ON VIEW
April 22 – 29
+ May 12 – 20
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
Friday, April 21, 5 – 7 pm
+ Thursday, May 11, 5 – 7 pm
April 22 – 29
+ May 12 – 20
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
Friday, April 21, 5 – 7 pm
+ Thursday, May 11, 5 – 7 pm
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McKenna
McKenna Bishop grew up in a rural village in Michigan. In 2011, she graduated from College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan with a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts. 2011- 2016 she worked in a car manufacturing plant. In 2016, she had her daughter, who helped start the career path to teaching art. In 2019, she finished her teacher certification at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
For the past two years, Bishop found a new discovery of play with a sewing machine and slip casting ceramics. Currently, she teaches art to 700 early elementary students in Southwest Michigan.
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weirdschoolbus.com
McKenna
Bishop
McKenna Bishop grew up in a rural village in Michigan. In 2011, she graduated from College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan with a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts. 2011- 2016 she worked in a car manufacturing plant. In 2016, she had her daughter, who helped start the career path to teaching art. In 2019, she finished her teacher certification at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
For the past two years, Bishop found a new discovery of play with a sewing machine and slip casting ceramics. Currently, she teaches art to 700 early elementary students in Southwest Michigan.
The MFA Thesis Exhibitions for the Class of 2023 are interdisciplinary shows that incorporate a range of making practices unified by the overwhelming concerns these students have for their environment, their communities, their families, and their own well-being. With an emphasis on the personal, and at times the anecdotal, these 21 artists make a variety of contributions in the form of ceramics, garments, furniture, installations, paintings, photographs, poems, prints, sculptures, and videos. The nature of their work and research demonstrates the caliber and cultural relevance of our program.
2023 MFA artists (April 22 – 29)
Corinne Colpitts, Deanna Jacome, Marlena Faxon, Jordann McKenna, Allison Overpeck, Maya Parry, Phoebe Snyder, Richard Takita, Michael Tilbury, Ryan Wight
2023 MFA artists (May 12 – 20)
McKenna Bishop, Maeve Doolan, Grace Hager, Mattie Hinkley, Rebecca Laws, James Meyer, Ted Moore, Steffany Ojeda, Connor Pirruccello-McClellan, Deborah Santoro, Anthony Surratt
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Corinne Colpitts, Deanna Jacome, Marlena Faxon, Jordann McKenna, Allison Overpeck, Maya Parry, Phoebe Snyder, Richard Takita, Michael Tilbury, Ryan Wight
2023 MFA artists (May 12 – 20)
McKenna Bishop, Maeve Doolan, Grace Hager, Mattie Hinkley, Rebecca Laws, James Meyer, Ted Moore, Steffany Ojeda, Connor Pirruccello-McClellan, Deborah Santoro, Anthony Surratt
Institute of Contemporary Art
at Maine College of Art & Design
522 Congress St.Portland, ME 04101
Gallery Hours:
Wed–Sun, 11:00am–5:00pm,
Thursday, 11:00am–7:00pm