Department News and Events | Fall 2023

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FOCUS: Fall 2023 BFA Thesis Exhibition

The BFA Thesis exhibition is a showcase of capstone work by our graduating art and design students.

Please join us in KA room 120 on Dec. 8 from 6-8 p.m. for the opening reception.

Fall '23 BFA graduates:

Baylee Richardson
Leah O'Brien
Cristian Gonzalez
Isabel Diaz
Megan Jo Capener
Kapuakeokeoomelelani Pulotu
Samantha Killinen
Lindsey Merritt
Dake Gardner
Teresa Inchausti
Kurt Bell

In Our Views: Fall 2023 Advanced Drawing group exhibition

In Our Views, an advanced drawing group exhibition is up for your viewing pleasure at the Shepard Union Gallery on Ogden campus until Dec. 1, 2023.

This exhibition features work from students Jessenia Bigelow, Chad Denison, Khaiden Haney, K'lyn Hobbs, Margot Shepherd and Zayne Wilcox.

Please join us on Friday, Dec. 1 from 6-8 p.m. for the closing reception.

AHA! Award earned by professor Stephen Wolochowicz

Congratulations to DOVAD professor, Stephen Wolochowicz for winning a 2023 AHA! award.

The Arts & Humanities Advisory Council (AHA!) furthers the mission of the Telitha E. Lindquist College of Arts & Humanities by providing expertise, financial support and community connections to support exceptional teaching, learning opportunities and community enrichment through art and cultural presentations.

Utah Construction Company's Connection to the O'Shaughnessy Dam

Students and faculty from the Department of Visual Art & Design were able to work closely with Special Collections to study the archive of images and research the history of the O'Shaughnessy Dam and area. They then had the unique opportunity of traveling to the dam and surrounding area to work on a new documentary/re-photography project. The images they made are now included as part of this exhibition telling the story of the O’Shaughnessy Dam and the Hetch Hetchy area.

This was an exciting project that gave students the chance to work on an ambitious research project and gave them professional experience within their field of study.

Many of the works created for the project are currently on display on the third floor of the Stewart Library.

Students that worked on the project: Megan Capener, Patricia Madsen, Nicole Peavy, Colin Halsey and Pablo Sanchez.

Faculty Spotlight: Andrew Rice

DOVAD's Andew Rice had a busy summer—read below to learn about his recent accomplishments.

Rice was featured in the curated email magazine, Collé. Collé highlights the most forward-thinking, technically innovative and idiosyncratic collage artists of today.

He will be included in the next issue of the international collage zine, Cults-of-Life.

Rice was invited to present his work and lecture about the ideas behind the work in New Orleans at the international symposium on collage art, Kolaj Fest 2023.

He was also invited to show in the Moving Target (with chair caning) Exhibition at The Real Tinsel gallery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in May and June.

New Faculty: Ariel Wilson

Ariel Wilson is DOVAD's Visiting Assistant Professor.

Wilson’s work across media addresses the physicality, transparency, subjectivity and malleability of the photograph.

She received an MFA in Studio Art from the University of New Mexico and a BA in Studio Arts from Willamette University. Ariel taught at Southern Methodist University, Marshall University, University of New Mexico and Kathmandu University.

Wilson has exhibited work nationally and internationally including at the University of New Mexico Art Museum, 516 Arts, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Image Ark Nepal and in the Pingyao International Photography Festival.

She received a Beaumont Newhall Fellowship, and Visual Artist Residencies from Vermont Studio Center and Bikalpa Art Center.

New Faculty: Stephanie Kimmey

Stephanie Kimmey is an Assistant Professor of Ancient Art History.

She specializes in the material culture of the ancient Mediterranean world, focusing on Greek religion and ritual. Her research uses ceramics to better understand the daily lived experiences of everyday individuals. Her teaching also explores the wide range of classical reception in contemporary art, literature, and pop culture.

Kimmey is also an archaeologist having worked since 2006 on excavations in Greece at Nemea, Mycenae, and Aidonia as a field and museum supervisor. She is the Collections Manager for the Nemea and Aidonia projects housed at the Nemea Archaeological Museum. These projects heavily inform her work on museum curation and cultural heritage management.

New Faculty: Kellie Bornhoft

Kellie Bornhoft (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Art and Foundations Coordinator.

Bornhoft seeks tangible and poetic narratives needed in an ever-warming climate. She utilizes sculpture, installation, and video to delve into the whelms and quotidian experiences of our precarious times. Through geological and more-than-human lenses, Bornhoft sifts through shallow dichotomies (such as natural/unnatural, here/there, or animate/inanimate.)

She holds an MFA in Sculpture + Expanded Media from Ohio State University and a BFA from Watkins College of Art and Design.

Bornhoft’s work has exhibited internationally in museums, galleries, and film festivals. Bornhoft’s work has been reviewed in publications, including Frieze Magazine, Burnaway, and Southwest Contemporary.