Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts

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Monday -Thursday 10AM – 4:30PM

On View:

Façade : A Casted Narrative

Façade: A Casted Narrative

Presented by Art 3V92

Professor Liz Smith

This exhibition is the result of students working with Fall 2024 CAHSS visiting artist in residence Jonathan Christensen-Caballero. The students in this class range from those who have worked with clay before to those who have just touched it for the first time in this class. In collaboration with ceramics faculty Liz Smith, Jonathan engaged with the students about ideas, process and being an artist as he worked directly with ceramics students in the studio for two weeks.
During his residency Jonathan discussed the ideas he explores through his work; politics, migrant labor, justice and human relationships; with students and engaged them in discussions about their ideas for this and future class projects. The prompt he gave for the project you see in this gallery was the word Influence, a broad term that students could approach from multiple perspectives.
While here Jonathan taught and the life casting process he uses to make his own work and demonstrated how he manipulates it to create his figurative sculptures. Students learned to make molds of their faces and hands which they then used in making the sculptural objects you see in this exhibition as well as projects that are still in process in the studio.
It is a gift to have visiting artists come in to share their ideas with students, faculty and the community. The more perspectives and processes we can share with our students the better, each opportunity builds their creative toolbox and has the potential to both broaden and deepen their knowledge. We would like to thank the CAHSS, Department of Art & Design, and Engage Management for supporting the Artist in Residency program.