#mfastudent

[sarahmoonartroom]

"I HOPE YOU DANCE" (2023)

snap of installation piece from my critique last night....

balloons, paper machie, glitter glue, rhinestones, fabric scraps, resin.

[joyfireblacksmith]

Studio is ready for visitors this Sunday! I actually have a second studio with some of my videos, but I forgot to take pics… May 1st, 12-5, 251 E 10th st, Claremont. I’ll be there, come say hi! #art #Studio #openstudio #mfastudent #design #metal #craft #furniture #functionalart #furnitiredesign #handmade #blacksmith #forged #steel #bronze #brass #stainedglass #theresevenapoem (at Claremont Graduate University) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc575tyPqFP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[true-antagonist]

YOU GUYS I GOT IN!! : ‘Tis the reason I haven’t been around 🤷🏾‍♀️ : Ready to write day and night like tomorrow won’t arrive 👩🏾‍🎓📚✍🏾 : #readytowrite #ucrmfa #mfa #mfastudent #theresamillionthingsihaventdone #butjustyouwait #hamiltonreferencesfordays #🥀 #darkacademia #richardpapen #classiclit #classicliterature #literary #literarycommunity #bookstagram #lightacademia #readersofinstagram #writersofinstagram #teachergoth #blackwritersofinstagram #weirdblackgirl #protectweirdblackgirlsatallcosts #romanticacademia #biblophile #midwesterngothic #gothicacademia #asecondofwhimsy #romanticism #deadpoetssociety #watchthisspaceformore https://www.instagram.com/p/CLpx08BlWl4/?igshid=1tcy4sorymfaz

[anti-entropy]

Getting the grad student juices flowing 🧠 half the appeal of this book was the amazing cover design 💦 #newdarkage #galaxybrain #gradstudent #research #mfastudent https://www.instagram.com/p/B1zoEvZlTmI/?igshid=ipqdkerrmlcl

[sassafraslowrey]

Wish me luck! My semifinalist packet for the point foundation scholarship is in the mail!!! Including a letter i managed to track down from a now retired undergrad advisor, an old muggle supervisor, and an artistic collaborator!!! #mfa #mfastudent #lowresidencymfa #scholarship #lgbtq #queerstudent

[printmatrix]

TONIGHT! Opening Reception for Matrix Variable, an exhibition of Print Media MFA student work. In PNCA's Design Corridor, 6-8pm. Detail of artwork by first Year MFA candidate Heather Coleman. . . . #mfa #mfastudent #mfaprintmedia #mfaprintmaking #portlandprintmaker #portlandprints #portlandartist #portlandart #printmaking #printmaker #printstudio #print #prints #printmatrix #pnca #hfsgs #gradschool #artschool (at PNCA - Pacific Northwest College of Art)

[ejfreyfotos]

Unofficially, in September I will be walking through the doors of Palazzo dei Cartelloni as part of the MFA in Studio Art cohort, Class of 2021 at SACI Florence. Time to start planning for the relocation. #unofficialacceptance #mfastudent #gradschoolbound #saci #expatinitaly https://www.instagram.com/p/Btd5agphQoz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1a7s9uavcd07b

[world04traveler]

Sometimes, on Sundays, I get a few hours to just be me again. #momlife #mfastudent #cafe

[barkframeworks]

We value educating up and coming artists, curators, and collectors about what we do and why we do it. Today, we hosted as group of students from @svamfafinearts, along with their professor, artist James Siena. Bark frame designer Paul Jordan talked to the group about how we fabricated frames in our shop, preservation framing practices, challenges that arise when creating custom frames, and various framing case studies. Jordan (grey sweater) and Siena (grey plaid jacket) also discussed framing projects on which they had collaborated. #artists #customframing #sva #mfastudents #jamessiena #barkframeworks #madeinnyc #customframes #artcollectors #curators #nyccurators (at Bark Frameworks)

[sarahmoonartroom]

artist statement (March 2023)

It starts as a daydream. A place I would rather be.

My work is rooted in my fascination with the phenomenological.

My practice is expanding beyond just painting on canvas, where now, exploration in sculpture and technology is facilitating this space-rock, psychedelic pop, magic carpet ride.

I am inspired by the ephemeral and visionary space we visit in our heads when we hear our favorite music or flashback to a sweet memory. Essentially, the moments on Earth that successfully subvert the melancholy and take you on a fantastic voyage.

My existence is heavily influenced by fantasy-world-building internet societies like Webkinz World and Club Penguin. Ever since I was able to hold a crayon, I have been escaping for hours at time to construct my own psychedelic reality. 

With an innate fluorescent color palette and attraction to the artificial, craft materials like glitter glue, acrylic paint, and papier Mache effectively allow me to explore scale and material intuitively.

My hope is to can create an accessible space that invites viewers to escape reality and envision a future that is as radical and abundant as the work itself. I want to turn the white/cube gallery into a sort of amusement park. To create experiences and push the absurd.

We are all made of stardust.

 Minute specks of glittering dust that hold together to create this infinite crystal universe of wonder, delight, pain, humor, and exploration.Join me in filling the void with glitter. Let us spray paint its insides neon pink, coat it in resin, and negate the space between the wonderful and the repulsive. 

[joyfireblacksmith]

Finished up a very fun project with my friend and fellow student @fiberous! This is an armature for one of her large fabric pieces, but also she’s quite a great looking lady all on her own! I really enjoyed working with Naveen, she is 60 years old and one of the most enthusiastic people I have ever taught, and I have taught a lot! Looking forward to many more projects together 💖 #collaboration #artists #armature #object #sculpture #welding #learnnewthings #mfastudents #metal #makestuff #handmade https://www.instagram.com/p/CM00jEiDVix/?igshid=8tts92477oww

[sassafraslowrey]

I have such great coworkers #mfastudent #writersofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #dogstagram #dogsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BpVSqDqHBP_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=lx1xqqfzbx26

[printmatrix]

It’s that time of year! Our second year students are working hard on their final Capstone projects. Skye Tafoya @r.skye.t is in the process of making a giant pop up book and is working through the prototyping process. Repost @r.skye.t . . . #thesis #mfathesis #mfathesisexhibition #capstone #mfastudent #popup #popupbook #installationart #installation #mfaprintmedia #printmakingstudio #printmaking #printmakersofinstagram (at Portland, Oregon)

[sarahmoonartroom]