Sweet Rituals and Strange Memories
Opening Reception April 16, 2022 11-2pm
Closing Reception May 14th, 2022 11-2pm
The processes of growth and change inevitably instigates opportunities for collaboration, whether we recognize them or not. This exhibition is the result of seven artists working collaboratively at a critical juncture in their academic and professional careers. They challenge one another’s formative processes, exploring the shifting influences of time, place, ritual, and memory.
The exhibition will be held in two phases. Phase I begins with the end product—work made specifically for the exhibition. Phase II will shift the focus from the “objectness” of the finished works to consideration of the external forces and material transformations of each artist. Phase II, co-curated by Karly Jean Kainz and Lynne Maphies, will reveal the processes and materiality of making, evolving the project into a different exhibition altogether.
This exhibition is the result of the semester- long Graduate Seminar Course on Professional Practices with Leslie Moody Castro in the Department of Art at New Mexico State University, in collaboration with the Casa Otro Residency Project.
