MFA 2008
Understanding context is key to graduate study at the School of Art & Design. As a consequence, students completing the Master of Fine Arts curriculum communicate their creative work and research through a wide range of channels and at diverse venues, based on the needs of each project.
Exhibitions, broadcasts, performances, and publication are among the ways that students share their creative work. Each graduate student is also expected to prepare a written thesis for presentation to a trans-disciplinary audience.
These culminating events for MFA students graduating in the Spring of 2008 include:
Edward Johnston
Experiential Extensions
In his MFA thesis exhibition, A&D graduate student Edward S. Johnston invites viewers to witness recollections from one walk along a frequent path from his apartment building to the School of Art & Design through a series of digitally mediated animations, photographs, and 3D objects.
Opening reception: February 16, 6 – 9 PM
Exhibition runs February 13 - February 27.
Duderstadt Center, 2281 Bonisteel Boulevard, Ann Arbor
Sadie Wilcox
The Remapping of Memory
In her MFA thesis exhibition, A&D graduate student Sadie Wilcox uses multimedia video installation to create visual metaphors related to trauma and recovery.
Exhibition Opening Reception: Saturday 8 March 6:00-9:00pm
Exhibition Runs: March 6 - March 8
Public Viewing: March 6-7, 9am – 6pm, March 8th, 12 noon – 9pm
UM Duderstadt Video Studio, 2281 Bonisteel Boulevard
Thea Eck
It Is Never Tomorrow
A&D 3rd year graduate student Thea Augustina Eck presents her multi media thesis exhibition investigating the northern and southern poles' exploratory history with imagery referencing long trudges across the ice and snow, negotiated distance and the search for existence within a vast terrain.
Opening Reception: Saturday March 15, 5-8pm
Exhibition Runs: March 15 - March 29
Riverside Off Site, 64 N Huron St., Ypsilanti
Gallery Hours:
Tuesdays: 12 - 4 pm
Thursday - Saturday: 12 - 4 pm
please email theaau@umich.edu for additional hours
V. Robin Grice
Where Ever You Go, There You Are
A thesis exhibition by A&D graduate student V. Robin Grice examining the fluidity of identity.
March 22 - March 30
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 22, 6 to 9 pm
T. Marra Gallery (ArtSearch);
717 W. Huron St.,
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Marta Cruz-Sojo
Arando el viento (Plowing the wind)
Marta Cruz Sojo, with Rob Papineau presents .... a performance art piece in the context of a restaurant.
2 performances: March 26 and April 2 at 9:00 pm.
Dreamland Theatre, 26 N.Washington St, Ypsilanti, MI 48197.
Forest Bright
A Second Story Room
Opening: Saturday, March 29th
Exhibition Runs: March 29 - April 9
@ the Natatorium
213 Beakes St.
Ann Arbor, MI
Gallery Hours:
Mon: 6pm-9pm
Tues:6pm-9pm
Wed: 2pm-5pm
Fri: 6pm-9pm
Melanie Manos
[NICHE]
A photographic and video exhibition considering architecture and the human body through macro-and micro-cosmic perspectives.
Opening Reception April 5, 2008 8 pm - 11 pm
Exhibition Runs: April 5 - April 14
Location: Yemans Street Gallery, 2750 Yemans Street Hamtramck, MI 48212
Information: (313) 231.1216
Directions from Ann Arbor: 94 fwy East to Detroit, exit onto 75 fwy North, exit Caniff/Holbrook, turn right onto Caniff to Jos Campau, turn right
three blocks to Yemans, turn right. gallery is on the left in the first block. street parking, meters until 9pm
Kat Hartman
Illustrating Birth
April 18, 3:00 pm
Location: Duderstadt Video Conference Room, 2281 Bonisteel Blvd.
A&D graduate student Kat Hartman describes the design environment for creating an illustrated childbirth manual for health workers in rural Ethiopia.
There will also be two release parties in Ethiopia in August:
August 18 6 pm
Jimma Ethiopia
Location to be Announced
August 23 8 pm
Addis Abeba Ethiopia
Serenade Restaurant
Elshafei Mohamed
Umbororo Crossing
Opening Reception: April 18, 5:00 - 9:00 pm
Location: State Street between N. University and E. Liberty
A sculptural installation by MFA candidate Elshafei Mohamed. After the opening reception the installation will move to 100 N. Fifth Ave. in front of City Hall between East Ann St. and East Huron St. from April 19 - 27.
Nicole Marroquin
Your Body Is Your Homeland
Exhibition Runs: April 20 - April 25
Name: Nicole Marroquin
Date of Reception: April 19th, 7 - 9 pm
Location: A Cornfield in Saline
