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School of Art & Design

Contemporary iterations of the still-life genre are presented through artworks manifesting impermanence, memory, slippages, familiarity, and the everyday. For nearly two years, we have experienced the still life – living in a time and space that is surreal, strange, familiar, edgy, and banal all at the same time. Searching for comfort in familiar things and feeling time pass, perhaps more slowly, we have looked in at ourselves and out at others through the convenience of an illuminated screen. We have learned to hold loved ones in our hearts and at a distance. Feeling the weight of our mortality has been difficult. Even though life is/was different, things keep moving along. After all, it is still life.

Participating artists include:

Sawsan AlSaraf

Conrad Bakker

Lauren Bartone

Erik Benson

Melissa Cooke Benson

Don Decker

Polly Gaillard

Gabrielle Garland

Michelle Grabner

Breehan James

Brad Killam

Laura Letinsky

Jesse McLean

School of Art & Design

Virtual reception highlighting the graduating seniors of the School of Art & Design for Fall 2020.

School of Art & Design

Graduating seniors present their work from all areas of the School of Art and Design, including photography, computer art, illustration, graphic design, drawing & painting, digital cinema, and woodworking.