From left:
Danielle Henneborn, Jordan Isaac, Martyna Kaminska, Michael Kearney, Zhengnan Li, Nathan Malak, Ekaterina Merkulova, Max Pitaro, Samara Steinbock, Tabitha Voisich

Senior Honors Project in Studio Art and Art History – Spring 2023

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 used in the current projects includes drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics, and installation. This semester’s Honors Projects encompass a wide range of themes including: perceptions of underwater environments while scuba diving, feelings of disconnection while participating in social gatherings, nostalgic translations of travel snapshots using traditional printmaking techniques, ceramic confections, paintings inspired by a musician’s synesthesia, stream of consciousness fantasy drawings, reflections on personal insecurities symbolized by roadkill, personal growth referenced through nostalgic depictions of electronic games, and dramatic surreal psychological spaces and scenarios.

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: “Threads from the Liminal Space: Avijit Halder and the Navigation of Belonging within Indian Diaspora Art”.

Lorena Salcedo-Watson
Lecturer, Director of Undergraduate Studies

Advisers:

Brooke Belisle
Toby Buonagurio
Martin Levine
Jason Paradis
Howardena Pindell
Lorena Salcedo-Watson

Spring 2023 Exhibition