Department News and Events | Spring 2025
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Visiting Artist Lecture: Lydia C. Thompson
Artist Lydia C. Thompson will be giving an artist lecture on March 25, 2025 in KA 143 from 6-7 p.m.
Thompson's current research investigates the ideas of migration and residual ancestral memories that examine space and place that reference human existence. Through continuous mobility and the physical process of reduction made by nature, human beings create pathways that explore physical space that may produce visual silence, evoke the imagination, offer notions of commodities and value, and illustrate a sense of desperation that provides insights to various cultural practices and traditions. She also sees her images as reminders of the past and current lessons that we need to learn about the persistence and preservation of one’s own culture.
Free and open to the public.

ACT Lab Workshops
Mark your calendars for the ACT Lab workshops for the Spring '25 semester.
During these workshops you'll get the opportunity to learn about the incredible technology available for you to use to elevate your art to the next level!
Jan. 15: VR headset
Feb. 12: Laser cutter
March 12: Riso printer
Apr. 9: Plotter
Free to attend, no registration required! Just drop in to KA 306 from 6-7 p.m.

Visiting Artist Lecture: Elyse Pignolet
February 6, 2025 in KA 143 at 6 p.m. Offered in conjunction with Ogden Contemporary Arts. Free and open to the public to attend.
Pignolet works primarily in ceramics and her work has been inspired by and dealt with various themes including political and social issues, the dialectic between feminism and misogyny, inequality, and cultural stereotypes. Exploring the boundaries between ceramics, painting and sculpture, Pignolet attempts to place the permanence and traditions of ceramics with the fleeting and transitory nature of the contemporary world.
Read more about Pignolet's exhibition at OCA .