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See What Sticks

an abstract painting of a town full of houses, roads, and trees on plexiglass resting on stacks of cinderblocks; several artworks mounted on the wall behind it

Senior Art Exhibition
april 19–May 5, 2024

Every year, the senior art exhibition celebrates the accomplishments of our soon-to-be alumni. This year's exhibition, See What Sticks, highlights work by our graduating class of studio art and art education majors. Their artwork explores and challenges a wide range of media, including photography, painting, video, lithography, installation, sculpture, ceramics, screen printing and collage. See What Sticks serves as the culmination of their time here at Hope and a showcase of their vibrant creativity.

Our talented senior class of 2024 includes:

  • Rachel Douma — studio art major, communications minor
  • Lili Fraser-Shade — classical studies and studio art majors
  • Isabelle Jaeggin — studio art major
  • Jo Locke — studio art and sociology majors, art history minor
  • Natasha Marsh — studio art and business majors
  • Gabrielle Nelson — art education major
  • Sarah O'Neil — studio art major, communications minor
  • Lucy Pietryga — studio art major
  • Stephanie Somjak — studio art major, art history minor
  • HannahGrace Swanson — studio art major, art history minor

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  • gallery space filled with artwork, including metallic rectangles and cellophane draped on the wall; layers of plexiglass painted neon yellow, blue, and pink; a low pedestal holding many unglazed clay vases; a large multimedia painting; several framed photographs; a shadeless lamp on a wooden table; and a collection of felt shapes suspended from the ceiling
  • an abstract painting of a town full of houses, roads, and trees on plexiglass resting on stacks of cinderblocks; several artworks are mounted on the wall behind it
  • gallery space filled with artwork, including metallic rectangles and cellophane draped on the wall; an abstract painting of a town full of houses, roads, and trees on plexiglass resting on stacks of cinderblocks; a tall, thin wireframe sculpture; a soft sculpture resembling a lamb laying on a blanket; and several artworks hanging on the wall
  • gallery space filled with artwork, including blocks; a tall, thin wireframe sculpture; three framed collages on the wall; three portraits of women, looming off the wall or ceiling over the viewer; a sculpture of a backscratcher sticking out the end of a long shirt sleeve to resemble a hand hanging on to a small peg mounted on the wall; and geometric sections of plexiglass painted neon green and black arranged on the wall
  • gallery space full of people talking and looking at the artwork
  • three portraits of women, looming off the wall or ceiling over the viewer
  • two layers of plexiglass with brightly colored geometric shapes and lines painted on them
  • many flat fabric shapes suspended from the ceiling, including a grey bird skull and a blue silhouette of a bird
  • a shadeless lamp on a wooden table, with several artworks on the wall behind it
  • people in small groups looking at the artwork in the gallery
  • a sheet hanging in the upper corner of the gallery space, with a projection playing on it of two eggs rolling around
  • many people standing around a low pedestal covered in unglazed clay vessels, some of which contain oil
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