2026 Annual Student Exhibtion
Ceramics & Sculpture
Mirella Baeza
First Aid Kit
In the wake of ICE abductions, passports are viewed as a safeguard against arrest. As a Latina transgender woman and first generation immigrant, I know institutional protections are no match against brute authoritarianism. To access and provide care, we must first abandon our binding patriotism.
Mixed Media, 2026
Mirella Baeza
To Be Pretti or Good
The killing of Alex Pretti and Renee Good by ICE agents should not just be regarded but felt. The 14 holes in the piece represent the total number of rounds fired by ICE agents. As a society, we should all strive to identify with people who are victims of state sanctioned violence.
Mirror on canvas, 2026
Kelly Blancett
Debutante Glove
Made of work-hardened, forged brass, this "glove" is more armor than clothing. Women shed girlhood at all ages, entering a society that does not prioritize their safety. Instead, they armor themselves to appear unapproachable with makeup and clothing, like knights of old might don steel.
Brass, 2025
Evie Conat
She Is Free!
This piece is about body image and self acceptance. Loving my body that I have been blessed with has always been important to me. The woman's pose in this piece along with the colors around her represent the vibrancy and joy that comes with self acceptance and loving the body she has been given.
White clay with slips and glazes, 2025
Justin Delesha
Gentle Reminders
This piece is about the gentle reminders I use as affirmations when beginning a creative project. To have fun and abandon perfectionism, value the process over the results, take deep breaths, and drop expectations - mess it up! Starting a project can be daunting; these reminders ground me.
Earthenware with glazes, 2025
Audrey DeLuca
Lyra
Hanging Mobile Sculpture Balsa wood, #7
Reed, Aluminum Wire, Cotton Thread, Spray Paint
Balsa Wood Mobile, 2025
Amareh Haley
Las frutas del trabajo (The fruits of labor)
Commentary on Trump administrations targeting of immigrant agricultural workers and immigrants as a whole. References food chain impact and exploitation. Each fruit made for state with highest populations of workers and their top exports. Hand built and textured with slip piping
Stoneware clay, glaze and stains, 2025
Amareh Haley
Carry you with me
Commentary on burdens that each person carries and dragonfly symbolism. Inspired by my experiences with grief. Depicts the tight anxiety feeling in my throat and the metaphorical weight of loss and grief. Made with annealed copper, polished brass, chemical patina, brass chain, and findings
Brass and copper with chemical patina, brass colored chain, 2025
Robin Hernandez Garcia
Reality
Stoneware with underglazes, 2026
Kyra Hoffman
The History of Punk and Protest
Each of the 5 vases represents a different theme found in Punk music. The five themes are feminism, nuclear destruction, consumerism, Margret Thatcher, and war. These themes are loosely attached to different time periods, creating visual history of the issues punk music addresses.
Stoneware with Slip and Clear Glaze, 2025
Hannah Kuiper
Rooted
Sculptural ceramic piece shaped as a torso with rough stained clay and flowing root like black glaze on the top. It's posture and texture evoke a struggle and tension in a raw expressive form that conveys vulnerability and strength.
Stoneware with glaze and red iron oxide, 2023
Chloe Ramstrom
Childlike Minds
The four jars represent different types of girls, all with unique traits and looks. The inside of their heads show how everyone has a different sense of creativity, and different voices are to be valued in art.
Stoneware with Glaze, 2025
Julia Schroeder
Would you remember?
This series of wheel-thrown bottle forms acts as a conversation with my estranged Grandfather. The veil of childhood ignorance has long disappeared, although I still long for who he was in the eyes of my younger self. Would he remember these few memories if they were attached to a whisky bottle?
Mid-range stoneware, glazes, underglaze pencil and slips, 2025
Katie Schultz
Organic Sea Life
A ceramic wall relief of an abstract organic form alluding to sea life.
Stoneware Clay, Glazes, 2025
