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Visiting Artist: Nanibah Chacon


Visiting Artist: Nanibah Chacon
 

Lecture Thursday, February 7, at 4:30pm. Reception to follow.

Gallery 2 Exhibit: February 7 – March 1, 2019

Nanibah “Nani” Chacon is a Dine (Navajo) and Chicana artist who is known for her female figurative works which utilize bold colors and an illustrative format to incorporate contemporary Native, Chicana and American culture. She uses female characters to explore ideas of feminism, sexuality, softness, power, culture, traditionalism and modernism.

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The Body: Power, Meaning & Representation in Contemporary Art


The Body:
Power, Meaning & Representation in Contemporary Art
 

Nov 15th – Jan 10th

Opening Reception: Thursday, November 15 from 4:30-5:30pm at WSU Fine Arts Gallery 2

Washington State University’s Department of Fine Arts presents a juried exhibition exploring ideas about the body. While authority over the human body has long been determined by gender and class, in today’s highly globalized and pluralistic contemporary art world, artists view … » More …

Side Street Exhibition

WSU Fine Arts Locker Gallery presents Side Street, a collection of Instagram images exploring everyday observations along urban spaces. The exhibition is curated by recent WSU Master of Fine Arts graduate, Krista Brand, and features fourteen artists across five continents, connected only through social media. Side Street considers the possibility of the extraordinary in the ordinary, the presence/absence of the figure, and social media sharing as community art practice. This exhibition bridges between the 2017-18 Fine Arts programming theme of ‘Shifting Landscapes’ and the 2018-19 theme of ‘The Body: Power, Meaning & Representation in Contemporary Art.’

Side Street is on view from July 20-August 24, … » More …