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Transmigration, Sarah M. O'Heron
Transmigration, Sarah M. O'Heron
Student Projects
Transmigration is the spiritual concept said to be the migration of a soul into a new body. The natural and found items act as the soul elements of my work, which are transformed into new existences and made precious. As a maker, I view my practice spiritually, in terms of collection of material from the natural world and through the process of creating. Academically, I’m interested in the history of adornment, anthropology, alchemy, and science related to the field of jewelry and metalsmithing. These topics, along with formal interest, result in works that I hope are rich, earthy, and honest.
No One Belongs Here More Than You, Tania Y. Silver
No One Belongs Here More Than You, Tania Y. Silver
Student Projects
Through collection, installation, and maintenance of discarded plant materials this body of work explores protection and care of the self.
Fresh Out, Antoinette Viola
Fresh Out, Antoinette Viola
Student Projects
Fresh Out explores the infinite and indefinable world of femininity. Portraits, still lifes, and installation materials work together to investigate gender performance, power structures, and pleasure paradoxes. Within staged scenes of domestic arrangements and female bodies, a synchronicity between disturbance and enchantment is created. I define pleasure paradoxes in accordance to this synchronicity; an interest that both repulses, embarrasses, or disturbs you, while also excites and intrigues. When I think of these guilty pleasures, I immediately think of gender. I explore objectification, control, and sex positivity through my portraits of females; but there is a push and pull between silliness …
Video Magic, Rebecca Griffith
Video Magic, Rebecca Griffith
Student Projects
I excavate material from VHS cassettes discussing the human body, the human nervous system, nostalgia, and memory. My work examines the process of coping and caregiving for a parent’s illness from a young age to adulthood. By quilting from VHS magnetic tape, neon lights, installations, and videos; I recall a time of my life when my mother was not suffering from multiple sclerosis, and was running a video store in the early 1990s. My series, Video Magic, reflects upon the empathetic idea of what and how something can be cared for, and how to extend the life of something; whether …