What is the meaning of the portrait stamped on the first-floor hall of the Art building?
What is the meaning of the portrait stamped on the first-floor hall of the Art building?
In the spring of 2018, the portrait titled “Project Adriana” was stamped on the wall by BFA student, Cynthia Juarez. It is a portrait of Adriana Paola Espinoza, a friend of Juarez, and one of many immigrant students experiencing the uncertainty of opportunities in the United States. Adriana was born in Mexico and is currently an undergraduate student studying in Chicago. Adriana, like thousands of young people who were brought to the United States with their families, they feel powerless. By the repeated image of Adriana on the wall, the artist hoped to empower them. “I wanted to give my friend and other immigrant students living in the United States a sense of power,” said Juarez. “There is power in numbers, and with my background in printmaking, I wanted to multiply Adrian’s portrait by stamping it in silver on the wall that was painted black.”image: Mural by Cynthia Juarez, “Project Adriana”
Jessamyn Lovell: Artist, Investigator, Innovator
Blending art, inquiry, and lived experience, Jessamyn Lovell creates work that challenges perceptions while forging new paths in contemporary photography.
MFA Alum Emma Ressel Awarded Postdoctoral Fellowship at Center for Regional Studies
Emma Ressel is an artist working with large format film photography, re-photography, and archives. Her current work researches natural history collections to examine how we describe nature to ourselves over vast timescales. Ressel earned her BA in Photography at Bard...
Celebrating the Retirement of Artist and Educator Randall Wilson
His practice merges the historical methods of carving green wood with embossed patterning inspired by traditional leather and tinwork of the Southwest. Randall’s sculptures are shaped not only by his hand, but also by time. Each piece is left to respond naturally to...