“Temporary Ground,” Scripps College’s annual senior art exhibition, will be on view from April 29 through May 15 at Scripps College’s Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery. An opening reception for the exhibition will be held on Friday, April 29, at 7 p.m., in Bixby Court. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.
“Temporary Ground” features paintings, photography, video, and mixed media works on the theme of literal and metaphorical temporality within a place, space, and location. The exhibition is a juried show displaying final projects by selected senior art majors, a diverse and talented group of artists who have been working diligently throughout their senior year on the show. In addition to creating the works displayed, the senior artists conceptualize the show, install their pieces, write artist statements, and design publicity for the exhibition.
This year’s featured senior artists from Scripps are: Isabel Anderson, Bailey Busch, Suzanne Calkins, Shayna Friedman, Candace Kita, and Jordan Kopstein. Claremont McKenna College senior Sarah Dick will also be featured.
The Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery is located at Eleventh Street and Columbia Avenue, adjacent to Baxter Hall. During exhibitions, the Gallery is open to the public, free of charge, Wednesday through Sunday, from 1-5 p.m. For more information, please contact the Gallery at (909) 607-3397 or visit the Gallery online.
About the Artists
Shayna Friedman: WHAT REMAINS
Exploring the lives of the residents of the burgeoning suburban retirement communities of the Inland Empire, Shayna Friedman’s What Remains deconstructs these paradoxical desert spaces through both photography and a carved topographic book installation. A communication designer and mixed media artist, based out of the greater Seattle area, Shayna Friedman first became interested in these unique suburban spaces upon returning to Western United States after living and studying abroad for a year at the London College of Communication.
Isabel Anderson: PATHOS
Isabel Anderson makes short animations using a combination of stop-motion and drawing techniques. Her interest in dolls and the way they interact with their environment manifests itself in the medium of animation where the figures appear to move on their own, bringing the dolls to life. She grew up in the greater Seattle area and plans to pursue a career in animation or film.
Bailey Busch: DELICATE IN BOLDNESS
Delicate in Boldness is the culmination of Bailey Busch’s art education at Scripps College.
Inspired by a childhood spent experimenting with jewelry design at her Bay Area home, the work is comprised of an enclosure which functions as both a space of refuge and source of power through the precise and delicate medium of lace bead-work. She spent a year abroad studying at London College of Fashion and in addition interned there with Glossy Magazine and notable jewelry designers Fiona Paxton and Patricia Nicolas. Since returning to the states she has interned at Harper’s Bazaar and Los Angeles Magazine.
Suzanne Calkins: VESPERTINE
Through drawings and paintings, Suzanne Calkins explores how landscapes can act as representations of an emotional or psychological space. By fluctuating between abstract and figurative forms, her landscapes of solitude slip between memories, dreams and reality. Suzanne was born and raised in Manhattan Beach, California and studied abroad at the Burren College of Art in Ireland.
Sarah Dick: THE PROJECT FORMERLY KNOWN AS ‘BUMMER’
Sarah Dick’s work is a three dimensional sculptural installation made from discardable objects found in every day life. She compiles repeating forms made from ordinary materials in order to transform a space in an unexpected way. Sarah is a CMC senior from Beverly, Massachusetts, and is captain of the CMS lacrosse team.
Candace Kita: MAKE MANIFEST
Make Manifest actively serves Scripps’ Asian American Student Union (AASU) by refurbishing a community space and reimagining the potential of dialogue and exchange within it. The project utilizes creative workshops, social organizing, and critical conversations as methods to support and strengthen the Asian American community. Candace Kita blends art-making with her serious involvements in race-based political activism at the Claremont Colleges. She’s an installation artist from Chicago who spent a semester studying Visual Communications at the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland.
Jordan Kopstein: WINDOWSCAPES
Jordan Kopstein takes photographs of fashion window displays in two of the world’s fashion capitals, New York City and Tokyo. She displays a new side of the fashion industry by mapping out the cities in terms of their neighborhood stores and shopping. Jordan is from Vancouver, British Columbia and plans to pursue magazine art direction. She has interned with prestigious magazine publications such as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, More, Genlux, and Elle.