Contemporary Arts Center
Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center
for Contemporary Art
44 E. 6th Street,
Cincinnati, OH 45202
513 345 8400
Changing Spaces: 2025 MFA Thesis Exhibition
Starting
28
February
2025
Through
30
March
2025
Exhibition Details
For artists, space is a precious resource. Materials, tools, and completed artworks require room for storage, and the artists themselves need a place to think and make. For the Miami University and University of Cincinnati Master of Fine Arts students in this exhibition, space has also been a site of transformation. For the last two to three years, these artists’ studios have served as laboratories for learning, experimentation, and growth.
The artists in Changing Spaces utilize, depict, and think about physical spaces in a variety of ways. The compact insides of glass jars house bacterial cellulose used to make prints and sculptures. Concrete fills the nooks and crannies inside and around everyday objects, entombing them. Abstract representations of geographical space, such as maps and landscapes designed to entrap waterfowl, spark new ideas and explorations. Artists record videos or paint real-life indoor and outdoor environments—parks, waiting rooms, parking lots—drawing attention to the way it feels to experience these spaces and their psychological undertones.
Join us for the Opening Reception on Friday, February 28th from 5-8pm. The students will discuss their works in the gallery on Saturday, March 8th starting at 1pm.
Artists in the exhibition include: Kelley Booze, Jillian Campagna, Ishita Islam, Ryan Kerr, Nazanin Najdmofarrah, Jeshua Schuster, and Holly Yarab.
Changing Spaces: 2025 MFA Exhibition is supported by Miami University; the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning at the University of Cincinnati; and the Elizabeth McConnaughey Swayzee Artistic Production Fund.
CAC major annual operating support is provided by Jeff Ahrnsen, ArtsWave, Ronald Bates & Randy Lasley, Gale & Dave Beckett, Jim Cheng, Dr. Maria and Jonathan Espinola, Friedlander Family Fund, Andrew Howe Family Foundation, Steve Jemison & Phyllis McCallum, The Johnson Foundation, The Kaplan Foundation, Emily Kokenge, Bruce Lazarus & Phil Weintraub, Chuck Lohre & Janet Groeber, Rick Michelman & Karen Meyer, Emily Hanako Momohara & Shawn Newman, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ohio Arts Council, David Osborn, P&G Fund, Kyle Pohlman, The Rosenthal Family Foundation, and Rosemary & Mark Schlachter.
This exhibition is organized by the Contemporary Arts Center in partnership with Miami University and the University of Cincinnati.
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