Astri Snodgrass (she/her)
Knit Drawing

2019
awool
13" x 7.5”
​      Knitting and crochet have become something of a sketchbook practice for Astri to explore painting and drawing ideas in a tactile language. Knitting obeys its own grammar for color and mark to form its very structure. The slow process of knitting and crochet counter the quick marks one can make on paper, or those made by creasing it. This practice then is meditative compared to the fast gestures integral to her practice otherwise.
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      In preparing for a trip to Italy, John Gibson and Reid Gentry made books to collect sketches of architecture and art. Their choice of leather made for books distinguished like Italian art and robust to last a long time. Reid used two types of leather, cutting through the darker leather, and weaving lighter leather through the gaps. John Gibson uses the contrasting colors to highlight his stitching in waxed thread.
Reid Gentry (he/him)
Woven Journal
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2022
Leather (woven), waxed thread
​6.5 x 10”
John Gibson (he/him)
Travel Journal
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2022
Leather (sewn contrasting), waxed thread
​7 x 11”
Tirzah Rhodes (she/her)
31 to 30     

2022
Paper, watercolor, watercolor pencil                 
​20 x 26”
       As an art teacher, Tirzah is always gathering bits of discarded paper from around her classroom. Individually the scraps do little; frayed edges, dashes of color or rips. But as a collection they begin to come alive. She particularly favors the scraps of tape from the edge of the watercolor assignments. Last year she collected, wove together and painted the paper weave to create a cohesive piece. She then added circles to represent each of her senior students that worked in watercolor last year.
​Rashawn Penister (he/him)
See Nothing, Hear Nothing, and Say Nothing.
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2022
Acrylic on board
30 x 20”
Rashawn Penister’s recent body of work is beginning to recollect his past hobbies and merge them with recent events in his life. Exposure to comic books, video games, and anime drew Rashawn to art in the first place. While he has faced outward in the past, doing collage and portraiture of members of his community, he is now in the midst of something unfinished, taking shaped canvases and using a flat art style to communicate a serious message to the community.
Ben Minden-Birkenmaier (he/him)
Self

2023
Self is the first piece of a forthcoming album, Self is a lie that we tell ourselves. It has the clearest structure of any piece on the album, beginning with a theme that returns twice throughout the piece while cycling through a series of call and response variations around that theme. Self establishes the center that will slowly lose structure throughout the rest of the album. 
Lesley Bragdon (she/her)         2022-
Netting                                        Size Variable
Coe Lapossy (they/them) & Bug Davidson (they/them)
A 90s Film Handbook for the Connoisseur

2022-
Video, installation
​        Every few weeks Coe Lapossy and Bug Davidson watch a movie made in the 90s from their respective locations. This activity began in part when they read The Nineties, a 2022 book by Chuck Klosterman. Klosterman puts some focus on the 90s ethos of 'not selling out' and examines how this cultural preoccupation manifests in the creativity of the 90s. These insights struck a chord with both artists who realized they were steeped in this ethos. They began to examine the lasting effects. 
Pam McDonnell (she/her)
A Thing My Hands Started Long Ago


2018
​Wood, block printed muslin, polyurethane, glue, embroidery floss, velcro
         Pam McDonnell made new forms out of the leftovers of printed muslin and scraps to make these rearrangeable units. She investigates both new uses for otherwise discarded material, and arrangement with parts that adapt to their relationship to each other and to the planes they occupy.
​Their conversations developed to a movie watching ritual and critique of 90s cinema. They take turns selecting pairs of movies and each take notes and compile them into a shared document afterward. Simply, these long-time friends love watching movies, but the project is also a way of working that they both enjoy, casting a wide net and pulling everything in, then editing down by observing connections between seemingly random things.  This is a window into that process.
Anthony Presley (he/him) & Micah (he/him)
Three music tracks (described below)
After working on a score for his upcoming thesis exhibition of photography, Anthony needed to make something less serious. He started working on a fun side project with his husband Micah, a disco/dance/80’s album. 
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​Having been exposed to lots of different music, Anthony latched onto disco. Donna Summer’s I Feel Love could be regarded as the first electronic dance song ever. Cerrone’s ‘Supernature' taught him about musical arrangement. Sylvester celebrated his flamboyant and androgynous appearance and his music has a sound that reflects that sense of confidence. Lastly, ABBA of course has to be recognized as an influence. ‘Super Trouper’ and ‘Lay All Your Love On Me’ especially.

03_ThisIsTheGrid

Growing up, Anthony mostly shared a room with his brother. They spent a lot of time playing Nintendo and Sega Genesis. This track is inspired by those 8-bit Chiptune music and sound effects from those games, but also the Mortal Kombat soundtrack, The Prodigy’s Fat of the Land album.

01_LoveMeThroughTheNight

​01_LoveMeThroughTheNight was inspired by Anthony’s visits to the skating rink every Friday with his siblings, then friends. The World Class Wreckin’ Cru’s song ‘Juice’ would always play and the Jam Skaters would dance to it. It’s a great example of west coast electro/hip hop in the 80’s. Another was the music and choreography of the 1985 musical Fast Forward. It is also inspired by the horror theme and music video for Michael Jackson’s Thriller, directed by the legendary filmmaker John Landis.
Katrina Perdue (she/her)
​Knit Cocoon (escape portal)

2020-
Wool, acrylic, and cotton yarns on metal hoop with plastic and wood knitting needles
7.5’ x 1’ x 1’
        Katrina Perdue began teaching online the summer of 2020 and needed a soothing project to help her relax in the studio. She cast on 108 stitches to create a meditative circle, similar to mala beads. As it grew, she started to feel she was knitting herself a cocoon. She felt the desire to stitch herself inside of it and re-emerge after things felt more calm and stable. Like many projects, she played with lots of iterations before the idea of hanging it came to mind. Looking at it from above is reminiscent of a portal. The pulley system allowed the portal to grow as she worked it. Knitting in a circle is pure relaxation - it required no counting, no thinking, no worry of tension or color or how much yarn would be needed. Katrina keeps a basket of scraps and odd bits by her rocking chair and continues to add to the cocoon.
Karley Davis (she/her)
I Watched All of Breaking Bad and All I Got Was This Stupid Blanket

2022
Acrylic yarn
5’x6”
​I think a lot about how my need to feel constantly productive continually damages my self-worth. Throughout crocheting this piece, I prioritized my need for rest before productivity. I took breaks when I felt like it and stepped away instead of forcing myself to finish it as efficiently as possible. Through that process, I enjoyed making something without the feeling pressure and I enjoyed a great tv show, Breaking Bad. With this piece, I’m hoping to start a conversation around giving ourselves rest and challenging preconceived notions of labor.