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JONATHAN MONROY (Creative Photography & Experimental Media, BFA)
What is it doing here?
Public Reception
| November 12 from 4:00–6:00 pm
Exhibition on view November 12–18
Joshua Trees are Disappearing. To many, Western Joshua Tree appears ordinary, lifeless, or even purposeless. But this misconception has contributed to their gradual disappearance. The Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act was established in 2023 to protect the iconic symbol of the desert, but the reality is layered with contradictions.
Urban development, such as residential housing, commercial projects, and infrastructure, continues to rise, creating harmful pollutants. Long-term nitrate pollutants, like nitrogen dioxide, subtly alter soil nutrients, weakening Joshua Trees, which leads to their removal. While the law aims to preserve, it also places a heavy burden on residents, who must obtain permits to trim, remove, or relocate a Joshua Tree—even when it poses danger to human life. This leaves communities feeling held hostage by policies that prioritize regulation over safety.
Joshua Trees personify resilience yet remain deeply fragile. We, too, project strength through what we live through, yet our truest battles are fought within our minds. In my work, I explore this duality: the strength and fragility of life, and the tension between preservation and progress, as these Western Joshua Trees continue to disappear slowly with time.
LEO FREEDMAN FOUNDATION STUDIO AND MFA ART Gallery
PAULA ELISA SONTAY VICENTE (Drawing & Painting, BFA)
Kul Chuee', Me Acuerdo, I Remember
Public Reception
| November 12 from 4:00–6:00 pm
Exhibition on view November 12–18
Kul Chuee', Me Acuerdo, I Remember. Three different languages, but all have the same meaning, I remember. Kul Chuee' means I remember, in the language Mayan Kiche, which is the mother tongue of my family, along with Me Acuerdo (Spanish) and I remember (English), which are the languages I speak. Sontay is inspired by her own experiences of being a Guatemalan American and is deeply rooted in the concepts of remembrance of family, history, and Guatemalan culture. She explores the connections and traditions that are passed down from generation to generation, never forgetting her heritage and culture. Works included are portraits of family members and landscapes of her neighborhood, hoping to capture a piece of history, inviting the viewers to question the importance of the person or landscape.
STAN MARK RYAN '75 Gallery
ALYSSA MARIE RIVERA (Drawing & Painting, BFA)
Homeward Bound
Public Reception | November 12 from 4:00–6:00 pm
Exhibition on view November 12–18
My work explores the tension between outward comfort and internal distress. Rooted in my lived experience with chronic illness and mental health challenges, I use domestic imagery to examine the quiet labor of appearing “fine.” I aim to build compressed, cozy spaces, warm lighting, soft textures, and decorative needlepoint that invite viewers in, only to reveal discomfort, repetition, and unease upon closer inspection.
Through oil paintings, ink illustrations, textiles, and linocut prints I create environments that feel familiar but fractured. I’m interested in the home as both sanctuary and site of entrapment. The body as a house, and the house as a body. My work asks: What does it mean to be a “homebody” when your home (and your body) won’t let you leave?
UPCOMING STUDENT EXHIBITIONS | Group 5
Public Reception, December 10, 4:00-6:00 PM
Exhibition on view December 9-13
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ENRIQUE DEL RIVERO FERRER (Illustration, BFA)
ARCO: the Race for First Contact -
BRANDON DAVID GREMCHUCK (Photography & Creative Media, BFA)
Gremmy’s Funeral Creative -
CATHERINE MICHELLE MONTOYA (Teaching, BA)
Sin Vergüenza
UPCOMING STUDENT EXHIBITIONS
GROUP 2
Public Reception | October 15 from 4:00–6:00 pm
Exhibitions on view October 14-18
- JONATHAN BUSTOS
(Drawing and Painting, BFA)
"The Shape of Color" - GRACE LOUISA GIOIELLO
(Creative Photography and Experimental Media, BFA)
"Before I Wake" - OWEN JAMES WILKINS (Sculpture, BFA)
"Constructed Patterns"
UPCOMING STUDENT EXHIBITIONS
GROUP 3
Public Reception | October 29 from 4:00–6:00 pm
Exhibitions on view October 28–November 1
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MIA ZHALEH AGHILI (Teaching, BA)
"Scars and Endurance" -
DALLAS JOSHUA BAGSHAW
(Drawing and Painting, BFA)
"FOLKTALE" -
ALEXIS NICHOLE HISGEN
(Graphic and Interactive Design, BFA)
"In the Making"
UPCOMING STUDENT EXHIBITIONS
GROUP 4
Public Reception | November 12, 4:00–6:00 PM
Exhibitions on view November 12-15, 18
- JONATHAN MONROY
(Creative Photography and Experimental Media, BFA)
"What is it doing there?" - ALYSSA MARIE RIVERA
(Drawing and Painting, BFA)
"The Violence of Giving" - PAULA ELISA SONTAY VICENTE
(Drawing and Painting, BFA)
"Kul Chuee', Me acuerdo, I remember"
