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Senior Seminar Spring 2020 Exhibition Catalogue
May 22, 2020

For the Department of Art & Art History at URI, the Senior Seminar class represents the capstone course for those approaching their hard-earned BFA degrees.  Students arrive with a diverse set of skills in various media, and work towards a final group exhibition, which has been an annual event at Hera Gallery for quite a few years.  Mid-semester, plans for physical installation at the gallery were halted, students’ projects were temporarily abandoned on campus, and students were sent home, wondering how we would continue.

During our many online video meetings, the group decided the best way to move forward was to create an exhibition catalogue, where the written thoughts, the documentation of the work, and the spirit of this collaboration could be shared among our audience.  Our friends, family, faculty, artists, and peers can now experience the journey this Senior Seminar Class of Spring 2020 embarked on during these uncertain times.  The exhibition catalogue can be viewed online, in digital form, and the physical book can be ordered at cost, and mailed directly.

As artists, the work we make in the studio is a crucial part of our practice.  The creative process is always tossing out roadblocks - in the material, the research, the content, and the conditions in which we make our work.  Where we exhibit the work is also a critical element to an artistic practice.  This year, our students were faced with various setbacks in many areas of the process.  Through the production of this catalogue, collaboration, and improvisation, our class emerged with an indelible lesson on maximizing potentials to arrive at unforseen success.  

Kevin Gilmore, MFA
Faculty
University of Rhode Island

Uri Fine Art senior seminar students, Spring 2020 in Hera Gallery


Visit our website to view the students' online exhibition https://www.heragallery.org/uri-exhibition

To View and purchase a the Catalog, https://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/1783671

Hera Gallery Congratulates these students on their hard work and a successful exhibition under very challenging circumstances. 

The students:
 Meghan Anchukaitis, Camille Audette, Trevor Baynard, Daniela Del Portillo,Chyna Dougherty, Alex Grey, Jennifer Madriaga, Isabel Nagy, Siobhan Olsen, Mae Pearson, Jordan Rosa, Elaina Smith, Kathleen Trahan, Maria Vaughan, Nicole Elyse Young

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Donna Gustafson said…
Enjoyed reading the Artists' statements in the catalog. A really diverse group with equally unique work!
June 9, 2020 at 8:02 AM
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