Anedged: 2024 MFA First Year Exhibition

Name: Anedged: 2024 MFA First Year Exhibition, 3/22/2024-4/29/2024
Start: 2024-03-22
End: 2024-04-29
Location: Faculty and Graduate Studios

Image shows equal vertical selections of work by first year Stamps MFA students.

When

March 22 – April 29, 2024

Where

In-person Event

Faculty and Graduate Studios
Rear Entrance, 1919 Green Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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Details

Exhibition
Open to the public
Free of charge

This annual celebration of the work of Stamps MFA in Art candidates features work by first-year students:

Hannah Buchanan
Sam Griffith
Laura Mackie
Andy Maticorena
Charlie Reynolds
Darren Spirk
Cress Thibodeaux

The 2024 MFA First Year Exhibition takes place March 22 — April 29, 2024 at the Stamps Graduate/Faculty Studios, 1919 Green Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.

Join us at the public exhibition reception on Friday, March 22 from 6 – 8pm (no RSVP required).
Viewings March 23-April 29 are available by appointment only; please contact Hannah Buchanan to arrange a visit.

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Opening Reception: 2024 MFA First Year Exhibition - March 22, 2024

Gallery

This image shows an oil painting from the perspective of a gas station cashier behind the counter. There is a cash register, a corkboard scattered with notes, and a male customer who is positioned on the far right side of the picture plane. In the center of the canvas is a large window, facing out towards gas pumps and trees. A cashier is reflected in the window, stocking cigarettes.

Graduate Hannah Buchanan: Confluence

A lowly-lit low-angle photograph of a mixed-media ecological art installation featuring an 8ft wood frame cube with a projection screen and a fiber piece hanging from the side. Pillows and books are set up on the floor in the center for audience interaction.

Graduate Samantha Griffith: Desire Lines

Framed, eroded mulberry print photo-sculpture, repaired with thread and medical tape.

Graduate Andy Maticorena Kajie: memories of a mannequin

I didn't have a great image, so I put a placeholder in for now.

Graduate Charlie Reynolds: Asset Protection

The image shows three weavings, all about 30 inches long and 20 inches wide, hanging on the wall. The first weaving depicts the artist's military contract and each line is mostly readable. The last weaving depicts the first page of the artist's discharge from military service. Both weavings are gray with black writing. The middle weaving is different, hanging lower than the other two. This weaving is black with a bootcamp image of the artist repeated in the background. In different places, free motion sewing is used to block parts of the portraits eyes, hands, and mouth. The sewing on top is in red thread and the thread is left hanging, allowing it to obscure the text.

Graduate Charlie Reynolds: Laying the Keel

A portrait of Kenneth Wilson, a Navajo and a student at University of Michigan. Next to the portrait is a printed out interview of his interview, speaking on Blood Quantum and what it means to him.

Graduate Cressandra Thibodeaux: Blood Quantum

This photo shows an installation of two black-and-white photographs on a black wall, and on a white wall, there is gallery text of the artist statement.

Graduate Darren Spirk: )frottage(

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Hannah Buchanan: Confluence
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Hannah Buchanan: Confluence
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While two separate series are on display, my work ultimately weaves together personal narratives ...
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2/8

Samantha Griffith: Desire Lines
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Samantha Griffith: Desire Lines
GRADUATE

A desire line appears when a path paved for human use fails to take into account human nature. Tw...
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3/8

Andy Maticorena Kajie: memories of a mannequin
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Andy Maticorena Kajie: memories of a mannequin
GRADUATE

memories of a mannequin is a time-based photo-sculpture designed to degrade over time and be cont...
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4/8

Charlie Reynolds: Asset Protection
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Charlie Reynolds: Asset Protection
GRADUATE

In 2010, I was deployed to the Persian Gulf on the USS Milius, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-miss...
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5/8

Charlie Reynolds: Laying the Keel
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Charlie Reynolds: Laying the Keel
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Laying the keel is the formal recognition of the start of a ship’s construction. When ship buildi...
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6/8

Cressandra Thibodeaux: Blood Quantum
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Cressandra Thibodeaux: Blood Quantum
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The thematic exploration of my new body of work, Blood Quantum, confronts the complexities of Nat...
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7/8

Darren Spirk: )frottage(
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Darren Spirk: )frottage(
GRADUATE

What does it mean to relate against the grain of relation?This installation enacts a methodology ...
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Faculty and Graduate Studios

Rear Entrance, 1919 Green Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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Hours

Sunday: 6:00 – 12:00 am
Monday: 6:00 – 12:00 am
Tuesday: 6:00 – 12:00 am
Wednesday: 6:00 – 12:00 am
Thursday: 6:00 – 12:00 am
Friday: 6:00 – 12:00 am
Saturday: 6:00 – 12:00 am

Access is restricted to building users. A valid MCard is required for entry.