
luxury of elite culture, art history is an essential tool for
imagining alternative ecological futures.
Andre Keichian is an interdisciplinary artist and educator
working across photography, video and sculptural installation.
His work houses conversations around exile, trans
identities, and diaspora and questions how these connections
might speak to geopolitical and subjective understandings of
migration.
Mimi Plumb is part of a long tradition of socially engaged
photographers whose work explores the landscapes and communities
of California and the American West. In 2022, she was awarded a
Guggenheim Fellowship to support her ongoing project, The
Reservoir.
Dyani White Hawk is a multidisciplinary artist based in
Minneapolis. Her practice, strongly rooted in painting and
beadwork, extends into sculpture, installation, video, and
performance, reflecting upon cross-cultural experiences through
the amalgamation of influences from Lakota and
Euro/Americanabstraction.
