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This image is an installation view of painted canvas and mesh. The paintings are mostly vibrant, abstract color-fields. Painted meshes are layered overtop, with imagery of a young girl and a cat, along with other childhood scenes. These layers are meant to represent tangible memory. Paulina Braverman: MESH Undergraduate Paulina Braverman: MESH
Clay forms winding on the walls of the studio move across the space and onto the floor. On the floor are small shelves made of clay. On the floor are many small pieces that were created as a time project. My aim was to make in clay and seek to know God more. My studio practice became a space for prayer. This project was an exploration of my faith as a Christian, investigating how I could know God more through clay. Natalie Bultman: hands channel faith: a collection of daily prayer Undergraduate Natalie Bultman: hands channel faith: a collection of daily prayer
The hardcover finish of the cookbook Homegrown and Homemade: Ridgemere Recipes Olivia Colasanti: Homegrown and Homemade Undergraduate Olivia Colasanti: Homegrown and Homemade
A wooden table and chair with laminated curved legs, staged on a pallet floor in a plywood room with three walls opposing the viewer Gabriel Consiglio: Studio 05D Undergraduate Gabriel Consiglio: Studio 05D
Madison Grosvenor: Wilder Madison Grosvenor: Wilder Undergraduate Madison Grosvenor: Wilder
Taylor Henegar: Fake It 'til you Make It Taylor Henegar: Fake It 'til you Make It Undergraduate Taylor Henegar: Fake It 'til you Make It
A collection of balancing cairns and illuminated hollow fabric forms. Casey Rheault: In the glinting absence I could see you once again Undergraduate Casey Rheault: In the glinting absence I could see you once again
The image shows a long, patchwork tablecloth than hangs down from the ceiling and lays over a long wooden table. The white tablecloth is embroidered with red text and long thread tendrils. Atop the table and tablecloth are place settings made of soil. Four antique-looking, dark brown chairs sit around the table. The tablecloth spills off the table onto the floor in a pile of soil. Kristina Rogers: Dirt to Dirt Undergraduate Kristina Rogers: Dirt to Dirt
Elle Schwiderson: *Midwestern Last Name* Family Reunion Elle Schwiderson: *Midwestern Last Name* Family Reunion Undergraduate Elle Schwiderson: *Midwestern Last Name* Family Reunion
An image of myself wearing the cosplay of Alvis I created. The image is a full body shot from behind, with my right arm outstretched, with a green glass background. Reyne Lesnau: Alvis, the Divine Seer Undergraduate Reyne Lesnau: Alvis, the Divine Seer
Four Character Portraits of movie archetypes depicted as clowns. Left to right the archetypes are The Bimbo, The Cowboy, The Final Girl, and The Explorer. Andrea Ziemkowski: Misster Monster's Movie Emporium Undergraduate Andrea Ziemkowski: Misster Monster's Movie Emporium
A slide carousel projector projects MRI images of soft tissue growths in the artist’s spinal column. The projector sits upon a table full of parts from a previous project. The right was is filled with papers full of a previous project’s thinking and then overlapped by a poetry collection by the artist. On the left wall hang cassettes, some spooled with poems on paper rather than tape, slide carousels, rolls of paper, and various papers and tools, all parts of the previous project put on hold. Sky Christoph: [previous work has been put on hold] Undergraduate Sky Christoph: [previous work has been put on hold]
Pheiv Kurtz: Duelgbtq Pheiv Kurtz: Duelgbtq Undergraduate Pheiv Kurtz: Duelgbtq
Figure floating midair, clenching a heart with ribbons of light protruding outwards. Emily Tamulewicz: Falling Awake: an Episodic Exploration of Neurodivergence and Comfort Undergraduate Emily Tamulewicz: Falling Awake: an Episodic Exploration of Neurodivergence and Comfort
This necklace, Intertwined Vines, is one piece that is part of the jewelry collection called Nature Scapes. Using a variety of metals and materials, my pieces mimic nature in many ways. Sophia Gallette: Nature Scapes Undergraduate Sophia Gallette: Nature Scapes
The black & white image shows a faceless blurred man, looking for a sense of belonging. William Mizer: Multifaceted Undergraduate William Mizer: Multifaceted
A corner view of the exhibition space with the book Detroit Is.. propped on a pedestal atop a black runner cloth. The right wall shows a simplified map of my childhood neighborhood in black and red, and the left wall reads "Detroit is... a complicated city to love, an easy city love, and not an easy city to love." Jaleah Green: Detroit is... Undergraduate Jaleah Green: Detroit is...
The image depicts two figures identifying as male and female with their faces smooshed together surrounded by marigolds and roses. They both have lipstick smeared across their lips. Allison Crawford: Modern Day Lovers Undergraduate Allison Crawford: Modern Day Lovers
Two block art print in black & pink that shows a feminine figure braiding their hair. Brianna Fox: tedious Undergraduate Brianna Fox: tedious
'LoBack Meat Co.' is a 18” x 24” 6-layer reduction woodblock print on paper based on a photograph of a neon sign at Seattle's Pike Place Market. The sign's typography reads "LoBACK MEAT CO. QUALITY ALWAYS," but it has been cropped to "BACK MEA QUALITY ALW." The neon sign itself is a bright ocean blue in the upper foreground of the image, with the letters themselves contrasting in a rich yellow-orange. The outside of each letter is outlined in a bright purple, making the letters appear three-dimensional against the sign's blue background. A hallway leading back into space is depicted in the background, with a line of circular lights fading into the background on the faded purple ceiling. While the sign and typography stand out in a graphic way, the scene feels nostalgic and faded. Within the image's background is a faded gray rectangular sign with letters that look like words but are too illegible to read. The nostalgic feel of the words and the faded color palette are representative of a memory for me. I began to experience chronic memory loss after being diagnosed with mold poisoning shortly after graduating from high school. I was able to take a road trip across the Pacific Northwest with my stepfather in the summer of 2021. This was the first trip I was able to take since becoming well enough after my diagnosis, and I took hundreds of photos out of fear of forgetting the memories we were making. Each edition of this print explored the feeling of nostalgia, much like the flash of a memory we get of a time and place we can't quite pinpoint that's buried deep in our subconscious. Looking closer at the image, each cut is quite expressive as I explored my spirit and self through the cuts of the woodblock. As each subsequent print is printed, the previous one is carved away, leaving a fully carved block at the end. Paige Gilstad: LoBack Meat Co. Undergraduate Paige Gilstad: LoBack Meat Co.
A multimedia sculpture of a decomposing deer surrounded by moss. The deer lies on its side in a fetal position with its legs curled in front of it and its ribcage exposed, showing the dark red flesh and ribs inside. Its skull is angular and off-white, with rows of uneven teeth and empty eye sockets. A small yellow bird is perched on one of the antlers. The deer lies on a bed of green moss, which crawls up into the interior of the ribcage, the floor of which is covered by thick vegetation and grasses, some of which is painted with glitter and soft pastels of pink, blue, and purple. This mossy world inside the ribcage is scattered with sparkling iridescent stones and small fairy lights that are hidden among the vegetation. Small shiny beads hang from the “ceiling” of the ribcage on clear strings, and are lit by the lights inside. Catherine Ramsey: ...And God taketh away Undergraduate Catherine Ramsey: ...And God taketh away
Ceramic vessel painting with underglaze incorporating Arabesque patterns Yasmine Safadi: Mazhariyah Undergraduate Yasmine Safadi: Mazhariyah
This image features the main character, Elle, sitting on a couch as psychedelic imagery fills the entire room. Elle Schwiderson: Scraping the Edge Undergraduate Elle Schwiderson: Scraping the Edge
This a portrait of a girl surrounded by the undulating waves. The girl is looking at the red sun in the distance, the koi print on her face leap towards the light. The work is mainly covered in the green and blue color pallet of the waves, yet the sun and koi print are in visually striking red. Siyu Zhong: Koi Undergraduate Siyu Zhong: Koi

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