ISII – Spring 2025 Exhibition

The Department of Art & Design is delighted to announce the Integrative Studio II Student-Led Exhibition for the Spring 2025 semester. The exhibition will be presented in Finley Gallery & the adjoining Annex Galleries from February 25th through March 4th, with an opening reception on February 25th from 2:30pm until 4:30pm.

The ISII exhibition is the culmination of a six-week journey shared by visual arts majors across three sections of Integrative Studio II led by Professors Jess Blaustein, Simone Couto, and Genevieve Lowe. Using the piñata as a shared starting point of their investigation, the artists delved deeply into the subject to expand their understanding of its history, materiality, and cultural significance. Building on this initial research, they created artworks across media exploring a range of ideas including construction, deconstruction, regeneration, and transformation. The artists themselves collectively organized this public sharing of their work—together they met the challenge of presenting a visual throughline within the shared gallery spaces while still highlighting the unique voices of each class, as reflected by the three exhibition subtitles: Ruin to Resurrection, Metamorphosis, and Interwoven Realities

SECTION 01: Ruin to Resurrection
Kyle Bednarz, Ilaria Cangialosi, Nicholas Chong, Sean Coleman, Henry E Garcia Burgos, Danae Higdon, Marlena Holston, Gianna Kingsland, Tatyani Lawton, Dan Mcguigan, Javier Salas, Liliana Salce, Marc Topacio

SECTION 02: Metamorphosis
Khyla Cardona, Tatiana Cerpa, Caitlin Danton, Maria Sophia De Los Reyes, Jack Deitch, Vincent Dinnocenzo, Eve Gada, Syd Goldstein, Marisol Lovato, Yaw Mensah, Agnieszka Palka, Rachel Smith, Victoria Takach

SECTION 03: Interwoven Realities
Isabella Abreu, Melanie Carlos, Katherine Colon, Rose Eustache, Madelyn Franco, Ruoya He, Prince Quincy Igwe, Dev Montgomery, Maya Olofson, Donatella Salvia, Maurice Tobias, Eduardo Valera

Integrative Studio II Student-led Exhibition
Finley Gallery, Finley Hall
Exhibition dates: February 25–March 4, 2025
Reception: Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 2:30 pm–4:30 pm