Master of Fine Arts Degree Candidates’ Exhibition 2018

The annual exit show for the graduating master of fine arts students at the Lamar Dodd School of Art. This year’s candidates were:

• Painting and drawing: Katelyn Chapman, Whitney Cleveland, Annemarie Dicamillo and Kelsey Scharf
• Photo and video: Ally Christmas and Deepanjan Mukhopadhyay
• Ceramics: Yeonsoo Kim and Karine Lepage
• Fabric design: Erin Geagon and Johanna Norry
• Printmaking and book arts: Katherine Miller, Kaleena Stasiak and Ali Norman
• Art X: Pamela Rogers
• Sculpture: Katlin Shae
• Jewelry and metals: Alexis Spina

Many of the artists took the opportunity to work with media that differs from their stated focus in the program. For instance, Kaleena Stasiak shifted from printmaking and book arts to ceramics, woodworking and foam. Ally Christmas began with analog photography but showed video and digitally created imagery. Deepanjan Mukhopadhyay’s work combines photography, video, installation, sculpture and new media to examine the transition from postcolonialism to neocolonialism, and Johanna Norry created an installation based on family history and research at UGA’s Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library. As a whole, the exit show emphasized the fluidity of ideas and concepts through different media. It also privileged installation-based work, presenting a complex environment in the two large galleries it occupies.