Cassie Derickson, Student Work

Megan Lennon, Student Work

Bitch, I am the Pope

For some, religion can be a toxin; a venomous substance that is involuntarily injected into us at a young age. Who’s to say that a woman can’t be pope? Are we fools to allow religion to run our lives? The answer is for you to decide. All I know is, “Ain’t nobody prayin’ for me” (Kendrick Lamar).

Caitlin Lopez, Student Work

Fragile

packing tape, foam board, tracing paper, gel medium

18" x 26" x 12"

Artist Statement:

The artwork emphasizes transparency in order to represent the fragility of both the natural world and the man-made world, as well as the relationship between the two. Some may perceive mountains and ocean are indestructible because of their imposing size as and seemingly timeless presence, but humans can quickly destroy countless miles of forest, reshape landscapes, and change the entire system of the ocean. On the other hand, living in Florida, I have seen tornadoes and many hurricanes and know that nature could just as easily destroy the human world.

I chose to make the buildings of a small city out of clear packaging tape to emphasize the fragility of humans. The mountains are made out of delicate layers of semi-transparent tracing paper to represent the fragility of nature. The two environments extend from opposite sides of the same plane to represent their relationship. I chose to show the underside of the mountain forms in order to force the viewer to confront the hollow fragility of them. The forms also resemble craters which threaten to consume the city on the other side.

Caitlin Lopez, Student Work

3D to 2D Assignment

For this project I decided to manipulate images of my three small sculptures in order to represent one of the elements or principles that I did not choose as the focus for any of the sculptures. In order to represent symmetry, I knew that I wanted to repeat the images and rearrange them. I started by placing all three images onto one canvas on Photoshop. I then layered them on top of each other and used a linear dodge filter on the second layer and a multiply filter on the third. This created the merging effect that makes them look like a new sculpture. I repeated the new image and arranged them to create a symmetrical composition. One thing that this project made me notice is the presence of geometric shape that was in each of my original sculptures. This is mirrored and emphasized by the geometric diamond shape that formed in the center and the straight lines that were repeated. 

Sarah Weisman, Student Work

Madison Williams, Student Work

Memento

Materials: wood, white paint, blue paint, wood glue

Dimensions: 4.75" x 2.75" x 3"

Mason Mushinski, Student Work

Me Myself I

Artist Statement

In this project I pulled together thoughts, ideas, and qualities about myself that I wanted to display through my mask. I originally wanted to create a dodecahedron mask to represent how particular and organized I am as a person. After consideration, I ended up making the dodecahedron but wanted to give it flare. Inside the pentagons I placed multiple triangles in order to warp and add multiple faces ranging in size. Looking closely at the piece, a glimpse of the original pentagons can be seen. By leaving the pentagons within the piece, I wanted to represent the large events in my life such as family and education. Each of the large pentagons symbolize segments of my life and the interior triangles represent the small (and large) events that took place in order to shape the important moments in my life. I added "Me, Myself, I" on the surfaces in order to pull together who I am and that I should not be ashamed of that. Building onto that concept, my final pictures represent just that. 

The first picture portrays my body and stature as being uncomfortable and sulking as I hold a mirror. Transitioning into the second picture my posture is a bit more relaxed however my body is still rigid and the focus can be seen on the mirror. Completing the sequence, the final picture shows me being entirely confident, relaxed, and unfazed by the blank mirror. The mirror itself is symbolic because in Renaissance paintings mirrors were believed to be a literal and metaphorical reflection of oneself and also a negative representation of pride, temptation, and sin. I decided to include a mirror to show that though I am multi-facetted, it is important to not get wrapped up in personal selfishness regardless of my successes in life. I represented that idea throughout the photography process in that as my posture became more relaxed less of a reflection was seen in the mirror until there was entirely no reflection in the final picture.