SNU MFA-IA Summer 2021 Residency Faculty + Upcoming Residency Deadline
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August 13-22, 2021 will mark the next in-person summer session of the low-residency MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts program at Sierra Nevada University. We are thrilled to invite two new faculty members to teach within our program, Rodney Ewing and Irvin Manuel Gonzalez.
Faculty, Irvin Manuel Gonzalez, in the midst of a performance. Image courtesy of the artist. As an artist, it is more important to create a platform that moves us past alliances, and begins a dialogue that informs, questions, and in some cases even satires our divisive issues. -Rodney Ewing
Las Vegas Weekly
“Walk It Off” by Aaron Cowan
Photo:
Wade Vandervort
In the sound sculpture “Gnaw,” a demented stuffed animal shakes while making weird chewing noises. In “Cradle,” plastic fingers are hot-glued together to form an organic tower that’s equal parts disturbing and comforting. In “Soap,” a rainbow of soap baseballs questions the masculine tradition of sports. And in “Bunting for Babylon II (Coke & Crystals),” a patriotic decoration is reimagined as a critique of runaway capitalism.
These pieces by John McVay, Emily Sarten, Aaron Cowan and Erin Drew, respectively are just a selection of the mind-bending art on display in