From left: Savannah Ithier, Melissa Roy, Jiaming Zhang

Senior Honors Project in Studio Art and Art History – Fall 2022

We are proud to present the Senior Honors projects. Students who complete Honors Projects in Studio Art engage in research and artistic creation, culminating in a written thesis statement and an exhibition of their artwork. The students who have undertaken the Senior Honors project are exemplary both artistically and academically. They have committed to planning and creating a substantial body of work under the mentorship of a faculty member during their senior year.

These projects often reach across disciplines to expand the conversation on a wide range of themes and issues. Students use this opportunity to challenge themselves with their ideas, techniques, and professionalism in installing their work in a public space for exhibition. The written component of the project gives the artist an opportunity to distill their ideas and articulate the themes they are exploring in their visual work. Project media includes painting and mixed media installation, and digital photography. This semester’s Honors Projects encompass themes including dreams as portals into the unconscious mind, and conceptual photography challenging concepts of duality and contradiction in visual information.

Students who complete Honors Projects in Art History focus on completing a substantial research project with a written thesis. This semester the title of the research project is: “Celestial Bodies: A Constellation of Gender in the Angelic Form”.

Lorena Salcedo-Watson
Lecturer, Director of Undergraduate Studies

Advisers:

Karen Lloyd
Patricia Maurides
Jason Paradis

Fall 2022 Exhibition